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reddit's modern userbase is really interesting. There are some incredibly interesting people who use it, but you also find a bunch of accounts that are under a

by kick 7y ago

reddit's modern userbase is really interesting. There are some incredibly interesting people who use it, but you also find a bunch of accounts that are under a year old with lines like this: Please don't. I would like to see you get rewarded for your hard work. Screw the parasites. Their new UI seems to be doing its job, but I wonder if the decline in thread quality was worth it.

crooked-v 7y ago
That kind of drive-by low-content posting is the inevitable result of lax and/overwhelmed moderation combined with a massive userbase and ultra-ephemeral posting. It's possible to suppress it, but it takes either a community small enough to have some organic buy-in of posting standards (see HN, for example), aggressive moderation, or both.
kody 7y ago
It's also interesting how most of the comments disagree with that one, yet it still has positive upvotes.
that_jojo 7y ago
As if the quality of HN threads is better by leaps and bounds.
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stareatgoats 7y ago
Could many AI chat bot developers be live testing their bots on Reddit?
erikbye 7y ago
I made another comment about this: this opinion is actually commonly held, and especially vocal, in the «hobby» game dev community. I have encountered similar hostility towards open source and sharing many times, e.g. on Unreal Engine forums, it is not a reddit thing.
PragmaticPulp 7y ago
> reddit's modern userbase is really interesting. ... you also find a bunch of accounts that are under a year old with lines like this: You should visit /r/cscareerquestions and sort by New some time. Many of the younger posters have some wild expectations about CS careers, compensation, and the workplace. 90% of the young people I interview, hire, and work with are wonderful these days. However, a small minority arrive with unchecked entitlement and bizarre expectations, and I think sites like Reddit and Twitter are to blame. I think there's a small subset of people who grew up watching that "Fuck you, pay me" video on YouTube, combined with a hot job market and an economy that hasn't seen a recession in their adult years. Combine that with stories of Google engineers making $200K+, and you end up with a small minority of developers with an extreme sense of entitlement. I've seen developers try to invoice companies for time spent in on-site interviews, junior developers who couldn't pass basic FizzBuzz-level coding challenges demanding $250K compensation, and a surprising number of /r/cscareerquestions threads justifying "ghosting" your employer. Not to mention the meltdowns that happen when people get put on performance improvement programs. And of course, the never ending comments encouraging people to sue their employers for trivial things. Reddit has some gems, but it's a breeding ground for keyboard warriors. Upvotes tend to follow what people want to hear rather than the best advice. It's easy to be an internet tough guy, but a lot of that grumpiness and entitlement breaks down when they meet the real world.
vzttzv2 7y ago
For context, the OP have a few others similar UI pack for sale.

by kick 7y ago

crooked-v 7y ago

That kind of drive-by low-content posting is the inevitable result of lax and/overwhelmed moderation combined with a massive userbase and ultra-ephemeral posting. It's possible to suppress it, but it takes either a community small enough to have some organic buy-in of posting standards (see HN, for example), aggressive moderation, or both.

kody 7y ago

It's also interesting how most of the comments disagree with that one, yet it still has positive upvotes.

that_jojo 7y ago

As if the quality of HN threads is better by leaps and bounds.

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stareatgoats 7y ago

Could many AI chat bot developers be live testing their bots on Reddit?

erikbye 7y ago

I made another comment about this: this opinion is actually commonly held, and especially vocal, in the «hobby» game dev community. I have encountered similar hostility towards open source and sharing many times, e.g. on Unreal Engine forums, it is not a reddit thing.

PragmaticPulp 7y ago

> reddit's modern userbase is really interesting. ... you also find a bunch of accounts that are under a year old with lines like this: You should visit /r/cscareerquestions and sort by New some time. Many of the younger posters have some wild expectations about CS careers, compensation, and the workplace. 90% of the young people I interview, hire, and work with are wonderful these days. However, a small minority arrive with unchecked entitlement and bizarre expectations, and I think sites like Reddit and Twitter are to blame. I think there's a small subset of people who grew up watching that "Fuck you, pay me" video on YouTube, combined with a hot job market and an economy that hasn't seen a recession in their adult years. Combine that with stories of Google engineers making $200K+, and you end up with a small minority of developers with an extreme sense of entitlement. I've seen developers try to invoice companies for time spent in on-site interviews, junior developers who couldn't pass basic FizzBuzz-level coding challenges demanding $250K compensation, and a surprising number of /r/cscareerquestions threads justifying "ghosting" your employer. Not to mention the meltdowns that happen when people get put on performance improvement programs. And of course, the never ending comments encouraging people to sue their employers for trivial things. Reddit has some gems, but it's a breeding ground for keyboard warriors. Upvotes tend to follow what people want to hear rather than the best advice. It's easy to be an internet tough guy, but a lot of that grumpiness and entitlement breaks down when they meet the real world.

vzttzv2 7y ago

For context, the OP have a few others similar UI pack for sale.