everybody on ilx complains about reddit

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

Elmo- You can crave the satisfaction of being part of a conversation, or at least verifying your thought has been heard. The validation can be addictive.

it's free market discussion

the invisible hand jerks you off

SA forums are actually pretty good, I think a lot of ILX folks would fit in well there

not just puppy pictures

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

and food pictures

http://www.reddit.com/r/tacos
http://www.reddit.com/r/eatsandwiches

• 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.

tbf, I don't see these as abominations deserving of scorn? The second one could lead that way, but reddit's also a place where a bunch of strangers try to donate money to get the dog out of doggie jail and shit. Reddit has an assload of flaws but these aren't representative of them.

Looking at a regular front page, whenever someone does the racist/sexist/etc. posts that get upvoted a bunch, there's usually also a top comment offering a counterpoint. Lurkers can vote - if ILX's demographics included lurkers it may not be the progressive place everyone enjoys.

It's passive-aggressive maudlin fucking heartstrings being pulled for UPVOTES.

For some posts, absolutely. But it's a huge site, if some overworked single parents find it and realize they can vent about their shit AND get some easy praise I'm not shocked.

Even if it's all just lies and maudlin bullshit for upvotes, that's firmly in the who cares category for me. There's a not insignificant chunk of ILX over the years (TITTWIS/etc.) that's been all about the HOLD ON, KITTY.

If I constantly posted things like "I don't know if I can pay my car insurance this month, but at least I still have my kids. Here's my vote in the Prince poll," you'd killfile me in a heartbeat.

So what about:

r/askhistorians
r/asksociology

and there's a science one and a literary studies one and some others.

Core of qualified users answer your questions. I read these pretty much every time I go online I guess. I ask questions occasionally, get interesting and worthwhile answers. I'm not aware of anywhere else you can get this specifically?

(Mainstream reddit culture is horrible, of course. A whole lot of paedophile apologists. A whole lot of rape apologists. Or if we're feeling more charitable, people who talk out of their arse about these topics and will not listen. I don't want to/can't talk to the average redditor, in any of the main subreddits, about these topics, certainly.)