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Because Reddit was written by young undergrads in their college dorm who haven't had the decade of experience with vote manipulation that Slashdot had by that t
by MagnumOpus 10y ago
Because Reddit was written by young undergrads in their college dorm who haven't had the decade of experience with vote manipulation that Slashdot had by that time, let alone experienced the rise and decline of Usenet.
Indeed by 2006 the mature Slashdot moderation system - after a deluge of invasions by trolls and agenda-pushers - already had a lot of the tools that Reddit is still missing or eventually reinvented badly - limited number of upvote points, meta-moderation etc.
- Umn44 10y agoProblem is, slashdot's mod tools don't work. You'll see all sorts of retrograde anti-intellectual stuff being upvoted on slashdot. And the born yesterdays who think steam and drm are wonderful things. If anything no moderation system can protect you against ignorance and anti intellectualism when it pervades a culture.
- afgs032 10y agoProblem is, slashdot's mod tools don't work. You'll see all sorts of retrograde anti-intellectual stuff being upvoted on slashdot. And the born yesterdays who think steam and drm are wonderful things. If anything no moderation system can protect you against ignorance and anti intellectualism when it pervades a culture.