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and that's mostly thanks to subreddit moderators, if they weren't that aggressive it would be full of spam. u can notice that on some subreddits when moderator
by disiplus 7y ago
and that's mostly thanks to subreddit moderators, if they weren't that aggressive it would be full of spam.
u can notice that on some subreddits when moderators are away or some that have lax rules.
- read_if_gay_ 7y agoThat's because of the voting system.
- fullstop 7y agoThat can be manipulated too, though.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoIt's only a matter of time I think before subreddits and / or moderators are replaced by sales / marketing representatives. It's probably already the case in e.g. the political subreddits. Always investigate who is behind a statement that advises you one way or another.
- DelightOne 7y ago> Always investigate who is behind a statement that advises you one way or another. What would you do here, specifically?
- jerf 7y agoIf you are implying that it can be difficult to investigate a particular person like, say, a reddit mod with very little biographical information and no particular post history, then I'd suggest that finding that someone giving advice is not themselves investigatable is itself an answer. Yeah, that metric will have false positives, but, alas, fewer and fewer over time as a site grows.
- stjohnswarts 7y agoThe political subreddits are mostly echo chambers of a single party that has taken over there especially in "nonpartisan" groups, especially in news subreddits like politics, news, and worldnews. Even moderates aren't really welcome and I've seen anyone who said something even slightly conservative get ripped to shreds and moderators are like "I'll allow it", pretty crazy. There are many, many good informational forums though, like the article mentioned you just have to look out for marketeers and snake oil a bit.
- FrozenTuna 7y agoIts not even as open as a single party right now. Its single candidate.
- jahlove 7y ago/r/moderatepolitics is my new /r/politics.