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Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by bendmorris » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:27 PM UTC

rfnslyr wrote: post #3

Just COMPLETELY ignore it. I truly believe after spending so much time on Reddit I became a worse person by being exposed to the same regurgitated/top voted opinions on things nobody should be talking about unless qualified (which you can't verify). I realized after a few years after taking an objective look at my life how much I had changed. If you dwell in a medium, you tend to absorb it, and that's the only medium…

>You don't stand to gain anything from Reddit ever.

Oh come on, really?

I'm a hobbyist game developer. I frequent a few subreddits including /r/gamedev. It's a fantastic community and I've learned a lot there, and I've been able to use it for free promotion. It's been very valuable to me and I've enjoyed using it.

If your statement was "you don't stand to gain anything from /r/funny ever" I might agree with you, but this is just too broad a brush to paint hundreds or thousands of individual communities with.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by thedufer » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:28 PM UTC

rfnslyr wrote: post #34

dionidium wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use reddit to discuss stories that only people in my town would discuss (r/stlouis) or to discuss things about the local sports team that only the people in my town would discuss (r/stlouisblues). Neither of those places are particularly toxic and there isn't really a better place on the web to discuss those things. But that's the thing. There is no actual real reason to go on Reddit. There's no actual real reason…

I use it for small subreddits too once in awhile. I'm posting about the main subreddits because that's the context of OP's post since her picture was posted in r/WTF.

> Trust, I've been on the site for like 7 years now and I've been to nearly every sub deemed "worthy". Almost in every situation, I'd prefer an entirely new forum specifically dedicated to that topic.

> I'm posting about the main subreddits because that's the context of OP's post since her picture was posted in r/WTF.

Excuse me?

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by wtvanhest » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:28 PM UTC

rfnslyr wrote: post #31

corresation wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The comments are always terrible. You can argue that some smaller subreddits have really good content, but do they really?" Yes, they really do. And no, the comments aren't always terrible. You can't simply make absurdly absolute statements and contrived caricatures and expect them to fly. You seem to have a deep emotional investment in Reddit, as if you put unrealistic expectations in it and now you strike out like…

My post was a bit emotional yeah, just wasted way too much time on it and it shaped me in a bad way. There are some great posts/comments in very niche subreddits, but when you compare that to the entirety of the website, it's a very very small outlier. Read my comment as if you are only subbed to the defaults, since that's where OP's picture was posted, that's what I'm arguing. The existence of a few rare good commen…

Each subreddit has a unique culture. Your comment just doesn't make sensw

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by jmduke » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:30 PM UTC

rfnslyr wrote: post #31

corresation wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The comments are always terrible. You can argue that some smaller subreddits have really good content, but do they really?" Yes, they really do. And no, the comments aren't always terrible. You can't simply make absurdly absolute statements and contrived caricatures and expect them to fly. You seem to have a deep emotional investment in Reddit, as if you put unrealistic expectations in it and now you strike out like…

My post was a bit emotional yeah, just wasted way too much time on it and it shaped me in a bad way. There are some great posts/comments in very niche subreddits, but when you compare that to the entirety of the website, it's a very very small outlier. Read my comment as if you are only subbed to the defaults, since that's where OP's picture was posted, that's what I'm arguing. The existence of a few rare good commen…

To add to your point, I literally never go to "www.reddit.com" at this point (for reasons you outlined), but there's a lot of niche subreddits that I love on Reddit itself (/r/hiphopheads, /r/nba, /r/nfl, /r/mfa). The key seems to be heavy moderation and relatively small community size.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by sergiotapia » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:30 PM UTC

rfnslyr wrote: post #28

sergiotapia wrote: post #26

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LOL - what the hell man. I've used Reddit for about 7 years now, and I've never felt what you're describing. Reddit is a glorified RSS feed with turing complete ranking system :P Why did you let yourself be so affected by something so measly? Is it the racism, sexism, [insert-ism] that gets to you?

When I was young and I found this site, I thought it was the best thing in the world. In my head, I could throw out every other site because all the links are here first! Then I saw the comments, and it's very easy to feel like you're being informed on a topic when you see it has X upvotes (if it's this upvoted, it MUST be true!) when in reality, you have no position to judge the quality of a post because you don't k…

So the problem you have with Reddit is that the barrier of entry is too low? Join subreddits like /r/sciece or /r/askscience for hardcore 'truths' - they ban memes, etc.

Again, it seems like you just went out of your way searching for things to hate.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by sliverstorm » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:30 PM UTC

rfnslyr wrote: post #3

Just COMPLETELY ignore it. I truly believe after spending so much time on Reddit I became a worse person by being exposed to the same regurgitated/top voted opinions on things nobody should be talking about unless qualified (which you can't verify). I realized after a few years after taking an objective look at my life how much I had changed. If you dwell in a medium, you tend to absorb it, and that's the only medium…

I'm fond of my local town's sub. It doesn't get many posts, and of the posts it does get I do ignore many, but overall the SNR is plenty high and I've made some nice real-life connections there.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by olavk » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

rfnslyr wrote: post #16

dmunoz wrote: post #13

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> Pretend like it doesn't even exist, because it shouldn't. Why not? I get a ton of useful content from reddit, and find that the discussions in the comments are often enlightening. The biggest problem with reddit is that you have to spend some time up front customizing your subreddit subscriptions. Once you've done that, the (custom) front page still has issues, and there is still bad discussion in the comments, but…

That's not the point. > Why not? I get a ton of useful content from reddit, and find that the discussions in the comments are often enlightening. How are you going to determine whether a comment is bullshit or not, especially on something super niche like some very specific question in r/Askhistorians? You can't for the most part. I do agree you can find good content, but by design Reddit is flawed. The upvote system…

Askhistorians have the policy that you have to be able to provide sources if requested.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by rfnslyr » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

jmduke wrote: post #44

rfnslyr wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My post was a bit emotional yeah, just wasted way too much time on it and it shaped me in a bad way. There are some great posts/comments in very niche subreddits, but when you compare that to the entirety of the website, it's a very very small outlier. Read my comment as if you are only subbed to the defaults, since that's where OP's picture was posted, that's what I'm arguing. The existence of a few rare good commen…

To add to your point, I literally never go to "www.reddit.com" at this point (for reasons you outlined), but there's a lot of niche subreddits that I love on Reddit itself (/r/hiphopheads, /r/nba, /r/nfl, /r/mfa). The key seems to be heavy moderation and relatively small community size.

The key seems to be heavy moderation and relatively small community size.

I wish there was a site like Reddit/HN but on an invite/application basis only to consistently provide good content.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by rfnslyr » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:33 PM UTC

thedufer wrote: post #42

rfnslyr wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use it for small subreddits too once in awhile. I'm posting about the main subreddits because that's the context of OP's post since her picture was posted in r/WTF.

> Trust, I've been on the site for like 7 years now and I've been to nearly every sub deemed "worthy". Almost in every situation, I'd prefer an entirely new forum specifically dedicated to that topic. > I'm posting about the main subreddits because that's the context of OP's post since her picture was posted in r/WTF. Excuse me?

Excuse you.

Re: How to defend yourself when your photo is ridiculed on Reddit

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Post by edgarvaldes » Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 10:34 PM UTC

corresation wrote: post #25

rfnslyr wrote: post #3

Just COMPLETELY ignore it. I truly believe after spending so much time on Reddit I became a worse person by being exposed to the same regurgitated/top voted opinions on things nobody should be talking about unless qualified (which you can't verify). I realized after a few years after taking an objective look at my life how much I had changed. If you dwell in a medium, you tend to absorb it, and that's the only medium…

"The comments are always terrible. You can argue that some smaller subreddits have really good content, but do they really?" Yes, they really do. And no, the comments aren't always terrible. You can't simply make absurdly absolute statements and contrived caricatures and expect them to fly. You seem to have a deep emotional investment in Reddit, as if you put unrealistic expectations in it and now you strike out like…

Example: r/redditgetsdrawn. Great place, great content, and obviously, great mods.