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It's disappointing that Reddit is now the go-to for answers. The language subreddits get flooded with questions akin to "where am I missing a semicolon?" and an

by rcfox 4y ago

It's disappointing that Reddit is now the go-to for answers. The language subreddits get flooded with questions akin to "where am I missing a semicolon?" and any interesting discussion or articles get drowned out.

DelightOne 4y ago
Those can be answered by ChatGPT. Only question is where to integrate it into peoples' workflows. Maybe into the post-creation interface? Maybe into the SO question-creation dialog.
- stuff4ben 4y ago
  Interesting... I wonder if this is where knowledge sites gravitate to? Of course if the AI isn't smart enough to answer the question without it's training not having covered it, I'm not sure it would work...
- svachalek 4y ago
  What would be really cool is an AI interview. "So this looks like the same problem, do the answers here help?" "Oh, why not?" "I see, so what else have you tried?" "I see we still haven't resolved the issue, so I'm going to rewrite this discussion in our standard format and post it for our expert community to solve."
  - DelightOne 4y ago
    Something like that. Especially when the Chatbot then corrects the small usual mistakes it already knows by itself (as ChatGPT can).
digianarchist 4y ago
Reddit has it's own moderation problems. I've been banned from more sub-reddits in the last 6 months than the proceeding 14 years I've used the website. The internet is fast becoming a collection of digital-fiefdoms.
- pixl97 4y ago
  Because a huge amount of traffic on the internet is spam and trolling garbage. Humans really don't work well in the context of anyone anywhere can show up and start causing problems. We generally start putting up castle walls because we tire of the bullshit. That said, Reddit has become very ban happy.
  - _fat_santa 4y ago
    I found out you can be banned by proxy. Post a comment on one sub that the moderator or another sub doesn't like and your get instantly banned off that other sub. I posted some comment on a covid related sub about a year ago and got instantly banned from 50+ subreddits, most I've never interacted with before.
    - Slighted 4y ago
      >I posted some comment on a covid related sub about a year ago and got instantly banned from 50+ subreddits Trust me, you aren't missing out on anything by not being able to post on r/WhitePeopleTwitter, r/Chonkers, or r/FunkoPops
    - bombcar 4y ago
      more and more you have to treat "reddit" as if it were an "internet" and have a separate account for every subreddit or group thereof.
      - ChickenNugger 4y ago
        Careful. I did this more or less by accident, with a main account, a porn account, and a goof off account. I didn't maintain a list of which ones had been banned from where and there were subscription overlaps. One morning all of them - including the one that was 9 years old and had awards from participating in the first ever reddit gifts - got banned for "ban evasion". Now I just make a new one every few months and distrust any account that can survive for more than a few years without getting banned. So they encourage throwaways, but also ban you for using them.
permo-w 4y ago
it’s pretty much the other extreme to SO. reddit is highly resistant to communal knowledge accumulation. everything is temporary, everything decays, and the continual churn of participants combined with a crap search engine ensures that ephemerality reigns eternally. Stack Overflow has spent most of its lifespan trying to do the opposite, and what we’re left with is this. antibodies attacking the host
wmeredith 4y ago
Reddit is targeting late 2023 for an IPO. The end quality end is nigh for them as well.
matsemann 4y ago
People complain about those questions being off topic on SO, and also complain when they have to endure them other places. You can't win, heh.
DrThunder 4y ago
I don't know what kinda person actually considers Reddit a go-to for answers. It's absolutely abysmal for that sort of thing. SO isn't perfect but it's leagues above any subreddit I've ever used. Almost all subreddits succumb to getting too popular (if they're good to start with) and eventually the amount of actual help you get from them becomes exceedingly rare in my experience.

by rcfox 4y ago

DelightOne 4y ago

Those can be answered by ChatGPT. Only question is where to integrate it into peoples' workflows. Maybe into the post-creation interface? Maybe into the SO question-creation dialog.

stuff4ben 4y ago
Interesting... I wonder if this is where knowledge sites gravitate to? Of course if the AI isn't smart enough to answer the question without it's training not having covered it, I'm not sure it would work...
svachalek 4y ago
What would be really cool is an AI interview. "So this looks like the same problem, do the answers here help?" "Oh, why not?" "I see, so what else have you tried?" "I see we still haven't resolved the issue, so I'm going to rewrite this discussion in our standard format and post it for our expert community to solve."
- DelightOne 4y ago
  Something like that. Especially when the Chatbot then corrects the small usual mistakes it already knows by itself (as ChatGPT can).

digianarchist 4y ago

Reddit has it's own moderation problems. I've been banned from more sub-reddits in the last 6 months than the proceeding 14 years I've used the website. The internet is fast becoming a collection of digital-fiefdoms.

pixl97 4y ago
Because a huge amount of traffic on the internet is spam and trolling garbage. Humans really don't work well in the context of anyone anywhere can show up and start causing problems. We generally start putting up castle walls because we tire of the bullshit. That said, Reddit has become very ban happy.
- _fat_santa 4y ago
  I found out you can be banned by proxy. Post a comment on one sub that the moderator or another sub doesn't like and your get instantly banned off that other sub. I posted some comment on a covid related sub about a year ago and got instantly banned from 50+ subreddits, most I've never interacted with before.
  - Slighted 4y ago
    >I posted some comment on a covid related sub about a year ago and got instantly banned from 50+ subreddits Trust me, you aren't missing out on anything by not being able to post on r/WhitePeopleTwitter, r/Chonkers, or r/FunkoPops
  - bombcar 4y ago
    more and more you have to treat "reddit" as if it were an "internet" and have a separate account for every subreddit or group thereof.
    - ChickenNugger 4y ago
      Careful. I did this more or less by accident, with a main account, a porn account, and a goof off account. I didn't maintain a list of which ones had been banned from where and there were subscription overlaps. One morning all of them - including the one that was 9 years old and had awards from participating in the first ever reddit gifts - got banned for "ban evasion". Now I just make a new one every few months and distrust any account that can survive for more than a few years without getting banned. So they encourage throwaways, but also ban you for using them.

permo-w 4y ago

it’s pretty much the other extreme to SO. reddit is highly resistant to communal knowledge accumulation. everything is temporary, everything decays, and the continual churn of participants combined with a crap search engine ensures that ephemerality reigns eternally. Stack Overflow has spent most of its lifespan trying to do the opposite, and what we’re left with is this. antibodies attacking the host

wmeredith 4y ago

Reddit is targeting late 2023 for an IPO. The end quality end is nigh for them as well.

matsemann 4y ago

People complain about those questions being off topic on SO, and also complain when they have to endure them other places. You can't win, heh.

DrThunder 4y ago

I don't know what kinda person actually considers Reddit a go-to for answers. It's absolutely abysmal for that sort of thing. SO isn't perfect but it's leagues above any subreddit I've ever used. Almost all subreddits succumb to getting too popular (if they're good to start with) and eventually the amount of actual help you get from them becomes exceedingly rare in my experience.