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Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by unsupp0rted »

HelloMcFly wrote: post #321
OGWhales wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I certainly think "I'm routinely regarded as an a-hole because I act like one" to be much more plausible than "I'm routinely regarded as an a-hole because this giant social network has a metaphorical auto-immune disease that results in me experiencing this routinely." Especially when others participate in that same social network and don't experience that same problem. The one benefit I could give this person is th…

My own experience indicates that people seeking those subs out also have a higher likelihood of being intentionally provocative, and the line between "provocative" and "troll" is very different for very different people.

The main problem with Reddit, and the crux of my point, is that year on year the problem creeps into even the smaller and intentionally non-political subs.

If interacting every day, it's getting harder not to be labeled an -ic or -ist of some kind in a sizable home town sub or a sub about a generic tv show.

That problem doesn't seem to exist on HN: more often people reply to the content of the comment without labeling the commenter.

Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by jonny_eh »

unsupp0rted wrote: post #250
jonny_eh wrote: post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If people keep telling you that you're racist then maybe you're…

...commenting innocuously on a massive social network among college-age North American kids in 2023

Reddit mods aren't predominately NA college kids.

Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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mynameisvlad wrote: post #330
nailer wrote: post #326

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Congratulations on doing the bare minimum and still coming to a shit conclusion. Did you also bother to read your own comments while you were at it? I would have assumed you did but you clearly have shown that comprehension is not in your wheelhouse. > painting any assessment of Reddit to be a statement that Reddit has a single political opinion, which is a statement that nobody is making I mean, that's literally wha…

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Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by nailer »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #330
nailer wrote: post #326

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Congratulations on doing the bare minimum and still coming to a shit conclusion. Did you also bother to read your own comments while you were at it? I would have assumed you did but you clearly have shown that comprehension is not in your wheelhouse. > painting any assessment of Reddit to be a statement that Reddit has a single political opinion, which is a statement that nobody is making I mean, that's literally wha…

> that's literally what you did, but go off sis.

No.

Your quote does not support the assertion.

An average does not mean that individual data points can have different values.

I’m not a woman. My username is my own name. I’m not sure what you were trying here.

You should probably read the HN guidelines.

Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by mynameisvlad »

nailer wrote: post #334
mynameisvlad wrote: post #330

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Congratulations on doing the bare minimum and still coming to a shit conclusion. Did you also bother to read your own comments while you were at it? I would have assumed you did but you clearly have shown that comprehension is not in your wheelhouse. > painting any assessment of Reddit to be a statement that Reddit has a single political opinion, which is a statement that nobody is making I mean, that's literally wha…

> that's literally what you did, but go off sis. No. Your quote does not support the assertion. An average does not mean that individual data points can have different values. I’m not a woman. My username is my own name. I’m not sure what you were trying here. You should probably read the HN guidelines.

You literally said the statement that you then claimed nobody ever made.

Almost word for word.

Is your cognitive dissonance that extreme? This gaslighting is idiotic when your own comments are right there to read.

Just stop. You’ve clearly proven you can’t even keep your own arguments straight, let alone properly respond to others’. There is no basis for discussion if you refuse to acknowledge the things you’ve clearly said.

Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by nailer »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #335
nailer wrote: post #334

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> that's literally what you did, but go off sis. No. Your quote does not support the assertion. An average does not mean that individual data points can have different values. I’m not a woman. My username is my own name. I’m not sure what you were trying here. You should probably read the HN guidelines.

You literally said the statement that you then claimed nobody ever made. Almost word for word. Is your cognitive dissonance that extreme? This gaslighting is idiotic when your own comments are right there to read . Just stop. You’ve clearly proven you can’t even keep your own arguments straight, let alone properly respond to others’. There is no basis for discussion if you refuse to acknowledge the things you’ve clea…

Again, Reddit leans left of the general population.

Again, this doesn’t preclude there being a multitude of political affiliations on Reddit.

I’ve been very consistent on this and think you’ve done very poorly in response. It’s possible you’re so angry you’re not even reading what you’re quoting.

But ok.

Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by mynameisvlad »

nailer wrote: post #336
mynameisvlad wrote: post #335

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You literally said the statement that you then claimed nobody ever made. Almost word for word. Is your cognitive dissonance that extreme? This gaslighting is idiotic when your own comments are right there to read . Just stop. You’ve clearly proven you can’t even keep your own arguments straight, let alone properly respond to others’. There is no basis for discussion if you refuse to acknowledge the things you’ve clea…

Again, Reddit leans left of the general population. Again, this doesn’t preclude there being a multitude of political affiliations on Reddit. I’ve been very consistent on this and think you’ve done very poorly in response. It’s possible you’re so angry you’re not even reading what you’re quoting. But ok.

Your entire point up til now has been that Reddit has had a singular opinion. You have referred to Reddit as a singular entity with a singular set of beliefs and thoughts. Multiple times.

> it’s Reddit that is out of touch.

> If it’s only Reddit that finds many people’s behaviour objectionable Occam’s Razor would determine that Reddit is the problem

Hell, even in this comment you continue to do it.

> Again, Reddit leans left of the general population.

Now suddenly Reddit is multiple people with multiple opinions?

> I’ve been very consistent on this

Consistent is the opposite of what you've been. But ok.

Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by yung_steezy »

dghlsakjg wrote: post #292
unsupp0rted wrote: post #263

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I wasn't asking questions. I was making a categorical statement of objective reality: at the time it was physically impossible to know how many doses of the vaccine, on what schedule, would achieve the best balance of effectiveness vs. safety. This was the content of my comment, which got me banned from /r/CanadaCoronavirus.

You asked if you were being toxic. I answered yes. As someone who has built communities online and in the real world, you are someone that, at best, needs careful management. I wouldn’t willingly include you in a team or community. I’ve done life or death stuff with the teams I built, I’m pretty good at this. From reading through here plenty of other people think similarly. You are more willing to argue than you are…

This post comes across as pretty judgemental. I'm not sure if ad hominen attacks like this are contributing to the conversation.

Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by knorker »

Digg v4 failed because the user experience was basically equal to if when someone forgets to renew their domain, and a squatter put up some BS spam site in its place.

There was no place for users on Digg v4. And without users, it's hard to get revenue.

Was it unreliable at first? I didn't even notice. I just saw what they were aiming for, and noped out.

Re: Digg's v4 launch: an optimism born of necessity (2018)

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Post by myko »

nailer wrote: post #285
myko wrote: post #167

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> all-powerful mods to whom every user is a racist transphobe nazi homophobe enemy. Weird, I've been put off of reddit because of the prevalence of transphobes, homophobes, and racists who inundate so many threads. I wish there were better mods to remove those folks from the site.

Do you feel that people outside Reddit are often racist and transphobic?

No
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