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I think tumblr excels because, lacking a front page like reddit, the user's that hate each other never interact. And I'm increasingly sure that this is the only

I think tumblr excels because, lacking a front page like reddit, the user's that hate each other never interact. And I'm increasingly sure that this is the only method for obtaining non-dysfunctional societies online- non-overlapping tribes of users. Why should the subscribers of /r/stormfront try to coexist with /r/BlackLivesMatter? It's like trying to house wolves and sheep in the same pen. Give each their own echo chamber.

listic 11y ago
I thought that Reddit has originally solved the problem of tuning each user's front page to their own tastes. Have I misremembered?
- adamwong246 11y ago
  Yeah, you can tune the front page. But it's filled with popular subreddits by default. You'd have to opt-out of the frontpage by manually pruning your settings.
  - kaybe 11y ago
    It's probably still nice to actually know what is happening. At least you switched it on in this case.
  - aikah 11y ago
    pro tip: click on https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/ https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/ then open the console in your browser and type this : setInterval("$('a.option.active.remove.login-required').first().click()",400) I didn't find the option to remove all default subscriptions at once in the settings, it might exist though. setInterval is needed because for some reasons ajax communication is throttled by reddit.
Consultant32452 11y ago
I don't think the solution to /r/stormfront is to have them never interact with anyone from /r/BlackLivesMatter
aksquestions 11y ago
I think tumblr excels because, lacking a front page like reddit, the user's that hate each other never interact. And I'm increasingly sure that this is the only method for obtaining non-dysfunctional societies online- non-overlapping tribes of users. The same is true for offline societies. [*] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Putnam#Diversity_and_trust_within_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Putnam#Diversity_and...

listic 11y ago

I thought that Reddit has originally solved the problem of tuning each user's front page to their own tastes. Have I misremembered?

adamwong246 11y ago
Yeah, you can tune the front page. But it's filled with popular subreddits by default. You'd have to opt-out of the frontpage by manually pruning your settings.
- kaybe 11y ago
  It's probably still nice to actually know what is happening. At least you switched it on in this case.
- aikah 11y ago
  pro tip: click on https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/ https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/ then open the console in your browser and type this : setInterval("$('a.option.active.remove.login-required').first().click()",400) I didn't find the option to remove all default subscriptions at once in the settings, it might exist though. setInterval is needed because for some reasons ajax communication is throttled by reddit.

Consultant32452 11y ago

I don't think the solution to /r/stormfront is to have them never interact with anyone from /r/BlackLivesMatter

aksquestions 11y ago

I think tumblr excels because, lacking a front page like reddit, the user's that hate each other never interact. And I'm increasingly sure that this is the only method for obtaining non-dysfunctional societies online- non-overlapping tribes of users. The same is true for offline societies. [*] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Putnam#Diversity_and_trust_within_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Putnam#Diversity_and...