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I'm often skeptical about Reddit moderators but one of the things the voting system doesn't handle very well is near duplicate submissions. On /r/soccer for exa
by DharmaPolice 3y ago
I'm often skeptical about Reddit moderators but one of the things the voting system doesn't handle very well is near duplicate submissions. On /r/soccer for example when there is a big story (e.g. Messi leaving Barcelona) there will be hundreds of submissions of essentially the same story (with different sources). There is some benefit in having discussion of the topic confined to a few threads (or maybe just one), rather than the entire subreddit be temporarily unusable until this storm passes.
On traditional forums threads could be merged together - which was often confusing but it at least allowed comments made up to that point to be retained. Reddit doesn't seem to have that functionality (or at least I've never seen it).
- account42 3y agoMerging is really the best solution here as ideally that would allow retaining not just all comments but also all aternative sources. HN kind of does this by moving comments and then referencing the duplicate discussion in a comment. But its also not always uncontroversial what should and shouldn't be merged. E.g. this allows moderators to select the article most favorable to their views and then give it all the comments, effectively boosting one viewpoint while hiding others.
- mhh__ 3y agoModerators (/r/soccer ones get accused repeatedly, no comment either way from me) get accused of removing posts so they can get the "scoop" too, rather than being solely due censorship.