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Reddit was infinitely more valuable (to the user) when it lead a hands on approach. I understand somethings should and must be removed from the platform but it

Reddit was infinitely more valuable (to the user) when it lead a hands on approach. I understand somethings should and must be removed from the platform but it is undoubtedly an echo chamber, almost unparalleled at this point. It's value to provide viewpoint, insight and discussion is almost nonexistent at this point. This announcement certainly doesn't bode well for anyone hoping to find it a platform that fosters better discussion.

uniqueid 6y ago
> it is undoubtedly an echo chamber, almost unparalleled > at this point. What does "unparalleled" mean here? It sounds melodramatic.
- KineticLensman 6y ago
  English (UK, US and others?) meaning something like "having no parallel; especially : having no equal or match"
- pensatoio 6y ago
  Hard to find a worse or larger echo chamber than Reddit, no? Seems like a good use of “unparalleled” to me.
  - uniqueid 6y ago
    Do you often debate white nationalists outside of Reddit? I don't (granted I do live in Canada). I would love it if Reddit were closer to an "echo chamber".
yqx 6y ago
I assume you mean hands off approach? Can you elaborate on the connection between this announcement and the platform's value as a platform that fosters discussion you perceive? Do you mean content moderation has turned the site into an echo chamber?
- uniqueid 6y ago
  Reddit still feels like a biker bar to me. I don't know how many important conversations hinge on the ability to use racial slurs. My naive take would be: few, if any. The average age on Reddit is probably 12 anyways, and those tweens upvote factual errors, more readily than correct information. That's on any topic, political or not. The rate of important problem-solving on Reddit is a big fat goose-egg: Reddit is a counterexample to "the wisdom of crowds."
  - luckylion 6y ago
    > I don't know how many important conversations hinge on the ability to use racial slurs. My naive take would be: few. But that wouldn't be content policy, that would be tone policy. You can say incredible racist things without using any slurs. If you want to police the content, you'll outlaw saying racist things (or rather: things you perceive to be racist). If you want to police the tone, you'll outlaw the use of slurs, insults etc, but allow the content. I assume that Reddit has an issue with the content, not its presentation.
  - Darmody 6y ago
    I wish the average age on Reddit was 12. That would explain a lot of things but it's far from true. The biggest group on Reddit are millennials, those between 25 and 35 years approx. And it's pretty sad because they don't want to have a civil conversation with anyone. They only want to hear what they already think/believe. The real value Reddit has it's the small niche subreddits that fly under the radar. Small communities that are not dragged by the hive mentality.

uniqueid 6y ago

> it is undoubtedly an echo chamber, almost unparalleled > at this point. What does "unparalleled" mean here? It sounds melodramatic.

KineticLensman 6y ago
English (UK, US and others?) meaning something like "having no parallel; especially : having no equal or match"
pensatoio 6y ago
Hard to find a worse or larger echo chamber than Reddit, no? Seems like a good use of “unparalleled” to me.
- uniqueid 6y ago
  Do you often debate white nationalists outside of Reddit? I don't (granted I do live in Canada). I would love it if Reddit were closer to an "echo chamber".

yqx 6y ago

I assume you mean hands off approach? Can you elaborate on the connection between this announcement and the platform's value as a platform that fosters discussion you perceive? Do you mean content moderation has turned the site into an echo chamber?

uniqueid 6y ago
Reddit still feels like a biker bar to me. I don't know how many important conversations hinge on the ability to use racial slurs. My naive take would be: few, if any. The average age on Reddit is probably 12 anyways, and those tweens upvote factual errors, more readily than correct information. That's on any topic, political or not. The rate of important problem-solving on Reddit is a big fat goose-egg: Reddit is a counterexample to "the wisdom of crowds."
- luckylion 6y ago
  > I don't know how many important conversations hinge on the ability to use racial slurs. My naive take would be: few. But that wouldn't be content policy, that would be tone policy. You can say incredible racist things without using any slurs. If you want to police the content, you'll outlaw saying racist things (or rather: things you perceive to be racist). If you want to police the tone, you'll outlaw the use of slurs, insults etc, but allow the content. I assume that Reddit has an issue with the content, not its presentation.
- Darmody 6y ago
  I wish the average age on Reddit was 12. That would explain a lot of things but it's far from true. The biggest group on Reddit are millennials, those between 25 and 35 years approx. And it's pretty sad because they don't want to have a civil conversation with anyone. They only want to hear what they already think/believe. The real value Reddit has it's the small niche subreddits that fly under the radar. Small communities that are not dragged by the hive mentality.