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Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by xboxnolifes »

Solvency wrote: post #56
haunter wrote: post #16

I still prefer reddit most of the time. Front page (default) subs are highly manipulated (especially anything news, politics, current things etc.) but for hobbies, video games, and sports it's still the best site. Video game discusssions especially because unlike Discord every tip, guide, and walkthrough is archived and searchable. And for sports mostly because it's _insane_ how quickly you get highlights and videos.…

every single sub no matter how niche is infested with bots or spam/schill accounts. every single parenting/mom sub is inundated by formula companies. every fan niche like comicbooks is full of bot accounts in training (building up karma with low effort posts and repeat copy posts from previous days from other posters). everything, everywhere.

> every fan niche like comicbooks is full of bot accounts in training (building up karma with low effort posts and repeat copy posts from previous days from other posters)

If such things exist in subs I visit, I don't see it. Either the reposts are downvoted so I don't see them, the repost is the first time I'm seeing it making it a good post from my perspective, or they aren't reposts and the bots are making good contributions.

I definitely notice the astroturfing accounts in the subs that are marketing profitable (usually lifestyle subs like fitness, fashion, cooking, investing, etc), but not every sub is profitable or even open to product endorsement. At least, I very rarely ever see such things in the video games subs I visit. I'm not even sure how you could mix in such posts into a sub like /r/rimworld.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by P_I_Staker »

5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #31

reddit front page used to be all memes and humour ...now it's all US bizarro world politics and weird interpersonal sexual TMI stuff.

Don't forget the heartbreaking betrayals: "I just figure out my husbands supporting a child molester, and even taking their side" "My wife of 10 yearz told me none of the kidz r mine, banged all my friends in giant orgy, then they beat me up, put me in a hospital. Anyway I was also fired"

Pretty new, but now 80% of reddit goes to reddit to vent all relationship problems. I think it was less of a problem 10-20 years ago, but ~5 years back we started to see more and more.

We can probably blame /r/relationshipadvice, /r/aitah, etc., etc., etc. It really makes me want to never be in a relationship again.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by TulliusCicero »

tayo42 wrote: post #64
bun_terminator wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand how they still have mods. Reddits boss hates them. Everyone else, too. They have 100% a negative impact. The site would be wonderful without moderation as that's already covered by the voting mechanism.

I would say mods are a little to heavy handed. But I think they handle spam? And also some community stuff like mega threads and weekly stuff? Idk I feel like there's a better middle ground then what we experience now with reddit mods and having it be a total free for all

> I would say mods are a little to heavy handed.

Some mods are, but the only reason people really think this is because the heavy-handed aspects are the visible ones. Nobody really sees mods removing random spam threads and comments, that's the whole point. Good modding is mostly invisible.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by piafraus »

haunter wrote: post #16

I still prefer reddit most of the time. Front page (default) subs are highly manipulated (especially anything news, politics, current things etc.) but for hobbies, video games, and sports it's still the best site. Video game discusssions especially because unlike Discord every tip, guide, and walkthrough is archived and searchable. And for sports mostly because it's _insane_ how quickly you get highlights and videos.…

> I can't ready my city's sub because it's always the same tired politics posts instead of "what are some good restaurants" or "here is a photo of a building I've never seen before".

I find it funny, that I am completely opposite. I would very much prefer the local news/politics/crime, as this directly affects me and my life - e.g. don't go to the highway today, because protestors block it. Vs. the boring similar photos I've probably already saw like 100 times from a slightly different angle or they are not interesting at all and author highly overestimates their photography skill.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by TulliusCicero »

Solvency wrote: post #56
haunter wrote: post #16

I still prefer reddit most of the time. Front page (default) subs are highly manipulated (especially anything news, politics, current things etc.) but for hobbies, video games, and sports it's still the best site. Video game discusssions especially because unlike Discord every tip, guide, and walkthrough is archived and searchable. And for sports mostly because it's _insane_ how quickly you get highlights and videos.…

every single sub no matter how niche is infested with bots or spam/schill accounts. every single parenting/mom sub is inundated by formula companies. every fan niche like comicbooks is full of bot accounts in training (building up karma with low effort posts and repeat copy posts from previous days from other posters). everything, everywhere.

People say things like this, but the subs I frequent largely seem fine. I'm sure there are bad actors somewhere in there, but they don't seem prominent to me.

> every single parenting/mom sub is inundated by formula companies.

Okay, if it's every single one, show me all the formula company inundation in r/daddit. Should be easy if they're absolutely everywhere, like you say, right?

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by discardedrefuse »

Timshel wrote: post #33
mmcgaha wrote: post #26

I just want a little plonk button under each result so I can blacklist sites that I am not interested in.

You can check https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist

uBlackList is fantastic. It even works for DuckDuckGo! If anyone is interested, here are some ruleset subscriptions to start with.

https://github.com/rjaus/awesome-ublacklist

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by tayo42 »

> It's not just Reddit. Q&A forum Quora is getting a huge visibility bump in Google search results,

Why? Landing on a quora page has to be the most confusing web experience in existence right now.

Quora just reminds of yahoo answers but rebranded. I can't be the only one with that association and find it hard to take seriously. Assuming you can even find the content your looking for on a quora page.

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by [deleted] »

rasz wrote: post #72
gary_0 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That was done specifically for SEO purposes. As a human I also like it when I can see what topic a URL points to (eg. when it's being shared on HN, or pasted into source code, etc). URLs that just have an opaque ID or terse filename are not very user-friendly.

Nowadays reddit hides it, I use this to revert back to full url for (let value of document.querySelectorAll('.first a.bylink.comments')) { let href = value.closest('.top-matter').querySelector('.title a.title.may-blank').href; if (href != value.href && ( href.startsWith('https://www.reddit.com/') || href.startsWith('https://v.redd.it')) ) { console.log (href, value.href); value.closest('.top-matter').querySelector('.…

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Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by adamomada »

Klonoar wrote: post #49
NayamAmarshe wrote: post #15

The only problem is bad advice that can come up quite often on Reddit. There are various subreddits where young people ask for advice and other young people with no experience are giving advice that might influence others negatively. Otherwise, Reddit is great for technical stuff and niche community communication.

The way I describe Reddit to people is that you have zero clue if you’re arguing with a 13 year old who discovered $x concept this week. (Or a bot) If you move through the site with that understanding - and personally, using the old interface - it can still be bearable. I’m not the biggest fan of the company itself these days and I hold out hope that something else can take off, but I’ve not been impressed so far.

I have a theory that reddit was pretty decent when it first started because the majority of the site users were at least university or college students/age.

Nowadays the average age is high school, and probably trending to grade school

These are the people who are influencing the Google search user at large now.

We’re fucked

Re: Reddit is taking over Google

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Post by psunavy03 »

post_break wrote: post #79
bun_terminator wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand how they still have mods. Reddits boss hates them. Everyone else, too. They have 100% a negative impact. The site would be wonderful without moderation as that's already covered by the voting mechanism.

As a mod of a larger subreddit this comment makes me laugh. Good mods are invisible. In fact I do everything in my power to not use my power for bad, and only to help people out.

Unfortunately many subs are set up so that if you go against the hivemind, you get instabanned, or close to it. There seem to be many mods on Reddit who have nothing more rewarding going on in their lives, or else just cherish that small bit of power over others.
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