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> Reddit is not a person. What are you trying to say? That all of reddit's 400 million users have the same thoughts and attitude? Let's cut this crap right her

by ceol 13y ago

> Reddit is not a person. What are you trying to say? That all of reddit's 400 million users have the same thoughts and attitude? Let's cut this crap right here. No one is saying they all have the same thoughts and attitudes. However, the entire site is built around users voting on what they like, and what they like is incredibly consistent to the point of clever users[0] gaining massive karma by using a bot to repost the top comments of old threads. So no, reddit is not a person. It is, however, a collection of people who— for the most part, most of the time— are consistent in what they upvote. [0]: http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/vefen/recap_trapped_in_reddits_witch_hunt/ http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/vefen/recap_... It was discovered that Trapped_in_Reddit was using Karmadecay to search for old content as it was reposted to Reddit. TiR would then copy the top comment of the old thread, and re-use it in the new repost thread, as his own comment - guaranteeing many upvotes for the re-used comment.

wvenable 13y ago
The point is that humans in general are consistent in what they upvote and reddit at 400 million users is a reflection of humanity rather than of a small subgroup. People have been looking at pictures of cats with sayings on them since the 1970's[1] [1]: https://tytempletonart.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/hang-in-there.jpg https://tytempletonart.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/hang-in-t...
- ceol 13y ago
  So you're saying reddit has consistency in what it upvotes? That doesn't refute my point; it actually helps to refute yours.
  - wvenable 13y ago
    I'm saying if you created a website called humannews and the entire population of the whole world contributed to it they would consistently upvote the same stuff and it would look almost exactly like reddit. Humans, acting as a group, are very predictable and easily manipulated. There are many smaller communities on reddit where you find a bigger difference from the mean.

by ceol 13y ago

wvenable 13y ago

The point is that humans in general are consistent in what they upvote and reddit at 400 million users is a reflection of humanity rather than of a small subgroup. People have been looking at pictures of cats with sayings on them since the 1970's[1] [1]: https://tytempletonart.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/hang-in-there.jpg https://tytempletonart.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/hang-in-t...

ceol 13y ago
So you're saying reddit has consistency in what it upvotes? That doesn't refute my point; it actually helps to refute yours.
- wvenable 13y ago
  I'm saying if you created a website called humannews and the entire population of the whole world contributed to it they would consistently upvote the same stuff and it would look almost exactly like reddit. Humans, acting as a group, are very predictable and easily manipulated. There are many smaller communities on reddit where you find a bigger difference from the mean.