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Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#91

Post by Pxtl »

brianberns wrote: post #14

First there was Slashdot, but CmdrTaco insisted on picking the stories for us. He called it an "omelet". Kuro5hin came along to fix this, but discouraged posts that were just links to pages elsewhere on the web. IIRC, this was called "link farming". How many users had the talent and time to create original content, and then survive the ridiculous Kuro5shin editing process? Not many. Digg then encouraged links, but sh…

Except that Reddit is gradually turning into 4chan. Every time I see /r/all, it's a little more mean-spirited, a little younger, a little more toxic.

Outsourcing moderation and libertarian ideals all sound nice, but when the rubber hits the road it gradually chases normal people away. Reddit just did it it slower because the strengths of their platform and content overwhelmed it... but it's getting there eventually.

Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#92

Post by Pxtl »

reitanqild wrote: post #36
vinhboy wrote: post #21

I am going to predict that Reddit will soon collapse because it is overrun with conservative minded people. It's starting to become a really hateful community.

As a conservative: We aren't all that hateful, are we? From what I see the people who swings the banhammer over people just because they posted in wrong sub and generally tries to stifle free speak are mostly SJW etc, not exactly what I would call conservative people ;-)

It's not that conservatism is hateful, but that the brand of conservatism propagating on Reddit is a particularly hateful one.

Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#93

Post by nobody_nowhere »

Pxtl wrote: post #91
brianberns wrote: post #14

First there was Slashdot, but CmdrTaco insisted on picking the stories for us. He called it an "omelet". Kuro5hin came along to fix this, but discouraged posts that were just links to pages elsewhere on the web. IIRC, this was called "link farming". How many users had the talent and time to create original content, and then survive the ridiculous Kuro5shin editing process? Not many. Digg then encouraged links, but sh…

Except that Reddit is gradually turning into 4chan. Every time I see /r/all, it's a little more mean-spirited, a little younger, a little more toxic. Outsourcing moderation and libertarian ideals all sound nice, but when the rubber hits the road it gradually chases normal people away. Reddit just did it it slower because the strengths of their platform and content overwhelmed it... but it's getting there eventually.

Regression to the mean...

Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#94

Post by lintiness »

Pxtl wrote: post #91
brianberns wrote: post #14

First there was Slashdot, but CmdrTaco insisted on picking the stories for us. He called it an "omelet". Kuro5hin came along to fix this, but discouraged posts that were just links to pages elsewhere on the web. IIRC, this was called "link farming". How many users had the talent and time to create original content, and then survive the ridiculous Kuro5shin editing process? Not many. Digg then encouraged links, but sh…

Except that Reddit is gradually turning into 4chan. Every time I see /r/all, it's a little more mean-spirited, a little younger, a little more toxic. Outsourcing moderation and libertarian ideals all sound nice, but when the rubber hits the road it gradually chases normal people away. Reddit just did it it slower because the strengths of their platform and content overwhelmed it... but it's getting there eventually.

unsub to all the political nonsense, and reddit's still a valuable resource.

Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#95

Post by [deleted] »

Pxtl wrote: post #91
brianberns wrote: post #14

First there was Slashdot, but CmdrTaco insisted on picking the stories for us. He called it an "omelet". Kuro5hin came along to fix this, but discouraged posts that were just links to pages elsewhere on the web. IIRC, this was called "link farming". How many users had the talent and time to create original content, and then survive the ridiculous Kuro5shin editing process? Not many. Digg then encouraged links, but sh…

Except that Reddit is gradually turning into 4chan. Every time I see /r/all, it's a little more mean-spirited, a little younger, a little more toxic. Outsourcing moderation and libertarian ideals all sound nice, but when the rubber hits the road it gradually chases normal people away. Reddit just did it it slower because the strengths of their platform and content overwhelmed it... but it's getting there eventually.

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Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#96

Post by vanderZwan »

Pxtl wrote: post #91
brianberns wrote: post #14

First there was Slashdot, but CmdrTaco insisted on picking the stories for us. He called it an "omelet". Kuro5hin came along to fix this, but discouraged posts that were just links to pages elsewhere on the web. IIRC, this was called "link farming". How many users had the talent and time to create original content, and then survive the ridiculous Kuro5shin editing process? Not many. Digg then encouraged links, but sh…

Except that Reddit is gradually turning into 4chan. Every time I see /r/all, it's a little more mean-spirited, a little younger, a little more toxic. Outsourcing moderation and libertarian ideals all sound nice, but when the rubber hits the road it gradually chases normal people away. Reddit just did it it slower because the strengths of their platform and content overwhelmed it... but it's getting there eventually.

First "the fappening" attracting juvenile sexist dudebros and alienating the rest, now /r/the_donald (and I'm skipping a lot of drama).

It's not a coincidence that the best subs are the ones where the goals of the sub are clearly defined and the mods enforce the rules with an iron fist (/r/AskHistorians is the best example of this).

Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#97

Post by bcg1 »

Trill-I-Am wrote: post #34
weanoob wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit? Conservative? Are you joking?

Conservative is the wrong word but a lot of people on Reddit hate everyone that's not a white socialist atheist anti-Zionist middle class man

The correct word is "alt-right".

https://www.google.com/search?q=alt-right

Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#98

Post by josteink »

userbinator wrote: post #9
nikcub wrote: post #7

Kuro5hin ran a block-all in their robots.txt[0] so this is more historic internet content that will dissapear into the abyss. Anyone know of a mirror or an effort to mirror and host the site? [0] http://www.kuro5hin.org/robots.txt

The robots.txt you see now is probably the one on the server "parking" the domain, and not that of the original site. A "site:kuro5hin.org" query shows results, so I'm guessing the original one isn't a block-all.

>The robots.txt you see now is probably the one on the server "parking" the domain, and not that of the original site.

Still enough for TWBM to kill all its archives. It's ridiculous :(

Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#99

Post by pjc50 »

lintiness wrote: post #94
Pxtl wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except that Reddit is gradually turning into 4chan. Every time I see /r/all, it's a little more mean-spirited, a little younger, a little more toxic. Outsourcing moderation and libertarian ideals all sound nice, but when the rubber hits the road it gradually chases normal people away. Reddit just did it it slower because the strengths of their platform and content overwhelmed it... but it's getting there eventually.

unsub to all the political nonsense, and reddit's still a valuable resource.

The politics leaks everywhere, except in the most heavily moderated subreddits like AskHistorians.

Not to mention that reddit doesn't police offensive usernames.

Re: RIP Kuro5hin

#100

Post by TeMPOraL »

pjc50 wrote: post #99
lintiness wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

unsub to all the political nonsense, and reddit's still a valuable resource.

The politics leaks everywhere, except in the most heavily moderated subreddits like AskHistorians. Not to mention that reddit doesn't police offensive usernames .

Fortunately usernames are short, limited, and easy to filter out visually; there's no space to put something actually offensive in them. It takes one going out of their way to get offended for one to have a problem with Reddit usernames.
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