ramy_d · HackerTrans

há 5 mesesdiscuss

It's interesting but I wish I could still Swype on it

há 7 mesesdiscuss

I'm looking at something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Dc6QNWiIs and I feel like they are doing totally different things. Both harvest tomatoes, but these are totally different approaches.

ramy_d

há 8 mesesdiscuss

It really doesn't get more sensible and sustainable than kids playing team sports and parents witnessing this part of their lives. The blame here is squarely on PEs like black bear nickel and dimming parents. How do you pull the plug on that? It's so gross.

ramy_d

há 9 anosdiscuss

I agree with you to some extent, that inherently there are no new dynamics here. However Reddit still manages to capture that small community feel while still bringing in millions of people a day, I think that's what's unique about it and also why it is so successful.

ramy_d

há 9 anosdiscuss

I just read about the pizzagate conspiracy you mentioned as I have not heard of it before, and wow, that is quite a spiral from conspiracy to fake news to a (no injuries) shooting at a pizza restaurant. Crazy.

One thing to underline the importance of: when things hit Reddit, they are mainstream now. Reddit is no longer the "small" community it used be back in 2012, 5 years ago.

ramy_d

há 9 anosdiscuss

No, I'm saying it doesn't. Your subreddits are much more focused, especially AskScience but not so much for ELI5 and Aww, and that's good. But they are still comprised of comments sections with opinions, questions and discussions that are put forward by other redditors that frequent other subreddits. They are part of that reddit culture where subreddits are not impenetrable silos.

Even if your only subreddit was AskScience with its heavily moderated comments section, you would only be less affected - not completely immune. That is the nature of culture.

ramy_d

há 9 anosdiscuss

  More importantly they only really exist on some parts of Reddit

One thing I noticed in my time on reddit is that subreddits aren't insular silos. Values, opinions and views-du-jour often bleed over into other subreddits in ways that are hard to predict. Reddit is a really unique culture in that it is constantly, subtly, and rapidly, fluctuating. Just because a fraction of subreddits are being exploited through shilling doesn't mean that redditors in your favourite subreddit don't go there and that they themselves are (consciously or otherwise) not being affected. Even if they don't read the articles, then they saw those highly voted headlines. There's no escape! This involves all subreddits!