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My interaction with reddit is now nearly zero. I turned on ad block some time ago. I will visit /r/todayilearned in the early morning while laying in bed, and I
by debacle 6y ago
My interaction with reddit is now nearly zero. I turned on ad block some time ago. I will visit /r/todayilearned in the early morning while laying in bed, and I will use subreddits to research purchases.
It is much more satisfying to remove /r/all from the reddit equation. I can't even visit my local subreddit anymore because the amount of censorship by moderators is staggering. The dark marketing, once you can see it, is everywhere. And their comment ranking algorithm is suffocating.
- thefz 6y agoI know it sounds trite, but most small-ish subreddit communities are still sane. Avoid the main ones like the plague though.
- debacle 6y agoIt depends. I have had interactions with some small community moderators that border on the insane. I was banned from AskHistorians for explaining the historical utility of nomadic herding of livestock. The moderator who banned me was also the moderator of a vegan/vegetarian subreddit. I don't log into the site any longer.
- thefz 6y agoAh, AskHistorians can be rough. Maybe it's a more technical thing, but on some sports and some computer niche subreddits I feel okay and there's a nice discussion. But I understand your position and find myself using the site less and less.
- fistmyassdang 6y agoIn the same vein, avoid Hacker News.
- LunarRover 6y agoWhat's the alternative? As a Digg v4 refugee, I've always wondered. Trouble is that deep knowledge of niche communities has taken 15 years - a not-insignificant portion of a lifetime - to accumulate. If the site dies, so much specialised discussion is scattered where it'll be far harder to find.
- debacle 6y agoThere isn't one right now.
- dencodev 6y agoSeattle subreddit is unbelievably awful and it's not just the mods, it's virtually every person participating.