everybody on ilx complains about reddit

hahaha <3

just ordered 20 pizzas for the house next to yours (cash), feel better

I just ordered u a new cat

killed the cat in transit so you can get more pizza

reddit is just a factory that turns deceased animals into pizzas

Schrodinger's Pizza - no cheese or extra cheese? How about BOTH.

http://www.topiama.com is a cool way to read IAmA threads without any upvoting/comments/twits.

2.) The whining and passive-aggressive self pity that seems to accompany 40% of reddit posts.

3.) The up/down arrow system of arranging a thread. Any other board and that would be No. 1.

― pplains, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

3 m/l causes 2 imho

the whole site has this weird flat pandering tone

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/18ttt2/black_people_of_reddit_do_you_prefer_being_called/c8i07oi

^^ reddit poster comes up with a formula about when it's acceptable to use the n word

• My daughter turns four today. This is my first attempt at a cake as a single dad. I hope she likes it!

• Man sobbing at animal shelter. After being jailed briefly and his dog Buzz Lightyear impounded he couldn't afford the $400 to get his pet back.

• Living single, overworked and underpaid, but I love my girls.

• As a single momma who's never had the funds to give my kids anything but hand me down bedding from relatives, being able to do this today meant the world to me.

But then there's this so I don't know maybe it all evens out.

my least favorite and most cringey moments are when someone makes a fb status update that's just like a song lyric or a quote from a movie and someone comments on it with nothing but the acknowledgment that they understand the reference. sometimes they just say the name of the thing being referenced! like "fight club" or "bob marley"

aka xkcd humour

The real value in reddit are the subs that are not representational of the larger masses. Beyond the front page.

And unlike my experience here, I get responses to my posts way more than 25% percent of the time, which is an addicting aspect comparatively.

i just opened that pic in class you goobers

i quit ilx

i mean its my fault but we are all goobers regardless

Those up and downvotes are at least analytics to say someone actually read your comment even if they don't have a response for you.

Does a post exist if it is not up/downvoted.

that "when its ok to say n*****" rubric reminds me of this libertarian physics dude i know who is completely emotionless and self-conscious (and racist/sexist, defends it with warped logic) - basically everyone on reddit is this person

i asked him if he used reddit once and he was like "yes, it introduced me to mens rights"

surprise

How come there's no League of Men Voters, Amerikkka is such a sham.

otm also rape statistics are a sham cause when women report they are always lying, loads of men are raped and they never report it; when they do report it though they are always telling the truth

So mad women get to drink for half-price on Wednesday nights, excuse me, let me step over all these men passed out from roofies.

our matriarchal society has trained us to be this way

that "when its ok to say n*****" rubric reminds me of this libertarian physics dude i know who is completely emotionless and self-conscious (and racist/sexist, defends it with warped logic) - basically everyone on reddit is this person

― purp (roxymuzak), Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:17 AM (3 minutes ago)

Strawman? I don't interact with these posters.

feeling sad our matriarchal society trained us to be this way so I made these brownies for my hungry kids, what do you think?

lol yes the racist/sexist science-obsessed redditor who explains away his shitty points of view with warped logic is a strawman

Evan, I get what you're saying, and I even get that there are useful/interesting/non-soul-destroying subreddits out there. I just have a visceral antipathy to the way the site is put together and how conversation runs; it's almost as if someone went out of their way to accumulate the worst aspects of threaded USENET conversations and website comment systems and put them together.

Evan, if you have to fight through all this awful stuff to find the "gems", or as Elvis showed, you have to use another website to make sense of a thread, it might not seem like a worthy destination on the internet.

i use the site and like parts of it but you cant deny that its like 99% godawful dude

I do like this subreddit, but it gets updated maybe once every couple of days.

But if I was into finding porn stars that resemble my female friends, I'd have no problem finding a board that was a little more current.

i was introduced to reddit by one of my roommates in nyc. he said he went to a new years eve reddit party where they spent the entire time doing math problems, and i can only assume drinking non-alcoholic beer. if that's your kinda thing it's probably heaven. personally i'd rather scratch my own balls.

Boy are you in luck: http://www.reddit.com/r/Balls/over18?dest=%2Fr%2Fballs

the only good reddits are the ones mostly populated with girls. there arent many

for example, /r/butt_sharpies

how come ILX doesn't have an I Love Butt Sharpies subboard

oh right, BECAUSE IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA

Evan, if you have to fight through all this awful stuff to find the "gems", or as Elvis showed, you have to use another website to make sense of a thread, it might not seem like a worthy destination on the internet.

― pplains, Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:25 AM (7 minutes ago)

If you are in a good subreddit you aren't subjected to the garbage going on elsewhere. I realize when we're talking about how shitty reddit is we're probably just referring to the large community of shitty people and their subs, but I was unsure if it was understood that the whole website isn't like this.

"99% godawful" is a bit of an exaggeration isn't it though.

http://i.imgur.com/Utz6MXX.png

Those up and downvotes are at least analytics to say someone actually read your comment even if they don't have a response for you.

"analytics" hahaha ok

I think when the Something Awful forums are a safer and more inclusive space than your website you need to take a long hard look at your website.

oh snap

Those up and downvotes are at least analytics to say someone actually read your comment even if they don't have a response for you.

"analytics" hahaha ok

― fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, February 20, 2013 11:42 AM (20 minutes ago)

Yes, too strong a word but just meant to convey it gives you confirmation that your comment wasn't completely glazed over unless responded too.

I bet you send emails with request receipts attached too.

Hey I'm only arguing for the addictive factor of satisfaction that feature provides.

sorry, i'm experiencing some cognitive dissonance between "addictive" and "satisfying"

I think when the Something Awful forums are a safer and more inclusive space than your website you need to take a long hard look at your website.

i imagine a lot of the horrible people who used to be on something awful have migrated over to reddit

reddit sure is something awful, lol peace