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Re: Reddit

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Post by archagon »

B-Con wrote: post #56
kyro wrote: post #9

Exciting news. One thing I sincerely hope reddit will do with the new injection is to increase the level of quality of content and discussion across the board. Often the advice given is "you've got to find the smaller subreddits" and while that's true, I think having the first few layers filled with terrible content and hive-minded, often racist/sexist discussion is incredibly detrimental to both the site's image and…

> One thing I sincerely hope reddit will do with the new injection is to increase the level of quality of content and discussion across the board. Often the advice given is "you've got to find the smaller subreddits" and while that's true, I think having the first few layers filled with terrible content and hive-minded, often racist/sexist discussion is incredibly detrimental to both the site's image and new user exp…

Yes. Metafilter. The reasons are simple: no voting, heavy moderation, linear discussion.

Re: Reddit

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Post by baby »

kyro wrote: post #9

Exciting news. One thing I sincerely hope reddit will do with the new injection is to increase the level of quality of content and discussion across the board. Often the advice given is "you've got to find the smaller subreddits" and while that's true, I think having the first few layers filled with terrible content and hive-minded, often racist/sexist discussion is incredibly detrimental to both the site's image and…

> often racist/sexist discussion is incredibly detrimental to both the site's image and new user experiences.

Every time the topic of a heavier moderation comes up people refuse to hear about it because "free speech".

Re: Reddit

#393

Post by vidarh »

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #144
silencio wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a default (twoxchromosomes) mod. I would love to see better moderation tools. Most of the shitty content I've had to deal with are from newer/multiple accounts, as well as the older accounts that are sick of the trolls. Our AutoModerator shadowban list and our ban list is so ridiculously long I can barely scroll it. It'd be amazing if we didn't have to rely on a bunch of other tools (toolbox, RES, AutoModerator)…

>"I'm a male and why is this on my reddit page" and people that just barge in without reading rules to post things against our rules I think its asking way too much of someone who wants to join a casual site known for cat pics and meme jokes to read through the couple dozen default sub rules. There's no practical educational solution here. The volume of new users and the labor of understanding all these rules is huge…

> There's no practical educational solution here.

If an account is new, perhaps it would be worth pestering them with a modal with a "this is the first time you're posting to this sub, have you read the rules for it? Here they are. Oh, and if you're wondering why this is on your page, here's how to remove it: ..".

Re: Reddit

#394

Post by NPC82 »

jseliger wrote: post #305
giulianob wrote: post #75

As a long time Reddit user, I've been really disappointed lately with Reddits "battle" against content creators and the little recourse you have if you are marked as a spammer or shadow banned. See the recent /r/indiegaming debacle for example, where a subreddit where mainly indie devs would post about their games now allows very little self promotion ( http://redd.it/2fdwyv ). Some of these rules are Reddit wide so…

if you are banned from a subreddit (even a default one) the moderators can basically choose to ignore you and you are SOL This touches an issue I'd like to elaborate on: the psychology of someone who is willing to moderate a Reddit subsection—or any similar site, like many mailing lists—is probably not good. It takes someone willing to spend a fair amount of time at a thankless task that is hard to do well and rarely…

You have an excellent point about who is willing to moderate versus someone who is actually fit for the job. I feel the concept it lost on a lot of people and too many look at it as another webforum or social media. There is something to be said about using curated link aggregation instead of a blog or forum. Ultimately expressing myself through other people's submissions is pretty cool and I like to think my ("my") subreddit has gradually reached that point.

Re: Reddit

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Post by vidarh »

diydsp wrote: post #160
silencio wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a default (twoxchromosomes) mod. I would love to see better moderation tools. Most of the shitty content I've had to deal with are from newer/multiple accounts, as well as the older accounts that are sick of the trolls. Our AutoModerator shadowban list and our ban list is so ridiculously long I can barely scroll it. It'd be amazing if we didn't have to rely on a bunch of other tools (toolbox, RES, AutoModerator)…

Yes, one thing I would like see in moderator tools is: edit the headlines. That's a commonly-used tool on HN and it would help subreddits, too.

The headline editing is one of my pet hates about HN. I'd loathe seeing it spread to Reddit too.

Re: Reddit

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Post by unterstrom »

arrrg wrote: post #385
hellodevnull wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>often racist/sexist discussion I'm confused. Reddit is one of the most anti-racist/sexist communities on the internet. That's the hivemind, so you'd expect anything that's racist or exist to quickly be deleted or pushed to the bottom of the thread where nobody can see it (on the large subreddits anyway).

This is hilarious. Reddit is extremely racist and sexist. Extremely. It’s a disgusting and vile place. Open your eyes.

No, it is not. Compared to other places like facebook or twitter or the world it's feminist heaven. Open your eyes.

Re: Reddit

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Post by anthonyb »

hellodevnull wrote: post #287
kyro wrote: post #9

Exciting news. One thing I sincerely hope reddit will do with the new injection is to increase the level of quality of content and discussion across the board. Often the advice given is "you've got to find the smaller subreddits" and while that's true, I think having the first few layers filled with terrible content and hive-minded, often racist/sexist discussion is incredibly detrimental to both the site's image and…

>often racist/sexist discussion I'm confused. Reddit is one of the most anti-racist/sexist communities on the internet. That's the hivemind, so you'd expect anything that's racist or exist to quickly be deleted or pushed to the bottom of the thread where nobody can see it (on the large subreddits anyway).

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ferguson

Re: Reddit

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Post by opinionedated »

They allow shit like /r/greatapes and a entire super racist network of subreddits like /r/ferguson and shit, but hoo boy if you're Jennifer Lawrence they'll bend over backwords to shut down /r/TheFappening to get rid of your nudes... While simultaneously ignoring /r/Photoplunder, which does the same thing but to people who aren't famous.

And lets not even start on banning /r/creepshots but not /r/CandidFashionPolice, which is THE SAME FUCKING THING. I mean shit, if you're going to have standards, at least be consistent.

And don't get me started on /r/netsec and it's shitty anti-disclosure philosophy.

Re: Reddit

#399

Post by jcfrei »

opinionedated wrote: post #398

They allow shit like /r/greatapes and a entire super racist network of subreddits like /r/ferguson and shit, but hoo boy if you're Jennifer Lawrence they'll bend over backwords to shut down /r/TheFappening to get rid of your nudes... While simultaneously ignoring /r/Photoplunder, which does the same thing but to people who aren't famous. And lets not even start on banning /r/creepshots but not /r/CandidFashionPolice,…

I like to believe that due to the anonymity on reddit it provides a much better reflection of our society - and hence also exposes some of the deeply ingrained hypocrisy.

Re: Reddit

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Post by jgalt212 »

Not to be a prig, but I think Sam leading a VC round outside of Y Combinator while he's president of Y Combinator at the very least represents a conflict of interest* and at the worst is an abuse of power.

*conflict of interest is pretty much the standard way of doing biz in the Valley as I understand it.

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