everybody on ilx complains about reddit

any celebrities who do an AMA are paying the bills that keep the lights on in coontown

It always amuses me when subreddits try and police why people downvote. People are going to downvote for whatever reasons they want to downvote. Can't control the downvoting.

It seems like a catch-22... censoring ugly speech (I don't know what else to call racist/bigoted/hateful speech that doesn't actively incite violence) plays into their narrative of being "the truth THEY don't want you to see!", while leaving their cesspools up lets them influence people receptive to that message but who would otherwise not be extremists or active within the milieu of hate groups.

I think making those subreddits something you have to intentionally search for to encounter is probably the best way to deal with that dynamic.

But, even more importantly, I still think reddit is ugly as sin and the way they display comment threads is terrible and confusing.

tbh the lack of real human moderation on discussion sites in lieu of up/down votes, or even a clear policy for moderation, means eventually your site can become whatever the loudest voices want

iirc kuro5hin, a site I never really frequented but occasionally looked at, fell into the muck when no one had time to do strong moderation

This is pretty much where I get my entertainment online these days:

https://www.reddit.com/r/shitredditsays

Actually if you wonder what is really up with reddit, this is a good place to start. You can see what goes on in MRA and "coontown" without feeling like you're on their turf. And the other subreddits connected to SRS are good too. Why bother humoring assholes when you can critique their remarks without having to interact with them? Some good discussion here if you care about the future of politics on the Internet.

if we are not currently being quietly raided and 77 infiltrated by a reddit subboard for DAMNING OFF-THE-RECORD GAWKER EVIDENCE in the aftermath of the c-suite exec debacle, i will be awfully surprised
i ask that redditors please spell my government name incorrectly when doxxing and note my meticulous work in the fields of pottery, cemetery photography and spotify list curation when i am put up against the wall

tbh I feel like the "shitredditsays" thing is less a surfacing of bad content and just a self-congratulatory churn of bad content surfaced for other reddit users to pat themselves on the back

You can see what goes on in MRA and "coontown" without feeling like you're on their turf.

you are on their turf. you are literally helping to pay the bills that pay their rent.

Like a million threads with self-oblivious idiots complaining about how touchy other people are.

I'm conflicted about this, but having spent more time on Twitter than Reddit, I can't say I'm convinced that Twitter is any better. It is full of creepy far-right posters who just censor themselves better, and they will flood people with sub-tweets, making reading anything political a disturbing and discouraging experience. I don't know why people think Twitter is less dangerous - the far-right and gun nut crowd seems emboldened by the legitimacy of it.

I feel like my own community has a lot to lose by ignoring far right groups, I can't do that. I feel safer keeping tabs on them in some way.

Lots of news channels and mainstream media push Twitter stuff. Aesthetically it looks cuter and safer (logos: cheerful blue bird vs. suspiciously grinning red-eyed alien) and seems way easier or more convenient to search. Searching Reddit is bout searching the site, then narrowing it down to a subreddit, then opening all the possible threads and searching through those. Twitter you just type in a hashtag and it's just a long unending self-contained list.

if we are not currently being quietly raided and 77 infiltrated by a reddit subboard for DAMNING OFF-THE-RECORD GAWKER EVIDENCE in the aftermath of the c-suite exec debacle, i will be awfully surprised

what?

http://athenscine.com/images_films/invasion_body_snatchers1.jpg

I cannot believe that didn't happen over the weekend.

i was reading reddit's crusader kings 2 forum this week for gameplay advice and i got bored and checked out their world news forum to see if there was anyone interesting there talking about geopolitics and holy shit despite having 10x the number of posts + posters as ilx reddit is a desolate wasteland.

Yeah, I read the ck2 forums - they're okay. But even then I occasionally find myself wanting to smack people.

i was going to say there's nowhere else to get someone to handhold you through some complex inheritance questions but there is the paradox forum

ck2 is good. I occasionally read askhistorians on reddit, that's about it

you will need to look elsewhere on tips from switching to agnatic cognatic gavelkind and how it will effect your crown authority

http://recode.net/2015/07/27/two-weeks-after-content-policy-update-reddits-head-of-community-jessica-moreno-has-left-the-company/

We’re grateful for her invaluable contributions to our community, from Secret Santa to industry-leading policy changes

thanks to goole I keep looking at that horrible relationship subreddit and encountered this chill guy who seems to have a cheery outlook about marriage http://www.reddit.com/user/amenamen300

#notallamenamen

lol

i thought it was lol but he keeps mentioning his three sons and then i didnt

maybe it's a parable like Jesus

from dictionary.com

Why would I care about how to pleasure a woman? If I'm paying for it, and all men ARE paying for it they just didn't get the bill yet from the family court, then why would I care? There's a couple of sayings among we sailors. If it's got rudders or utters it's not going to be cheap. Men have been paying for sex throughout the ages. It's our acquillies heel. Just be glad we're around to keep the lights on in this country for you.

you are a schlemiel on a messageboard of losers, drop the alpha male affectations

did your bitterness over your divorce make you an expert on relationships and family law? i have a subreddit for u

We sailors

It didn't make him an expert in spelling.

He is too busy not pleasuring women to care about spelling.

thx 4 the lights tho

chilacquilles heel

cellabbit

New comic series about a bunny priest?!

whoa nellie

https://twitter.com/SarahNEmerson/status/629025368666710017

r/CoonTown has been banned under Reddit's new community policy update

chilacquilles heel

― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, July 31, 2015 1:35 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao

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

haa

lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/roastme

"why are you making me hold this sign?"
"don't worry, it's for the internet"

this is so wonderful:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150110075307/http://www.redditlog.com/snapshots/554905

it is?

pandora's open relationship

lol

I'm going to be honest and say I have no idea why a guy like that is interested in my girlfriend and not out with a hot girl.

it's just so unfair

She's a big girl, but she's gone too far and you know it don't matter anyway.

thanks to goole I keep looking at that horrible relationship subreddit and encountered this chill guy who seems to have a cheery outlook about marriage http://www.reddit.com/user/amenamen300

― Upright Mammal (mh), Friday, July 31, 2015 10:04 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think this dude is back!
https://www.reddit.com/user/throwowaySeaItoldya

Relationships and marriages end. (from dictionary.com)

this is killing me