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I wish it was only about avoiding unpopular topics. You get downvoted even for asking what makes a good coffee or any other questions that people will happily e

I wish it was only about avoiding unpopular topics. You get downvoted even for asking what makes a good coffee or any other questions that people will happily engage with in real life interactions.

scoofy 4y ago
Again, this is why I bring up reading the room. You're likely to find a subreddit for discussion making coffee, even if it's been asked 100 times before, but it probably won't be /r/coffee. In /r/sanfrancisco, yea, asking "hey, i'm visting SF so what should I do?" is misunderstanding the subreddit. It's for locals. Even for locals, many do not like the regular discussion of the very real socio-cultural issues facing the city. There is a regular push to "make this subreddit something that creates content for me" but that's not really what reddit is about. It's a place for people to share created content, it's not a curated news feed for users.
- deely3 4y ago
  Just to add my 5 cents: spend few minutes reading sub rules and some popular posts. For example on subs about care about exotic animals you usually will get heavy downvoted while asking medical advice about your animal. Which is contrintuitive but logical - newcomers ask such questions everytime, whild most users of the sub is not exotic animal veterinar, and can't diagnose.
  - maksimur 4y ago
    Given the downvotes to my comment (the irony), I have to add some context. When I talk about getting downvotes for asking what makes a good coffee, or other conversational topics like that, I mean doing so in the appropriate place, such as a sub's daily "cafe thread", where one can talk about anything within reason. The same comment made by another user or another time is received differently. It's tiring and one of the reason I don't interact so much on the web anymore.
nikau 4y ago
That's because you didn't google it and then ask specific questions after doing some research.
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I wish it was only about avoiding unpopular topics. You get downvoted even for asking what makes a good coffee or any other questions that people will happily engage with in real life interactions.

scoofy 4y ago

Again, this is why I bring up reading the room. You're likely to find a subreddit for discussion making coffee, even if it's been asked 100 times before, but it probably won't be /r/coffee. In /r/sanfrancisco, yea, asking "hey, i'm visting SF so what should I do?" is misunderstanding the subreddit. It's for locals. Even for locals, many do not like the regular discussion of the very real socio-cultural issues facing the city. There is a regular push to "make this subreddit something that creates content for me" but that's not really what reddit is about. It's a place for people to share created content, it's not a curated news feed for users.

deely3 4y ago
Just to add my 5 cents: spend few minutes reading sub rules and some popular posts. For example on subs about care about exotic animals you usually will get heavy downvoted while asking medical advice about your animal. Which is contrintuitive but logical - newcomers ask such questions everytime, whild most users of the sub is not exotic animal veterinar, and can't diagnose.
- maksimur 4y ago
  Given the downvotes to my comment (the irony), I have to add some context. When I talk about getting downvotes for asking what makes a good coffee, or other conversational topics like that, I mean doing so in the appropriate place, such as a sub's daily "cafe thread", where one can talk about anything within reason. The same comment made by another user or another time is received differently. It's tiring and one of the reason I don't interact so much on the web anymore.

nikau 4y ago

That's because you didn't google it and then ask specific questions after doing some research.

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