r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAView.com

Post by canofbars » Sun, Apr 07, 2019, 10:51 AM UTC

jaabe wrote: post #137

phist_mcgee wrote: post #76

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And 4chan theoretically is better still, because the anonymity means posters are not rewarded at all for their contributions. Even the same poster, posting twice in the thread is not identifiable on most boards, allowing the discussion to be the primary focus. On the other hand, the culture of most *chans is to be abusive and confrontational, so who knows if it is any better.

I actually think it’s the opposite. On traditional social media a mediocre post will still get a few likes. On 4chan a new thread needs to achieve quick popularity or it’ll get deleted within 5 minutes. I think that is part of what fules the negative culture. The anonymity and lack of moderation surely helps but outrageous threads simply have a higher chance of surviving on 4chan.

Post by konart » Sun, Apr 07, 2019, 11:08 AM UTC

Post by TeMPOraL » Sun, Apr 07, 2019, 11:53 AM UTC

darkpuma wrote: post #115

Bahamut wrote: post #112

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IRC’s problem for deep conversations is that conversations in a chat medium are more ephemeral and that the shorter is better, not unlike Twitter, a format that exemplifies why shorter conversations do not give a great medium for longer/deeper conversations. With forums, posts aren’t generally deleted except by maybe an admin if someone has been violating rules, and due to the permanence, people generally spend more…

With forums you often get a topic that has 500 posts, 480 of which are pure "me too / works for me" noise. Those 500 posts are split into 50 pages of 10 posts each, and page one has the oldest posts. The post with the answer is on page 46 and the pages after that are just 30-40 comments thanking whoever came up with the answer. So if you jump straight to the end then start working backwards, you're looking at maybe 1…

Post by TeMPOraL » Sun, Apr 07, 2019, 12:02 PM UTC

earenndil wrote: post #59

rhn_mk1 wrote: post #28

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Yes, it's called the web. Reddit's source is free [0], and you can host your own (sub)reddit, which no one will be able to take away from you easily. [0] https://github.com/reddit

That's an old version, that's no longer getting updates. (It stopped being opensource a while _before_ the redesign.)

Post by TeMPOraL » Sun, Apr 07, 2019, 12:11 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #69

jachee wrote: post #67

Change my view: Verb forms of "graduate" which have a direct object should be followed by "from" unless they're referring to the act of calibration. "Jimmy graduated from college." Not "Jimmy graduated college." Alternately acceptable exception that proves the rule: "State College graduated 1500 students this year."

"Jimmy graduated from college." Not "Jimmy graduated college." See also: "Oil needs to be changed." Not "Oil needs changed." People are afraid of "to be" these days.