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No it wasn't, it was creating cesspits of hate when left to itself. Considering the amount of good communities on that website, the last thing I would want is f

by rtpg 11y ago

No it wasn't, it was creating cesspits of hate when left to itself. Considering the amount of good communities on that website, the last thing I would want is for it to be overrun by such negativeness.

JeremyBanks 11y ago
My searches on Reddit for entirely unrelated keywords have been increasingly polluted by distracting hateful crap that I do not want to see. Subreddits aren't independent/isolated enough that they can do whatever they want without it having an impact on the site as a whole. Reddit's looking for more growth. I'm sure that many potential users have been turned away from the site by similar experiences. If they manage to clean up the site without killing it, it could really help.
- gavanwoolery 11y ago
  I can respect that - I never use Reddit's search function so I have been relatively unaware of that. I think the problem is that its almost impossible to police all of reddit - even if you shut down one thing (as we saw) 10 more pop up. Not sure there is a good solution, but the lesser of evils might be to just ignore the antagonists.
  - y2bd 11y ago
    Given that /r/all currently has pretty much zero note of the crapshow from a couple days ago, I would think actually facing it and just bracing for a couple of days pays off a lot more than just ignoring it and letting it build up over time.
    - gavanwoolery 11y ago
      Could very well be the case :)
    - toomuchtodo 11y ago
      > Given that /r/all currently has pretty much zero note of the crapshow from a couple days ago, I would think actually facing it and just bracing for a couple of days pays off a lot more than just ignoring it and letting it build up over time. A controlled burn of the forest if you will.
gavanwoolery 11y ago
I agree on the cesspits of hate, but I think the good in people always overwhelms the bad. Or at least, I hope. :)
nickysielicki 11y ago
> "it was creating cesspits of hate when left to itself." 'it' is humanity. If you can't handle looking at a true reflection of humanity then you're worse than the bigots, IMHO. If we plug our ears and hum, "la la la" to the uncomfortable opinions held within pockets of society, we remove all possibility of discourse on the topic. No one should ever be so sure that they're right and others are wrong to take that leap. Even with racism, sexism, fat-hate, and so on.

by rtpg 11y ago

JeremyBanks 11y ago

My searches on Reddit for entirely unrelated keywords have been increasingly polluted by distracting hateful crap that I do not want to see. Subreddits aren't independent/isolated enough that they can do whatever they want without it having an impact on the site as a whole. Reddit's looking for more growth. I'm sure that many potential users have been turned away from the site by similar experiences. If they manage to clean up the site without killing it, it could really help.

gavanwoolery 11y ago
I can respect that - I never use Reddit's search function so I have been relatively unaware of that. I think the problem is that its almost impossible to police all of reddit - even if you shut down one thing (as we saw) 10 more pop up. Not sure there is a good solution, but the lesser of evils might be to just ignore the antagonists.
- y2bd 11y ago
  Given that /r/all currently has pretty much zero note of the crapshow from a couple days ago, I would think actually facing it and just bracing for a couple of days pays off a lot more than just ignoring it and letting it build up over time.
  - gavanwoolery 11y ago
    Could very well be the case :)
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    > Given that /r/all currently has pretty much zero note of the crapshow from a couple days ago, I would think actually facing it and just bracing for a couple of days pays off a lot more than just ignoring it and letting it build up over time. A controlled burn of the forest if you will.

gavanwoolery 11y ago

I agree on the cesspits of hate, but I think the good in people always overwhelms the bad. Or at least, I hope. :)

nickysielicki 11y ago

> "it was creating cesspits of hate when left to itself." 'it' is humanity. If you can't handle looking at a true reflection of humanity then you're worse than the bigots, IMHO. If we plug our ears and hum, "la la la" to the uncomfortable opinions held within pockets of society, we remove all possibility of discourse on the topic. No one should ever be so sure that they're right and others are wrong to take that leap. Even with racism, sexism, fat-hate, and so on.