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Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by input_sh » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:12 PM UTC

apexalpha wrote: post #130

float4 wrote: post #36

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/r/thenetherlands is a joke. So many comments are being removed in order to "maintain community standards". I once posted a genuine question there: "Do you think /r/thenetherlands is an echo chamber?" "[Your post was removed for being off topic]" Oh well. Now I just don't use reddit anymore. My life is better because of it.

I actually like /r/thenetherlands. You're question does seem too meta and pointless. It's just a sub about Dutch news and stuff.

Yeah but everyone thinks their case is special because of X, then spew at the very least 2-3 messages in your inbox, debate whether they've actually broken the rule you wrote or not, and just generally waste your time.

Speaking as someone who used to be the main moderator for a country sub (albeit a smaller one), at a certain point you just go numb and stop justifying your actions (you still communicate it with other mods and they see your ban reason, not visible to the user). That being said, I did enforce one or two temporary bans before handing out permanent ones.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by bena » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:13 PM UTC

zibzab wrote: post #116

What I really want is a big list of subs with actual useful stuff. No memes, no hate or soft-hate [1] but useful things like electronics or how to play the piano. [1] have you noticed that many of top subs are about either watching others humiliation or judging people? idiotsincar, iamatotalpieceofshit, maliciouscompliance, etc. Do I actually become a better person by following these?

There are subs I subscribe to and subs I'll "just visit".

I'll subscribe to programming, python, csharp, lego, starcraft. Basically anything I'm specifically interested in. To find out what's the general feel of those topics.

But I'll pop in leopardsatemyface, iamverysmart, and a few others just for fun.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by dangisanazi » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:13 PM UTC

krono wrote: post #110

ianleeclark wrote: post #80

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Seems you weren't in good standing.

Looking at the level of engagement and fake internet points my posts across the subs in this network received over the last 11 years, I can at least die happy knowing the community members thought I was a pretty cool guy. The mods can go .. themselves.

Can go what? You were about to be confident, then you self censored like a coward

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by LeftHandPath » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

uniqueid wrote: post #205

pembrook wrote: post #99

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Somehow I doubt a 60 year old woman with the job title of “socialite” accumulated 15 million karma on Reddit. Call me crazy.

...and that sort of thing is why I block reddit.com. For any one accurate fact that a redditor learns, there's at least one other that is wrong. The site is like a game of telephone, and what's more half the participants are teenagers, propagandists, attention-seekers, crackpots or pathological liars.

> the participants are teenagers, propagandists, attention-seekers, crackpots or pathological liars.

I quit using reddit regularly about two years ago, but I still checked up on it maybe once a month until a couple of months ago.

What's really telling is opening the site without being logged in to my old account. I never have to scroll more than 5-10 posts down to find an obvious astroturfing political post, or a screenshot of a 15-word tweet being hailed as some masterstroke of political discourse.

Reddit's primary societal function these days seems to be serving interest groups and providing a testing ground for psyops.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by andrepd » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC

supperburg wrote: post #131

Even if you took away all controversy and politics, I hate Reddit. The search function sucks. They shoved their own harebrained video player down everyone’s throats and it constantly plays by itself without opening. And when you do open it it doesn’t fucking play half the time. They also foisted their eye-bleeding updated user interface upon our innocent souls and forever corrupted us. It can only be described as Fis…

You left out the worst thing: the upvote-downvote system, which ensures that an hivemind echo chamber is almost guaranteed to arise. Any slightly controversial post, or in fact anything which does not run with the dominating opinion, is immediately hidden from view.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by dangisanazi » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:28 PM UTC

nicbou wrote: post #208

kevinmchugh wrote: post #201

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I'm a mod on a moderately big sub, just one. We've got one of the power mods in the mod group. He's extremely effective as a mod, doesn't mind doing it, cares and is knowledgeable about the topic. It's a little like picking up litter while out for a walk. Not exactly fun, but can be fulfilling in a way.

That wasn't my experience. The janitorial duties were nice, but some users made our life hell. They would hound some of us around over perceived slights and even spread false rumours about us. Throwaway accounts made rules unenforceable. There are frequent calls for a change of mods, and a long list of grievances about the current moderators. However, nobody ever volunteers their own efforts to fix anything. I still…

You quote the movie clerks to your own needs without realizing you are just like losers in that film in that you that chose that existence in the first place.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by andrepd » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:29 PM UTC

fho wrote: post #160

mabub24 wrote: post #154

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I still like some parts of Reddit. I can only do so, though, because I exclusively force old.reddit styling instead of the new repulsive design, and I only visit 4ish subreddits with generally smaller subscriber numbers and more niche interests. All of the main/general subreddits are just endlessly repeating the same thing over and over again. Once the subreddit gets too big or seems to be annoying, jump ship or try…

I tried to get of my reddit addiction several times now ... going "cold turkey" or easing it of over time. I did that with 9gag a decade ago and never went back since, but with reddit it's hard because there is actually good content on there. Especially in the niche communities with small subscriber numbers. (very evident in the /r/battletech subreddit that just got overrun by a recent games workshop exodus. Subscrib…

"Reddit" the default subreddits (and most popular ones) is very different from "reddit" the niche subreddits

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by krallja » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

defaultprimate wrote: post #129

jon-wood wrote: post #103

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That's also considered unacceptable, and the reason variants are now assigned sequential names from the phonetic alphabet, hence "Delta Variant".

Zika Ebola Lyme MERS West Nile Virus Marburg Virus Guinea Worm German Measles Ross River Fever Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Norovirus Or for a complete list of thousands, simply look up toponymic diseases

German measles is more commonly called rubella

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by andrepd » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:31 PM UTC

thrav wrote: post #214

fho wrote: post #160

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I tried to get of my reddit addiction several times now ... going "cold turkey" or easing it of over time. I did that with 9gag a decade ago and never went back since, but with reddit it's hard because there is actually good content on there. Especially in the niche communities with small subscriber numbers. (very evident in the /r/battletech subreddit that just got overrun by a recent games workshop exodus. Subscrib…

The bottom line is, Reddit has value — and not just a little. Whenever I’m trying to figure something out, I can always find a sub that has the answer, or will help. Most recent example was California drivers safety course. Googled: “Reddit drivers safety course California” and found a class that was entirely self-paced, $10, and got me through it with a letter off to court in under an hour. Maybe I would’ve found it…

This has become my trick to try to get some sort of relevant results from google searches and sift through the SEO hell that modern web has become: tack on "reddit" to my query.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by andrepd » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:32 PM UTC

dilippkumar wrote: post #209

fho wrote: post #160

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I tried to get of my reddit addiction several times now ... going "cold turkey" or easing it of over time. I did that with 9gag a decade ago and never went back since, but with reddit it's hard because there is actually good content on there. Especially in the niche communities with small subscriber numbers. (very evident in the /r/battletech subreddit that just got overrun by a recent games workshop exodus. Subscrib…

> I did that with 9gag a decade ago and never went back since... Other than HN, 9gag is the only place on the internet that I still regularly visit. Most people posting and commenting have stuck around for a decade and it has been really nice to age together with an online community.

No offense, but 9gag and its comments are by far the very worst, stupidest, most toxic "community" I've ever seen, and yes this includes youtube comments.