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I gave up on r/programming after an article I wrote (thoughtfully, without AI, even though the content might not have been super interesting) got mod-slapped wi

by pscanf 6mo ago

I gave up on r/programming after an article I wrote (thoughtfully, without AI, even though the content might not have been super interesting) got mod-slapped with a stickied comment "This content is low quality, stolen, blogspam, or clearly AI generated". Ironically, that comment was added three months after I posted the article, when it was nowhere near the front page anymore, in a clearly automated and AI-driven review. Still salty about it.

JKCalhoun 6mo ago
Moderators on a power trip? Fuck 'em.
JuniperMesos 6mo ago
Reddit is a low-quality platform, the sorts of people who would be interested in moderating a popular subreddit like r/programming are even less fit to be moderators than the average moderator is. It would be better if people completely stopped using the platform.
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- gavinray 6mo ago
  It's useful for syndicating your self-hosted blog content so that when people Google topics your stuff shows up. I generally fire-and-forget on Reddit, except for more niche communities where sometimes domain experts actually comment
- remohexa 6mo ago
  I mean, I don't really like the platform either. But what kind of alternatives that have the same number of traction do we have?
ModernMech 6mo ago
Do you think maybe it's the disclosure about self promotion you added? You explicitly say the purpose of the blog post is to promote your consultancy, so that might be why they marked it blogspam. I know it feels like you're being forthright, but really that you're promoting yourself is implicit in the fact it's a personal blog, so you can leave that out and still be honest.
- pscanf 6mo ago
  Yeah, maybe it's that, though I still wouldn't expect someone to categorize the post as blogspam, even if they just glance at it. (At least according to my definition of blogspam, but I guess each has their own.) But yes, pragmatically I should probably remove the disclaimer.
Henchman21 6mo ago
I gave up on Reddit after many years of acting as characters on the Venture Bros subreddit. Every so often I would retire my account and begin a new one. I've had MANY over the years. I've used Reddit "cleanup" apps to remove/clean the content I've created. Good stuff over time, very niche and specific to VB. I gave it all up when Reddit started recycling my old accounts and reposting my content as if it were new -- but not authored by me, just regurgitated back onto the site. If that happened to me, you can bet it's happening en masse. Which indicates to me that the site is really dead.

by pscanf 6mo ago

JKCalhoun 6mo ago

Moderators on a power trip? Fuck 'em.

JuniperMesos 6mo ago

Reddit is a low-quality platform, the sorts of people who would be interested in moderating a popular subreddit like r/programming are even less fit to be moderators than the average moderator is. It would be better if people completely stopped using the platform.

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gavinray 6mo ago
It's useful for syndicating your self-hosted blog content so that when people Google topics your stuff shows up. I generally fire-and-forget on Reddit, except for more niche communities where sometimes domain experts actually comment
remohexa 6mo ago
I mean, I don't really like the platform either. But what kind of alternatives that have the same number of traction do we have?

ModernMech 6mo ago

Do you think maybe it's the disclosure about self promotion you added? You explicitly say the purpose of the blog post is to promote your consultancy, so that might be why they marked it blogspam. I know it feels like you're being forthright, but really that you're promoting yourself is implicit in the fact it's a personal blog, so you can leave that out and still be honest.

pscanf 6mo ago
Yeah, maybe it's that, though I still wouldn't expect someone to categorize the post as blogspam, even if they just glance at it. (At least according to my definition of blogspam, but I guess each has their own.) But yes, pragmatically I should probably remove the disclaimer.

Henchman21 6mo ago

I gave up on Reddit after many years of acting as characters on the Venture Bros subreddit. Every so often I would retire my account and begin a new one. I've had MANY over the years. I've used Reddit "cleanup" apps to remove/clean the content I've created. Good stuff over time, very niche and specific to VB. I gave it all up when Reddit started recycling my old accounts and reposting my content as if it were new -- but not authored by me, just regurgitated back onto the site. If that happened to me, you can bet it's happening en masse. Which indicates to me that the site is really dead.