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Re: Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app client for Reddit

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Post by mistermann »

Posibyte wrote: post #35
PommeDeTerre wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The biggest problems with reddit aren't so much how to read it, but rather what can be read there. Most of the major subreddits are no longer worth following, unless you're interested in hipsterism or curious about the meme-of-the-hour. The smaller subreddits generally have limited traffic, resulting in very slow discussion. Email mailing lists are far superior for discussions with this size of a community. Censorshi…

I think this is a radical idea, but hear me out: I fully believe the community could be better curated if they took the down-vote button away. (Or, at least, reserved it for the highest echelon of users) Looking from the island of HackerNews, back to the continent of Reddit where I wasted so many years of productivity, I've seen amazing wonders in the way HN uses its down-vote systems. In essence, it's there to "nudg…

100% agree, the downvote button is really harming reddit outside of small niche subreddits.

Re: Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app client for Reddit

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Post by jlgreco »

jlgreco wrote: post #75
frozenport wrote: post #60

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Also that r/atheism keeps up-voting itself. As a Atheist from birth I find them obnoxious and repetitive.

Wait, what does "up-voting itself" mean? Do people that use the numerous cat subreddits not vote for cat pictures? I am under the impression the point of subreddits is to allow you to subscribe or not subscribe, so why not just not subscribe to r/atheism? That's how I use it anyway.

@mistermann

Why would you browse "r/all" if you didn't want.. all?

This seems to be an imagined problem.

Re: Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app client for Reddit

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Post by ChiperSoft »

mistermann wrote: post #90
redthrowaway wrote: post #65

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I've been a redditor for something like 4 years. I've read thousands of complaints about Nazi mods banning people they disagree with. Upon closer inspection, I've found the vast majority of those who were banned deserved it. In only a handful of cases have I seen mods who legitimately were trying to censor opinions they disagreed with. People have a tendency to hide behind the principle of free speech as if it were a…

Its not so much the moderators, its the downvotes. Reddit, imho, has a very particular and narrow opinion on many subjects - disagree with this opinion, even in legitimate good faith of open discussion, and your comment will be buried within minutes. The masses in the community have really lost their way.

Hivemind happens everywhere, even on HN and SO. There will always be a status quo.

Re: Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app client for Reddit

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Post by mikelat »

PommeDeTerre wrote: post #5
FigBug wrote: post #4

Looks good. I'm always looking for better ways to read reddit. I don't like their UI. I've been experimenting with the best way to read reddit. My first idea was a specialized browser that has 5 tabs open. When you close one tab, another automatically opens with the next unread story from the current subreddit. That way, as fast as you could smack Ctrl+W, you'd get the the next unread story, already loaded. It worked…

The biggest problems with reddit aren't so much how to read it, but rather what can be read there. Most of the major subreddits are no longer worth following, unless you're interested in hipsterism or curious about the meme-of-the-hour. The smaller subreddits generally have limited traffic, resulting in very slow discussion. Email mailing lists are far superior for discussions with this size of a community. Censorshi…

The other problem is you can't really trust the bigger subreddits because of astroturfing and too many groups with something to gain. You can't know for sure who's up voting what you see who's down voting what you don't see. Often redditors will accept what they read as the rational voice of the people when it could be a corporate attempt to sway public opinion for example.

Honestly there isn't anything reddit can do. Its a side effect of a popular website run by users.

Re: Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app client for Reddit

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Post by rmc »

PommeDeTerre wrote: post #88
graue wrote: post #86

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I believe (and hope) your critique is well-intentioned, but just think about it a little more. If you are a trans person, a very significant amount of the population probably treats you like you are weird or a freak. You could be verbally harassed, denied employment or in extreme cases, even be a target of violence, just for something that's part of your identity. If you were in that situation, wouldn't you want to h…

I understand that certain groups of people will face animosity from others. This affects all sorts of groups of people, in many different situations. Yes, this is just reality. Blatant hypocrisy will never help improve the situation, however. One group of people who complain about being ostracized when they're in the minority should not turn around and ostracize others when they're in the majority. Banning people the…

will face animosity from others

There is a difference between "animosity from others" and outright hatred, violence and oppression. There is a difference between "animoisity" and being denied many of your rights and being locked up in a mental institution ( 11 yr old trans girl institutionalised: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/01/31/german-trans-girl-to-be... ).

Banning people they disagree with from a rather public forum like a subreddit, for example, only hurts their cause and their reputation.

I disagree. I think there is empirical evidence that the LGBT or Trans rights groups have benefited from having safe spaces. Trans rights and LGB rights & politics have increased over the last two decades, in part I think due to more trans & LGB people coming out because they have safe spaces to explore themselves.

Re: Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app client for Reddit

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Post by rmc »

PommeDeTerre wrote: post #83
rmc wrote: post #76

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Counter-example: The mods of r/lgbt think there is nothing wrong with homosexuality. If you write an on-topic, polite comment that even suggests that there is something wrong with homosexuality, you will be banned. The mods of r/transgender think think there is nothing wrong with trans gender identities. If you write an on-topic, polite comment that even suggests that trans women are "men in skirts", you will be bann…

I don't think you should be fine with it. It's wrong for groups like those you've mentioned to decry intolerance when they're the victims, only to turn around and deliver intolerance to some other group of people. It's hypocritical, and it's counterproductive. Instead of banning the detractors, they should try welcoming them into the community, and maybe even try to understand them and their viewpoints better. They m…

to decry intolerance when they're the victims, only to turn around and deliver intolerance to some other group of people. It's hypocritical, and it's counterproductive.

These groups do not "decry intolerance in all forms", but instead decry intolerance against people of different gender & sexual identities. Many (all?) of these groups have no problem not tolerating people who don't tolerate gender & sexual minorities. There is nothing hypocritical here.

Instead of banning the detractors, they should try welcoming them into the community, and maybe even try to understand them and their viewpoints better.

"detractors"? Are we talking about the same thing? This isn't some technical mailing list where the discussion is whether the programme should have lots of defaults or have lots of options for power users. The "detractors" want to kill LGB people. The "detractors" think that trans people can be assaulted and killed if (for example) a straight cis man finds a trans woman attractive.

These "detractors" do not come into the community to learn more. They aren't "detractors", they are haters. They come in with hatred, hostility with the goal to destroy the community.

And you think things would be better if these haters were allowed to say whatever they want in these communities?!

Re: Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app client for Reddit

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Post by frozenport »

jlgreco wrote: post #75
frozenport wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also that r/atheism keeps up-voting itself. As a Atheist from birth I find them obnoxious and repetitive.

Wait, what does "up-voting itself" mean? Do people that use the numerous cat subreddits not vote for cat pictures? I am under the impression the point of subreddits is to allow you to subscribe or not subscribe, so why not just not subscribe to r/atheism? That's how I use it anyway.

I feel like they show lack of discrimination, with almost everything being up-voted and not much variation in content.
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