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BRB, inventing a time machine to go back and stop Reddit from inventing the up vote button.
by earthboundkid 5y ago
BRB, inventing a time machine to go back and stop Reddit from inventing the up vote button.
- travoc 5y agoUpvotes are a long ways from ML content engagement targeting.
- qPM9l3XJrF 5y agoIndeed. And reddit is one of the angriest social media sites IMO. My suspicion is that FB and Twitter are actually tuning their algorithms to dampen anger nowadays--I'm almost certain Youtube is (with terrific results). I see reddit as a window into what algorithm-free social media looks like. It's not pretty. And reddit is one of the biggest sites, bigger than twitter IIRC. It's not a good influence on society. I actually wish journalists would freak out a little less about Facebook/Youtube's problems and turn a bit more firepower on reddit.
- earthboundkid 5y agoI noticed that YouTube got weird again in the last six months or so after probably four years or so of boring recommendations. Now it’s telling me about Turkish music and other fun stuff instead of just more of the same.
- airstrike 5y agoI'm willing to bet $100 reddit didn't invent upvotes.
- nuclearnice1 5y agoA lot of guesses that it was slashdot in 1998 or 1999. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18671747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18671747