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

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Post by ceol »

grecy wrote: post #75
dmunoz wrote: post #55

This isn't the first time something like this has happened. See this post [0], to which the person from the picture responds [1]. Reddit does seem to have a problem with people who want to make fun of others posting, and unfortunately the content does get upvoted. I can't stand the people on reddit that take secret photos of others and post them. But don't write reddit off because of this juvenile behaviour. Read my…

> Reddit does seem to have a problem with people who want to make fun of others I always thought that's because there are many teenagers active on Reddit. I think ridiculing others in an attempt to elevate ones own status is a very common phase for insecure teenagers to go through. My experience is almost everyone grows out of it.

Most redditors are actually college-aged,[0] with the majority being between 25 and 44.[1]

[0]: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/reddit...

[1]: http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/08/21/report-social-network-de...

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

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Post by ceol »

tyrust wrote: post #96
sanskritabelt wrote: post #89

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Communities don't form in a vacuum, site ownership abetted, if not encouraged, the reddit culture: A few years ago, while Jailbait was still going strong, Reddit's administrators gave him a special one-of-a-kind "pimp hat" badge to honor his contributions to the site, which he proudly displayed on his profile. Brutsch said he was even in the final running for a job as a customer support representative at Reddit last…

Reddit has pretty much always had a laissez-faire approach to administration of subreddits. As long as it was legal it was ok. I really don't want to touch the violentacrez case, but he was given that award in recognition for serving as a moderator of a boatload of subreddits. It's not like the admins said "nice CP, here's a pimp hat". And once again you are simply ignoring the fact that Reddit is not one entity. The…

There is. There is a single culture that tends to upvote the same things over and over again.

Reddit.com is defined by its default subreddits — its front page. The fact that other subs exist doesn't negate the very real culture that has risen to the top of the site like the layer of oil on a cold, disgusting bowl of soup.

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

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Post by ceol »

transitionality wrote: post #81
ahuth wrote: post #70

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The image is NOT disturbing in the slightest. She looks a little bit different than "normal." Get over it.

It is EXTREMELY disturbing and a TRIGGER WARNING should have been included in the title.

Please, go back to reddit. Your posting history on this website is complete shit.

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

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Post by yen223 »

transitionality wrote: post #98
corin_ wrote: post #92

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Fatness is the one I can't stand people getting upset about (as in, upset when people make fun of it). I'm fat, if anyone wants to take the piss then I'm fine with it. Sure, there can be situations out of your control - I, for example, do believe that my genes aren't helpful to my weight based on family members and anecdotal evidence, but at the end of the day if I really cared I'm perfectly aware that I could be ski…

I like to summarize all that with: No fat Somalians. People tend not to argue.

Malnourishment can cause bloated stomachs you know.

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

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Post by girvo »

stefantalpalaru wrote: post #60

It's interesting how the (out of character) resentment undermines an otherwise high road response: "I fought back" "I felt a bit sick" "I was content (...) and these posters were making fun of a stranger on the Internet" "Think about how that impacts a stranger. Their parents, their partner, their children. Stop being a coward behind a screen." "the Internet is full of pretty awful people"

It really doesn't undermine her "high road" response, IMO. Just shows she is human. Which is sort of the entire point.

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

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Post by pervycreeper »

This is less alarming than the potential that private-social-network based sites such as facebook, etc. have for mockery and harassment. Imagine if someone locally took a surreptitious photo and posted it to a social networking site, it ended up spreading, and this woman would be walking around in public, unaware that she was an object of mockery to the strangers around her.

At least, since this was posted on the public internet, it eventually was able to gain the benefit of wide scrutiny, and the original posters were somewhat chastened.

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

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Post by skeletonjelly »

tlrobinson wrote: post #30
smtddr wrote: post #8

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>> I hate Reddit so much, it's such an absolute shit hole. Pretend like it doesn't even exist, because it shouldn't. I truly believe after spending so much time on Reddit I became a worse person. 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 dwelled in. I very strongly agree with this. When D…

/r/bitcoin has gone to shit. Try /r/bitcoinserious

or /r/buttcoin

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

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Post by skeletonjelly »

hnha wrote: post #76
ahuth wrote: post #70

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The image is NOT disturbing in the slightest. She looks a little bit different than "normal." Get over it.

I share op's feeling. At least on that image the skin looks very raw, like it has been peeled or burned off. It absolutely does not look normal and can be disturbing to unexpecting observers (me included). If it was normal there would be no post about it. Looks don't mean much about a person and I am sure she is nice. No one should be ridiculed for their looks. But please have some sympathy with people who feel uneas…

Come off it mate. You were saved from this enduring condition and a thousand others. Have a little perspective.

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

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Post by LordHumungous »

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…

And Hacker News is so much better? Any social site is going to have a mix of good and bad content.

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

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Post by psbp »

glogla wrote: post #12
nabla9 wrote: post #7

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You are using reddit wrong. You don't have to use Reddit in default setting. Unsubscribe from everything and then select those subreddits that are nice. You don't have to look at comments if you don't like their contents. There are several nice and tightly moderated reddits that are great. For example /r/askhistorians and /r/askscience and several others.

Not to mention, some of the arguments can be made about HN without changing a word. Reddit is different because people tend to chose subreddits that they care about, so the discussions are generally more positive. For example, there are small subreddits about FirefoxOS or Jolla, that contain discussions about both topics, and are quite enthusiastic. On the other hand, any HN discussion about those topics is full of p…

I was waiting for the conclusion "just like HN", but I guess they carry the same delusions about HN not being a trite hivemind that they once did for reddit.
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