everybody on ilx complains about reddit

yeah, like--lol example but--there aren't a lot of places i can go to argue about bakunin

is that one of those weird Japanese fetish things they talk about on Reddit?

fuuuuuuuu

hahaha

two girls one bakunin

girl is born free but everywhere she is in cups

i dont know where this came from or if its a parody or what

http://i.imgur.com/5I50SGK.png

that's... pretty dry for a parody.

i just don't want it to be real

still like /r/quebec even if the only thing we can agree on is talk about political issues of the day

imagine if you only knew one good "english" board, well to me it's this thing

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1htjq8/what_was_reddits_lowest_moment/

A "worst of ILX" thread would be pretty lengthy but whatever would the top entry would be, it wouldn't even approach "sending rape threats to an intern over a Jurassic Park jeep."

That's for sure. But the communities are also not quite comparable due to a whole lot of factors that start with the difference in size.

this is such an impressive graphic

http://i.imgur.com/Jt2BGi6.jpg

i think i mentioned it upthread but ungoing theorizing the awfulness of reddit is a big part of that community. there are popular boards made for that.
http://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/15s60l/anatomy_of_a_circlejerk_or_a_grand_unified_theory/

http://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/12ccm9/the_notquite_comprehensive_guide_to_reddit/

http://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/vqy9y/dear_circlebrokers_what_changes_would_you_make_to/

http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/l8id4/did_digg_make_us_the_dumb_how_have_reddit/

http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/15goza/is_reddit_experiencing_a_brain_drain_of_sorts_or/

http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/q0dof/as_a_black_man_i_think_reddit_has_a_race_problem/

I just posted the link because it is on the front page atm. It definitely is a recurring conversation.

That's for sure. But the communities are also not quite comparable due to a whole lot of factors that start with the difference in size.

I don't think AOL on its worst day ever doxxed and made rape threats on as much of a perennial basis as reddit.

^^^

you've got doxx

I don't think AOL on its worst day ever doxxed and made rape threats on as much of a perennial basis as reddit.

― pplains, Monday, July 8, 2013 11:00 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Probably a better comparison. Now we can just talk demographics.

phew

Reminds me of SomethingAwful's "How Would YOU Be a Terrorist?" Threads that had all kinds of clever ideas that a non-American wouldnt think of re: vulnerabilities. When people said "you know, pointing out how unguarded xyz water supply is because, idk, your friends dad works there, its r stupid" the site would get really defensive and said it was good that these ideas were aired, so that people knew how to defend from these attacks. The "Ask a rapist" threads on reddit seem similarly horrible. Magnifying the small chance that good can come from rapists letting people know how it works because of mid 00s "information wants to be free!!" Internet logic

wait, "'Ask a rapist' threads"??????????????

[–] flapjackstheZebra 710 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) I feel like the Boston Bombing incident brought about the two extremes of Reddit; the circle-jerk mob-mentality side, and then the enormous brother-in-arms, we're-a-huge-family network side of it. Those live updates and cross-referencing that many users contributed to? That was the only way that many people were getting information about Boston and their friends/family. That group of Koreans that posted on here looking for their backpacks and what to do next? These were amazing examples of some of the great things Reddit can do. edit: The fact that the Korean thing was fake somehow eluded me. I must have missed that part. oops.

Xpost i followed the "what is reddits lowest moment" thread

There's a subreddit called "beatingwomen" that's still up as well

http://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/comments/xf5c2/

edit: The fact that the Korean thing was fake somehow eluded me. I must have missed that part. oops.

omg big fucking lol

the bad thing abt the site is egomaniacal nerds reach critical mass but the good part is we helped fake Koreans find imaginary backpacks

So glad you guts don't call clusterfucks "circle jerks". Guh-Ross.

Circle jerk was supposed to be an insult to intergroup enabling.

c'mon guys reddit has done a lot -- i mean that time they bought an entire 3rd world village pizza for a week EDIT: it seems I have been misled about the African village pizza story, it never happened

Or the time they helped a lost traveler get back to basecamp using crowdsourcing and wifi hotstops in Europe EDIT: the fact that the lost traveler story was fake somehow eluded me. I missed that, oops

I've only recently looked at reddit. It's hugely overly complicated messy writing everywhere just makes me realise how fucking old man I am.

EDIT: something's on fire

EDIT: somethings been set on fire but we can't see what it is

EDIT: it's a car

EDIT: people are in the car

surely the apologetic/repentant/"there's been change of plans" EDIT device is the first thing to come from reddit to make me laugh.

why tf are redditors so fucking concerned with not appearing as though they've been tricked? just obsessed with exposing liars. you post on a massive site with millions of users occasionally one of them will try to scam or game or advertise to you. it's ok! you're a brony pick-up artist, being embarrassed is your job!

and it's one thing to try to expose someone for lying, it's another to jump on a tiny bit of evidence, assume they're lying and then ruin their whole lives over it. jfc that thread is pissing me off

that "So, what are our worst sins?" reddit thread is a reminder that if the internet had been popular and global before, like, 1985, popular will would've demanded that it be illegal for under 18s to go on it without adult supervision, and you would've needed your drivers license to be put into the system every time you logged on.

http://www.reddit.com/r/circlebroke/comments/1hva4w/child_pornography_a_victimless_crime_reddit_seems/

leaving this here

gintonicisntwater [score hidden] 5 hours ago

You could also turn this around: "pirate more child porn to destroy it as a business." However most child porn is shared in darknets without pay.

"As of right now my 'Pirate child pornography so that it might be destroyed as a business' kickstarter has $0 contributed -- but that's only because it's been flagged for administrative review"

The thing is, that IAMA thread, and the attitude people on that thread had toward someone who'd been downloading child porn, is like not even remarkable for reddit. Think someone on the circlebroke thread points out how reddit reckons it's fairly likely it was just some kids making a sex tape and sharing it, as kids do, 'why assume there's a cp industry'

You're probably right that those attitudes are more widespread than we'd think. What older people think is a small minority of Internet bad boys ruining things for everybody else is usually par for the course for 15 year old dudes hanging out on message boards. At least half the board is down for some pretty nasty opinions and activities if they think they can get away with it

And given the effects that pornography has warping people's sense of normal I think that in twenty years redditors opinion that, say, teenagers uploading sex tapes doesn't harm anyone so there's no crime will be pretty mainstream. The fact that there's even a debate about CP and what constitutes it on a relatively mainstream ("mainstream") website would've been shocking in, like, 2002. Half of their arguments would've been insane then.

There's literally a subreddit called beatingwomen -- as i learned this morning. That's something that is real and doesn't get taken down in 2013

this just sums up so much of what i hate about reddit, from that link cardamon tossed up:

Do not trust the police. They aren't the good guys. It's not a "redditor mentality". It's an "American citizen mentality". I don't care if only 5% of cops are corrupt, raping, beating, shooting, trigger-happy psyopaths (although I'd put the number closer to 50-60%). If 5% of every ginger you ever met shot you in the face after kicking down your door and tazing your mom and killing your dog.... you'd develop a pretty shitty attitude about gingers in general. edit for because I don't words so good

pretty 100% sure the first draft of that did not read "gingers"

Do not trust the police. They aren't the good guys. It's not a "redditor mentality". It's an "American citizen mentality".

lmao these people think theyre sooo smart

That's cause redditors basically are these people

fuck tha police (post ITT if u hate pigs). It's not a "77 mentality". It's an "American citizen mentality".

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1eqngq/was_shays_rebellion_a_false_flag_to_force_the/

lordasshole