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I see the nastiness as a necessary evil of free speech platforms. Compare that to LinkedIn where there is virtually no nastiness and virtually no interesting co

I see the nastiness as a necessary evil of free speech platforms. Compare that to LinkedIn where there is virtually no nastiness and virtually no interesting conversations happening.

gremlinsinc 9y ago
Probably makes some sense.. I mean Reddit is probably the most vulgar site on the planet... (next to 4chan, but I'm not a 4chan fan and I think reddit has way more market share to compare) -- and without the crazies I'm not sure it'd be as sticky as it is... Part of the fun is saying "you honestly believe that what the fuck is wrong with you?" Then getting banned from r/the_donald for being a 'libtard' /s (disclaimer: voted for Bernie - proud libtard here)
- leereeves 9y ago
  reddit has become a collection of ideological silos where no real discussion or disagreement is allowed. Few interesting conversations happen there, just 'circle-jerks'.
  - hliyan 9y ago
    With some exceptions such as r/changemyview and r/science
    - bobwaycott 9y ago
      And r/neutralpolitics, and a number of business-related subreddits.
      - Finch2193 9y ago
        Could you list a few of those subs you find interesting, business related or otherwise?
    - mclehman 9y ago
      /r/mechanicalkeyboards, /r/fountainpens, /r/headphones and a lot of programming language subreddits are usually friendly.
ldp01 9y ago
I think PG is making a subtly different point to whether or not free speech should be allowed... He is asking how the architecture of a platform can be used to shape speech without the need for direct moderation.
stevekemp 9y ago
Compare that to LinkedIn where people regularly copy&paste content I've written. Content that you cannot even report, flag, or get pulled without creating an account. And once you've created a LinkedIn account they use dark-patterns to keep you there, and bombard you with spam. If any site is ripe for competition it is LinkedIn.
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I see the nastiness as a necessary evil of free speech platforms. Compare that to LinkedIn where there is virtually no nastiness and virtually no interesting conversations happening.

gremlinsinc 9y ago

Probably makes some sense.. I mean Reddit is probably the most vulgar site on the planet... (next to 4chan, but I'm not a 4chan fan and I think reddit has way more market share to compare) -- and without the crazies I'm not sure it'd be as sticky as it is... Part of the fun is saying "you honestly believe that what the fuck is wrong with you?" Then getting banned from r/the_donald for being a 'libtard' /s (disclaimer: voted for Bernie - proud libtard here)

leereeves 9y ago
reddit has become a collection of ideological silos where no real discussion or disagreement is allowed. Few interesting conversations happen there, just 'circle-jerks'.
- hliyan 9y ago
  With some exceptions such as r/changemyview and r/science
  - bobwaycott 9y ago
    And r/neutralpolitics, and a number of business-related subreddits.
    - Finch2193 9y ago
      Could you list a few of those subs you find interesting, business related or otherwise?
  - mclehman 9y ago
    /r/mechanicalkeyboards, /r/fountainpens, /r/headphones and a lot of programming language subreddits are usually friendly.

ldp01 9y ago

I think PG is making a subtly different point to whether or not free speech should be allowed... He is asking how the architecture of a platform can be used to shape speech without the need for direct moderation.

stevekemp 9y ago

Compare that to LinkedIn where people regularly copy&paste content I've written. Content that you cannot even report, flag, or get pulled without creating an account. And once you've created a LinkedIn account they use dark-patterns to keep you there, and bombard you with spam. If any site is ripe for competition it is LinkedIn.

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