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Thanks. I broke my reddit habit when I realized that most of the communities on reddit are just ideological echo chambers where you get banned for saying anythi

by yosito 5y ago

Thanks. I broke my reddit habit when I realized that most of the communities on reddit are just ideological echo chambers where you get banned for saying anything the community doesn't agree with. It lost most of it's value when honest conversations couldn't take place anymore. Now the only time I use reddit is when the only search results with the answer to a question I have point to reddit, and I've grown very weary of their tracking and harassing me to use their spyware app. Teddit is a nice way to get the information I'm looking for without being jerked around by those stalkers at reddit. We'll see how long it lasts before being blocked.

ohhhhhh 5y ago
the hive-mind propaganda circle jerk took over, and many dont even realize they are still jerkin'
- treesknees 5y ago
  I'd argue that any site with like/dislike functions which influence the visibility of posts end up this way.
  - easton 5y ago
    A lot of it has to do with being able to see the points. People think “it has a lot of points so it must be right”, which is rarely true, especially on Reddit. HN hides the points on comments and has a bit of unpredictability to the sorting to allow things to float up provided they haven’t been flagged/downvote bombed. I think it is the largest reason HN is still healthy, other than the great moderation.
whoaisme 5y ago
It always cracks me up seeing the echo chamber criticism of reddit here. Like are you serious? Reddit is a cesspool but it is a utopia of free speech compared to HN.
Akronymus 5y ago
While HN definitely becomes a bit of an echochamber at times too, at least you can still voice opinions that go against it without people going through your history to attack you rather than your arguments. Occasionally you get downvoted/flagged enough that people can't reply anymore, but again: That stays with just that comment/thread.

by yosito 5y ago

ohhhhhh 5y ago

the hive-mind propaganda circle jerk took over, and many dont even realize they are still jerkin'

treesknees 5y ago
I'd argue that any site with like/dislike functions which influence the visibility of posts end up this way.
- easton 5y ago
  A lot of it has to do with being able to see the points. People think “it has a lot of points so it must be right”, which is rarely true, especially on Reddit. HN hides the points on comments and has a bit of unpredictability to the sorting to allow things to float up provided they haven’t been flagged/downvote bombed. I think it is the largest reason HN is still healthy, other than the great moderation.

whoaisme 5y ago

It always cracks me up seeing the echo chamber criticism of reddit here. Like are you serious? Reddit is a cesspool but it is a utopia of free speech compared to HN.

Akronymus 5y ago

While HN definitely becomes a bit of an echochamber at times too, at least you can still voice opinions that go against it without people going through your history to attack you rather than your arguments. Occasionally you get downvoted/flagged enough that people can't reply anymore, but again: That stays with just that comment/thread.