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Damaso87 t1_j1m0zme wrote

Reply to comment by Ankleson in Cloudhiker: Randomly discover the most interesting, weird or funny websites of the internet like in the old StumbleUpon days by theKovah

Is anything fully centralized even now? Or is that reddit for you?

Lol so many downvotes for asking a question on Christmas.

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1337Theory t1_j1m2vlf wrote

The obvious answer to your first question is yes. Really, really, really obvious.

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Damaso87 t1_j1maiko wrote

My comment was meant to stimulate discussion around what non Redditors user to centralize content...but ok. Merry Christmas.

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hatuhsawl t1_j1mjyyy wrote

I’m autistic as shit, which I only bring up to say that I have a hard time parsing tone over text, so I always lean in to giving the benefit of the doubt by default when I’m unsure of tone, but I am an outlier because its something I am cognizant about.

I’d wager most people just go to their cold reads and vote accordingly unfortunately.

And in my experience of having my comments misconstrued on Reddit, as cathartic as it is to be snarky and passive aggressive when that happens, that has only garnered me even more downvotes to express my frustration in that way.

I’m not saying you should do anything, just sharing my relevant knowledge for you to make a more informed decision 👍🏻

May our next meeting be on warmer sands, my friend

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Slinkwyde t1_j1p76hj wrote

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

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Damaso87 t1_j1mkdn4 wrote

Thanks for the concern. I have more karma than a few seasonal downvotes can affect - but it is curious to see the tide changing here

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ColoneISanders t1_j1mpw82 wrote

Ok, like I sympathize with you because I've been there, making an innocuous comment/question that gets downvoted to oblivion because I'm not always quick on the uptake.

BUT, constantly referring to the fact that it's Christmas in every comment inferring... What that people downvoting you must be scrooges or heathens or something? seems kinda...cringy and desperate.

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Damaso87 t1_j1mrzgo wrote

Yeah dude. I expected better from /r/InternetIsBeautiful. Is that an odd expectation?

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Ajreil t1_j1m54h7 wrote

Reddit replaced the hundreds of forums we used to have. 90% of online human interaction happens on 5 social media sites. Amazon replaced every manufacturer having their own shipping service. Local news sites are dead.

Edit: Google has replaced or purchased Flickr, Map Quest, Yahoo, UTube, and Motorola Droid. To a lesser extent Microsoft Office, Dropbox, shopping directly on websites, and the news.

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Damaso87 t1_j1mir1j wrote

It's a shame, since forums are far superior to this format we have now, which seems to be designed to push ads

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ZellZoy t1_j1nxkel wrote

I don't mind Reddit replacing forums. What I hate is discord replacing forums. Discord is well and good as an AIM replacement but using it for forums, like games used to have, sucks.

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dgtlfnk t1_j1mk1go wrote

Use the Apollo app. Zero ads.

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Damaso87 t1_j1mkoma wrote

Ads are far more insidiously injected than you suspect. Probably half the content on reddit is paid for and run by bots.

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dgtlfnk t1_j1mkzn1 wrote

Oh, well yeah. I just meant actual ads. But you’re right. Gotta just read shit on Reddit and move on. No purchases should be influenced by something you saw on Reddit. Unless you’re in a conversation with someone extensively and specifically about something, by which you might expect it’s a legit human. Lol.

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Ajreil t1_j1mizmi wrote

Reddit's upvote system is much better than forums. They essentially had /new and top/all-time as sorting options.

Algorithmic feeds are a war crime.

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Damaso87 t1_j1mjejf wrote

Does an upvote system need to exist though? There wasnt* need for that in a discussion based forum with actual moderators. It wasn't a slam dunking karma game.

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Ajreil t1_j1mjmx7 wrote

Upvotes are good. Karma was a mistake.

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ThroawayPartyer t1_j1nxi2i wrote

Aren't you contradicting yourself? Reddit karma is what drives its algorithmic feed.

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Ajreil t1_j1o0hic wrote

Using upvotes to sort the /hot feed is a helpful. The most popular posts rise to the top.

Having those upvotes reflected on your profile encourages the more obnoxious posts. That part is what I mean by karma.

Reddit's feed is handled by a simple algorithm. It doesn't use machine learning to guess what you personally would like.

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