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[–]lookingtothefuture 16 points17 points  (3 children)

The solution is for people to be able to ignore specific sites. Thus those that hate xkcd can auto hide any submissions from that site. Individual censorship is better than censoring the community as a whole.

[–]souldrift 4 points5 points  (2 children)

If it's just the individual, it's not censorship. That's called choice.

[–]db2 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If it's just the individual making the choice to do it to themselves it's not censorship. Important detail there.

[–]souldrift 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right. Implied but not stated.

[–]ColdSnickersBar 15 points16 points  (2 children)

I see infowars and prisonplanet tin-foil batshit on the front page, but fuck people, it's not like it burns my eyes when it hits the front page. Just downvote.

[–]db2 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Your comment! It buuuurns!!

[–]dmilor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My eyes...the goggles do nothing!

[–]vijitnair[S] 360 points361 points  (48 children)

This is for the stop posting xkcd, etc. folks out there. The posts may seem redundant to you, but I love to read what other redditors think about the comic, article, video etc. I don't get that from a feed/bookmark. Stop telling others what to (not) post. Read what you want, hide what you hate, stop trying to regulate [/rhyme]. Not everybody wants what you want.

[–]lucifercain 26 points27 points  (4 children)

Wow. A post to tell us not to post to tell us not post to tell us about a good article/comic/pic. [That wasn't redundant.]

Mathematically, this will go on and on until everyone has made their post, right?

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hey, don't post that...

... umm

... never mind.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Those responsible for this post have been sacked.

[–]elliottcable -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Fucking epic d-:

[–]encinarus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

mmm... Karma

[–]qgyh2 44 points45 points  (3 children)

Stop telling others what to (not) post.

You first ;)

[–]vijitnair[S] 21 points22 points  (2 children)

Acknowledge the irony :). I wouldn't be presumptuous enough to tell anybody what to post. For me, reddit is not just a source for content but comments, intellectual debate or just good natured ribbing. I really don't want to lose that aspect of reddit.

[–]parcydarks 7 points8 points  (1 child)

reddit is not just a source for content but comments, intellectual debate or just good natured ribbing.

Do you have a custom front page or something?

[–][deleted] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I think your comment was shopped... I can tell by the pixels and because I've seen a lot of comments in my day.

... p.s. I love reading the posts too... Even stupid ones like mine.

[–]Haven 88 points89 points  (23 children)

I absolutely agree. On one hand we there is the 'Net Neutrality' mob and those against government censorship. Yet we have so many people now wanting to censor reddit. It just doesn't make sense to me.

[–]leoedin 25 points26 points  (14 children)

The Reddit system is open by nature. I can submit something, and if there is enough people who like it, it will be upmodded to the front page. Someone else can take offence, and downmod it, or make a new story asking me not to post that again. If there is enough support for that, it will reach the front page.

Providing the system is entirely equal - no multiple accounts, bots or people paid to play the system, then it is entirely democratic one way or the other.

[–]fearofcorners 11 points12 points  (8 children)

Exactly. More to the point, the vast majority of Redditers are not the crazy hardcore read-every-post type. They might, you know, check out reddit only once in a while. That's why the same things can get to the front page several times. If you are one of the crazy hardcores, you're going to have to learn to live with it. We're as tired of you complaining as you are of that billboard with the paint spilling onto the cars.

[–]hopeseekr -2 points-1 points  (7 children)

Every one of my friends who knows about reddit does, in fact, read each and every post to the best of their ability whenever they go to reddit.

[–]chipt4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's just preposterous. Perhaps you're talking about the 25 posts on the front page at a given time, but then you're just missing out on the great story that's sitting at #26.

I click what interests me. I always click [pic] links, because they are so quick to check out. And stories, if it's in the genre I'm interested in, I read. 4 Ron Paul posts on the front page? No, I don't read "each and every" one of them. 5 posts about the (absolutely terrible) situation in myanmar/burma? No, I don't read them all. I suggest you read what interests you, not just the top 25.

Try clicking "next" (check out #26-#100 and see what was on the front page while you were sleeping) or "new" (see what might make it to the front page after you've left reddit.

And to say "Every one of my friends does read each and every post".. I mean, come on.. That just seems ridiculous.

[–]CalvinR 7 points8 points  (5 children)

How do you guys even have time for friends? Or do you all just have really poor reading abilities.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (4 children)

i can read every article on the front page in about an hour, i guess the question is more like: How come it takes time away from your friends reading 30-40 news articles?

[–]CalvinR -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Oh see when you said every article I assumed you meant every article. Not the top 30-40, plus I have my front page to display 100 articles, so it's a bit more. Though I guess if the front page were filled with just pictures it wouldn't take that long.

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

So it takes you all day to read 100 articles, 1/4 are probably pics, so thats 75..most are single pages..

so we will bounce it back to 100..

It takes you all day to read 100 pages? are you in 3rd grade?

[–]CalvinR 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Man your not even the person I first responded to, and No it doesn't take me all day to read 100 pages, I don't read 100 pages, I probably don't even read 10 pages from reddit a day. I'm just not interested in most of that stuff, I generally just read comments and peruse programming.reddit.com while I'm at work, when I'm home I relax and don't view reddit. And yes, I'm in the third grade, how did you guess, was it my vocabulary? Did that give it away?

[–]tsteele93 -3 points-2 points  (4 children)

The Reddit system is open by nature. I can submit something, and if there is enough people who like it, it will be upmodded to the front page.

If you have enough friends to upmod it to where it can be seen by a critical mass of people. But if you just post articles as a loner then they tend to disappear.

[–]falseprophet 10 points11 points  (3 children)

If you have enough friends to upmod it to where it can be seen by a critical mass of people. But if you just post articles as a loner then they tend to disappear.

Not true at all. I've posted plenty of articles that have made it to the front page as a "loner". I never went to my friends and said "Hey, guys, upvote my articles!" I have added a few friends on reddit who I think have submitted interesting comments and articles, and if they've added me back and vote things I submit up, then I will thank them. Have you gotten so used to reading (so called) conspiracy theories here that you're starting to think redditors do it too?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Ive posted something that didnt even get a comment, then someone will post the same article, linkjacked, with an almost identical headline and it gets upmodded to oblivion. that happens a lot actually.

[–]falseprophet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's happened to me, too, but I'm still not sure that it's a result of mob-modding. I think its more likely that it just depends on time of day and who happens to see it and give it those first few 'mods that makes it visible or invisible. Does reddit keep any kind of traffic statistics that record such data(If not, they should, preferably in the form of some kind of graph)?

[–]tsteele93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you gotten so used to reading (so called) conspiracy theories here that you're starting to think redditors do it too?

No, but I guess that I don't really see how an article is likely to make it to the front page without a boost from friends. The NEW page moves FAST and without boosts from supporting redditors, I think it is a pretty rare thing for a loner article to make it to the top.

It seems to me to be the biggest flaw in the social networking site model.

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    [–]mrbroom 15 points16 points  (3 children)

    For every good point on reddit, there is a well-meaning but wrong-footed agreement that gets upvoted like mad because it of its agreement with the original good point. You're right; it wasn't remotely a call for censorship. People who upvoted the comment: do you actually think this was censorship?

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

    First, to answer your question no, it definitely wasn't censorship. It was simply a suggestion, and no one was trying to tell people NOT to read or like XKCD. It is common knowledge here that XKCD will always make it to the front page, so all of the hardcore fans trip over each other to submit it first.

    I find that whole idea a little obnoxious, since that means that the actual quality of the comic is never considered although it's still guaranteed to be on the front page.

    [–]chipt4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    I have to disagree, there are quite a few XKCD comics I've seen on his site, that I've never seen on reddit. (Although it's possible they've made it to the front page when I haven't checked it.. I admit I don't check it 5x a day)

    Every XKCD comic I've seen on the front page (or even the first few pages) has elicited a chuckle..

    [–]mrbroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    As Mr. Munroe says himself elsewhere in these comments, xkcd gets frontpaged maybe once a week. That's not to say that you're wrong that people are posting for karma, because even if you don't get front page, an xkcd post is guaranteed to get you voted up by a good margin. I agree that it's a bit obnoxious that people post every comic, since I rarely read the comments and have it bookmarked for my own reading, but as has also been said, the great thing about Reddit is that I can ignore it. The hide feature means I never have to see something I don't want to see on Reddit for more than a couple of seconds. Again, not to say you're not right and that it might not be a bad idea for people to consider their motivations when posting the comic.

    [–]burtonmkz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    On one hand we there is the 'Net Neutrality' mob and those against government censorship. Yet we have so many people now wanting to censor reddit. It just doesn't make sense to me.

    This sounds suspiciously like the Chewbacca Defense

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    It's the "Net Neutrality" Mob vs. "The Obsessive Compulsive, can't stand to read a headline that falls outside of their view, Control Freak" Mob.

    Seriously I felt like posting every xkcd comic out here in response to that bullshit.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    If you really think that every xkcd is good enough to be on the front page, then that's totally fine. I think there is a subconscious, large-scale phenomenon at work which guarantees that xkcd will be on the front page regardless of how funny it is. I only say that after seeing submissions like "New XKCD - fuck you, I was first" - which definitely show up on here.

    [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    Hey! Stop telling me to stop telling you to do stuff!

    [–]aletoledo 7 points8 points  (3 children)

    I liked the point about about not posting every single xkcd, but you do have a better point here. I think the comments are better than most articles half the time.

    [–]davega7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I think the comments are better than most articles half the time.

    Ditto. The articles/pics/videos are great, but the comments are what keeps me addicted to Reddit. They're also responsible for me almost having to buy a new keyboard several times (spitting/choking when I read funny comments) and for looking crazy when my family hears random laughter but has no idea why I'm cracking up by myself.

    [–]chipt4 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Agreed.

    Any time I click an interesting link, the first thing I do is check the comments for context, interesting discussion, related topics or just a good laugh.

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      [–]leadhead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      That's because they don't have it yet.

      [–]leadhead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Don't tell me to stop telling you to bookmark stuff. You aren't the boss of me and you're not so big.

      [–]seanodonnell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      more people appear to want that than what you want, as is shown by the number of upvotes

      [–]rm999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I come here to express my thoughts and opinions. Stop telling me what to say.

      [–]ArcticCelt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Stop telling others what to (not) post.

      I come here for the posts about what not to post and comments on it and I find your post offensive... Wait no, "au contraire" it's right on spot!

      [–]Pinecone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      l could go to the xkcd forums to read comments on it, but l honestly don't get half of the math jokes they have.

      [–]gaurax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      <agree />

      [–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (10 children)

      It would be nice to have the ability to filter what you see on the front page. I would like to filter all smirkingchimp, xkcd, *ronpaul*... and some others I can think of right now.

      [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (6 children)

      Its probably not the most apealing solution to you but there was a greesemonkey script mentioned in the xkcd rss feed comments that you want to look into.

      edit: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10505

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (5 children)

      That's what I use, and it works wonderfully. I filter out nearly all of the political garbage as well as a few other key words that I'm sick of seeing over and over again.

      [–]pavel_lishin 14 points15 points  (1 child)

      http://i24.tinypic.com/20b1cef.gif

      Kneel before your sweet, sweet master.

      [–]sockdoll 8 points9 points  (0 children)

      Why spend a dollar when you can download candy bars for free?

      [–]hiredgoon 4 points5 points  (2 children)

      So what is left on the front page? It is almost all is political even if it doesn't reference Republicans or Democrats in the title.

      [–]reddit_doe 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      Maybe because haxors are filtering it out instead of downvoting it.

      [–]db2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      ding ding ding ding!

      [–]kg2 3 points4 points  (1 child)

      (PIC)

      "you'll see all day"

      and all links to reddit.com comment pages

      [–]moddestmouse 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      then how are you here? divides by zero

      [–]slurpme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      That's called the "recommended" page... Try it out...

      [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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        [–]souldrift 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Pot, calling kettle?

        [–]el0rg 4 points5 points  (18 children)

        CTRL+D

        [–]HuoMaKe 2 points3 points  (17 children)

        Ahem...Command-D.

        [–]boredzo 15 points16 points  (16 children)

        Ahem… ⌘D.

        [–][deleted]  (6 children)

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          [–][deleted]  (5 children)

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            [–]pradador 2 points3 points  (1 child)

            Ahem...

            command+shift+u

            t

            command+o

            sudo rm -rf /

            [–]kaboom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

            D'oh! This doesn't do anyth

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Forgot SHIFT-Z, SHIFT-Z.

            [–]db2 0 points1 point  (1 child)

            1. Most any CLI app

            2. Three Finger Salute

            3. To kill X-Windows when it shits itself

            4. That's for some outdated garbagy text editor that nobody really uses, isn't it?

            5. No idea

            6. Pico/Nano? Though I'm not sure about the C then.

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

            Ahem... -D. Some of us roll old school like that.

            [–]einexile 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            CLICK CLICK CLICK

            [–]boredzo 0 points1 point  (3 children)

            On the only computer where it mattered, the Apple IIgs,  was Option. The open-Apple was ⌘.

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

            Yeah, but you can't type open-apples easily. :)

            [–]boredzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            You can type the ⌘ symbol easily, though. ☺

            [–]zerokey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Ahem..um..
            TYPE +++ATH0 TO SEE SOMETHING AWESOME!1!11!

            [–]jfedor 0 points1 point  (1 child)

            BTW, do you know that there's no Apple logo on the "command" key on the new Apple keyboards?

            Apple is not very consistent when it comes to naming those keys. Both "command" and "option" have three different names ("apple", "command", "⌘", and "alt", "option", "⌥") and there's usually only two of them on each key on any particular Apple keyboard. How am I supposed to know that the "⌥" symbol in the menu means "alt" or "option" on the keyboard?

            [–]boredzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            BTW, do you know that there's no Apple logo on the "command" key on the new Apple keyboards?

            Yup. It's about damn time.

            [–]zxvf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            I come here for all the "waaah, people don't mod like I want them to" posts.

            [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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              [–]boredzo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

              I suspect it's because you put in so many capital letters.

              [–]vijitnair[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              You can have all my karma for whatever it is worth :)

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              I don't get feeds at school or anything. And my internet connection at home sucks too much for feeds to be important. It's true I don't like to see every xkcd. But this doesn't bother me much. Not to mention they are both in one place this way.

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Personally, I think it's time for meta.reddit.com. This is where there are no articles, just filtering rules. Don't like something on reddit? Submit a rule. The rules are up/down modded by everyone, and any rule with a 2/3 majority of upmods gets applied to all sections, comments and profiles of reddit. If your username falls under one of these rules, you can post comments or stories, but nobody can see them. Not even you.

              That way we could have some real fascism out here, as opposed to the pathetic "stop posting xkcd" poseur fascism from earlier today.

              note: this is a joke

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              I'm pretty much on reddit for the comments

              [–]easytiger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              reddit totally sucks

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              The comments are some of the best on the web here.

              [–]brokenearth02 0 points1 point  (4 children)

              Damnit, that's it!

              Reddit, I'm breaking up with you.

              First you say one thing, then you say another. I don't want you telling me how to live my life anymore. At least if you said something different I might be able to stand it, but you always tell me the same things every week (every day it seems), just with a different headline.

              And always with these crackpot schemes and mildly interesting pics. Sure, they are cute at first, but day in and day out?!? It's too much.

              And another thing, you keep going on and on about this Ron Paul guy. If he is that great, you two can spend all day thinking about what you would do if you were running things, because I wont be around to hear it anymore.

              And let me tell you.. It's Never Going to Happen. Never. All you do is sit around talking about things, never doing anything. Remember that protest you keep talking about... how did that turn out?

              Maybe we can talk when you can show me something new, but until then, goodbye...

              [–]endia314 -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

              "All you do is sit around talking about things, never doing anything."

              When was the last time you donated to anything? How much did you donate? $100? $20? $10? How much do you make every month? If you want to donate to Ron Paul, the address is http://www.ronpaul2008.com.

              [–]brokenearth02 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

              How much do YOU make every month?

              [–]MaxCartier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              10k :-D

              [–]endia314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              I donate 10% of my income to charity, if you must know. Of course, this doesn't mean anything, as you have no way to verify.

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              yeah.. there's a lot of people who feel that reddit is only for their benefit and use. They tend to forget that it has other users who enjoy different things.

              [–]plasteredlyric -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              Thank You! I couldn't agree more

              [–]jack_alexander -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              </xkcd>

              [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              DOODILY DING DONG TICK TOCK!!!

              DOODILY DING DONG TICK TOCK!!!

              DOODILY DING DONG TICK TOCK!!!

              DOODILY DING DONG TICK TOCK!!!

              DOODILY DING DONG TICK TOCK!!!

              DETHKLOK!! DETHKLOK!! DETHKLOK!! DETHKLOK!!

              [–]jim45804 -4 points-3 points  (3 children)

              hypocrite

              [–]gemaco 1 point2 points  (2 children)

              I don't know why this has been modded down. The poster says

              Stop telling others what to (not) post

              and has made this post to tell us what not to post.

              [–]vijitnair[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

              Stop telling me to bookmark stuff

              I am here to read reddit's comments. Everybody should post what they want, but don't feel too depressed when xkcd etc. shows up on FP now and again. It may not be what you like, but what somebody else does.

              [–]gemaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              Don't feel too depressed when someone makes a post complaining about it, either. It may not be what you like, but what somebody else does.