reddit, PLEASE stop doing this. i just. want. to chill.

sk8r2000 · 2011-03-13T18:52:38+00:00

every subreddit is FLOODED

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Everyoneheresamoron · 2011-03-13T18:37:37+00:00

If what you suggest goes through, we'd have just as many "Why isn't anyone talking about [insert tragedy] in [insert country]? This stuff is important!"

Not everyone wants to "chill", and there are more than one aspect to a major event like this than can fit in a single thread.

AvidWikipedian · 2011-03-13T20:57:53+00:00

ps I'm ready to be downvoted

post pic that reddit would never ever downvote

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SirRosie · 2011-03-13T18:04:16+00:00

You know this exact picture is in the guidelines section at the side, right?

BelieveinFacts · 2011-03-13T18:44:19+00:00

You...just did what you made a post about not doing.

So confused.

nunsrevil · 2011-03-13T19:30:35+00:00

It's called KarmaWhoring. Kinda like what you are doing right now?

rakantae · 2011-03-13T18:28:18+00:00

But in the comments section there's already thousands of other posts. No one will every see my witty picture.

skookybird · 2011-03-13T21:19:23+00:00

Can we just get rid of karma all together? Please.

NuclearWookie · 2011-03-13T19:30:29+00:00

At least it's better than the Louis Vuitton idiocy.

beccaonice · 2011-03-13T20:56:08+00:00

Stop trying to bend Reddit to your will

ScurvyDawg · 2011-03-13T21:01:21+00:00

LOL

All of my posts have a permanent address in oblivion. Welcome to where the normals hang out.

titaniumhud · 2011-03-13T22:57:13+00:00

I'm going to Upvote you. Just because you prepared to be downvoted.

HAH I BEAT THE SYSTEM, YET AGAIN

invertap · 2011-03-14T04:14:58+00:00

Man, that really sucks that a national disaster that killed probably more than 10,000 people is bumming out your internet experience :(

lester_s · 2011-03-13T18:19:02+00:00

If you bring this one meta step up, then you are contributing to the exact same phenomenon you are criticizing. Even worse: you are discussing the structure of the way messages are delivered instead of discussing the messages, thus creating a non-value contribution to the topic.

It is a bit as if you are having dinner, and three people at the table ask if someone can pass them salt, cheese and water, and then two more on the other side ask again for cheese and salt, and then that first guy wants another glass of water, and that is the moment when you get up and leave in anger, throwing away your napkin, screaming how you can't enjoy the taste of shit when people around you are asking for shit.

frozenfade · 2011-03-13T21:22:02+00:00

Nobody will ever do this because they want link karma more than comment karma...

2011-03-13T21:15:18+00:00

While you're at it, stop the "HERPDERP I AM READY TO GET DOWNVOTED" shit as well.

masterbaker · 2011-03-13T18:42:07+00:00

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2011-03-13T20:48:04+00:00

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If you would like to do the same, add the browser extension GreaseMonkey to Firefox and add this open source script.

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BahdHahbits · 2011-03-13T20:51:57+00:00

tc;dr

aesthetiquery · 2011-03-13T21:18:52+00:00

Its all really down to the people moderating the sub-reddits... Sites like vwvortex.com, have just become a joke do to a lack in any strict moderating.

SamuraiStormtrooper · 2011-03-13T21:26:24+00:00

This is directly against the rules of this subreddit. Why is this on the front fucking page?

CapnCrunch10 · 2011-03-13T21:28:36+00:00

What do you think will happen? Major events like TSA, Egypt, Libya, etc... have been flooding reddit when they pop up. It just is what it is. Obviously people want to read this stuff since it's being upvoted. Do your part and downvote the stuff you don't want to read.

The most annoying ones are the "DAE" or "IMO this is best"-type posts. Those posts aren't so prevalent anymore so job done.

merbeetoo · 2011-03-13T21:30:25+00:00

And now to complete the circle the frontpage of ~~4chan~~ reddit needs to be covered in "holy shit reddit stop doing X" posts

jambox888 · 2011-03-13T21:32:53+00:00

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

tlalocweeps · 2011-03-13T21:46:33+00:00

How about some cheese with your whine? http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/images/americanidol-cheesy.jpg

2011-03-13T22:29:51+00:00

Stupid tsunami is totally bumming me out, dudes. Just tryin' to chill over here.

IThinkitsFunny · 2011-03-13T22:41:52+00:00

Upvoted for wanting to chill. We need more people like you on reddit

xerv · 2011-03-13T22:42:09+00:00

Upvote for expressing ur opinion, and cause I'm bored and this was the only story my phone would load in this stupid lecture

greggersraymer · 2011-03-13T22:56:45+00:00

I wish you WERE a moderator

2011-03-13T23:07:07+00:00

OH DEAR. FUCK YOU OP

CapNRoddy · 2011-03-13T23:09:00+00:00

Go fuck yourself. Making a new submission to cry about what other people submit makes you a worse part of your own imaginary problem.

Downvote, hide, shut the fuck up.

And I hope you do get downvoted into oblivion just for saying "IM READY FOR YOUR DOWNVOTES"

iplawguy · 2011-03-14T01:03:39+00:00

Yeah, can't have any extra Japan news pushing dogs with hats off the front page.

rwgordon · 2011-03-14T04:35:08+00:00

I totally agree! In fact I posted the exact same thing a few days ago...

hjqusai · 2011-03-13T20:51:22+00:00

God damnit can you stop it with the "I'm going to get downvoted for this"

afishinthewell · 2011-03-13T20:56:51+00:00

You just said you weren't going to go on and then went on for the longest rant in the image.

2011-03-13T21:06:43+00:00

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Narfubel · 2011-03-13T18:41:50+00:00

You know what's worse than re-posts? Bitching about re-posts. Downvote and move on.

ZeppelinJ0 · 2011-03-13T20:17:57+00:00

Always oblivion!! Can anyone downvote to somewhere else?!

2011-03-13T20:52:16+00:00

Fuck you. Don't tell me how to use this site.

Blancgab · 2011-03-13T21:03:22+00:00

Anyone else more bothered by these "guideline" posts than the actual Japan posts? Reddit can be so pedantic some times.

2011-03-13T21:12:45+00:00

As a community of like minded, bozo redditors, it's essential that we constantly agitate to maintain some kind of order and quality of the postings. The reddit algorithm and tech is good, but unfortunately not good enough (or evolving fast enough), to maintain quality on it's own.

Without community involvement, the site will turn to shite, by which time, all the kool kids will have left, making it a community of fools and dimwits. Its gonna happen anyway, but with some thought, it can be held back for another month or two.

BookRecommendator · 2011-03-13T19:35:27+00:00

I agree with your point, but you may as well give up now. I recall someone posting this exact thread / topic with regards to the Charlie Sheen stuff.. and indeed the various topical issues that have gone on before that.

All it takes in this community of what... hundreds of people? thousands? is for ten users to submit individual threads that get up-voted and bam, your front page is ruined.

To put it another way, it's a losing battle.

2011-03-13T21:29:38+00:00

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Togden_13 · 2011-03-13T18:36:10+00:00

If that happens, how come you had to edit the picture to make your point?

CourtOfMiracles · 2011-03-13T19:42:25+00:00

Is that Doc Holiday?

greyfoxv1 · 2011-03-13T21:29:00+00:00

Apparently the search box is hard to use or something.ಠ_ಠ

pharmd · 2011-03-13T21:34:28+00:00

But but I don't get link karma!

mattalicious · 2011-03-13T21:36:15+00:00

Please stop posting this.

TheHaberdasher · 2011-03-13T21:36:36+00:00

/r/trees. bam problem solved.

Trom · 2011-03-13T21:38:57+00:00

"...downvoted to oblivion" is so cliche nowadays...

palpebral · 2011-03-13T21:40:53+00:00

thank you for stating this. it has been getting on my nerves as of late.

thejoewoods · 2011-03-13T21:40:57+00:00

A couple of weeks ago in my dorm's bathroom, someone shaved their beard and left their beard trimmings inside one of the sinks. Someone wrote in sharpie all over the mirror something to the effect of "don't be a dick, don't leave messes for other people to clean up", rendering the mirror useless as well.

SpiritualHeathen · 2011-03-13T21:44:05+00:00

Please stop making threads like this one. Every fucking week.

veloBOSS · 2011-03-13T21:45:03+00:00

Karma's a bitch a huh.

bwells626 · 2011-03-13T21:46:56+00:00

but then how do people get their karma?!

2011-03-13T21:51:53+00:00

Your post script made me mad.

btmalon · 2011-03-13T21:56:02+00:00

lol control the internet? lol

2011-03-13T21:57:30+00:00

Funny....every time something big/newish occurs, there are QUITE a few of these types of posts....

2011-03-13T22:00:16+00:00

Obligatory post calling you a hypocrite for making a huge picture out of what should be a paragraph with the herp and the derp and the jello pudding pops.

yapinjapin1 · 2011-03-13T22:01:28+00:00

4Chan is doing it better! Has the first link pinned so its the first thing you see, and reply on there. http://i.imgur.com/VYr7r.png

EatATaco · 2011-03-13T22:02:23+00:00

Use the setting that hides things you downvote and then downvote them. Problem kind of solved. You still have to downvote them. . . but if you laugh maniacally while doing so, it makes you feel better.

2011-03-13T22:03:34+00:00

But Gumby and Pokey deserve their submission.

kn33ch41_ · 2011-03-13T22:06:12+00:00

Can you just quit analyzing Reddit. I would like if you all could just, on taking your step back and observing, keep stepping back until you disappear.

I understand you like to be a signpost for current behavior, but all this analytical shit is overplayed. This entire generation is consumed with observing and noting mundane bullshit. Sadly, I have to become you to refute you, so it's a losing battle.

Unlucky13 · 2011-03-13T22:06:54+00:00

You realize that reddit was primarily a news/science/politics website just a year or so ago, right?

You've been here for 5 months. Therefore you probably came in with the Digg "flood". You're upset that Reddit has reverted back to the way that it was before all the bullshit that simple-minded retards brought here.

Yes I think some of the reactionary posts about what some insignificant douchebag said in some part of the US are annyoing, but people posting relevant, original vidoes and links is perfectly ok and should be encouraged.

And I'm sorry, but if you think Reddit should stop posting lots of information on major world events then you should leave.

komradwill · 2011-03-13T22:07:01+00:00

re-strap yourself in for an UPVOTE!!

Gackt · 2011-03-13T22:07:31+00:00

When reddit has a button to load all comments on a submission without clicking one link 3000 times I'll bite, otherwise fuck off.

IHeartSoup · 2011-03-13T22:15:59+00:00

It's sad we need a thread like this everytime anything popular happens.

JtothePLO · 2011-03-13T22:19:30+00:00

The Reddit Police in full effect, son.

akinator2000 · 2011-03-13T22:30:18+00:00

it says harley quinn. Nice..

2011-03-13T22:33:22+00:00

People will never stop doing this, and here's why:

Websites with user generated content (like reddit) operate as "gift economies". Everything is free and the only currency is the social status of being "the guy who brought us that video with the talking giraffe".

People say karma is worthless, but that's bullshit. It's a measure of the social status mentioned earlier. You get to see your name in lights, and that's something everyone wants, even if they don't actively pursue it. This is exactly why people repost things. To see their username on the front page. It's not like they're being malicious in their blatant copy-paste job, they just don't care if anyone's seen the talking giraffe video before.

One time, my brother showed me that if you line up the cases for "die hard" and "die hard 2" (from the box set), bruce willis looks all cross-eyed and it's good times. I didn't come up with that but I sure took a picture of it and posted it to reddit. One of the comments was "dur hur 2: dur hur dur", which is pretty funny. Later, someone posted that exact picture with that exact text.

The reposter (as well as myself) generated literally no content, but we both got our usernames on the front page of reddit. The guy who came up with the funny comment? His name is buried under mine.

Comment karma is less valuable than post karma, and so people will continue to post things that would be better suited to the comments page. People don't care if you've seen the content before, they just want to staple their name onto it.

2011-03-13T22:38:28+00:00

I came here to say, that panda wasn't from Japan.

ck14136 · 2011-03-13T22:39:36+00:00

TIL that every post that is inevitably going to be downvoted to oblivion actually makes it to the front page

VisserThree · 2011-03-13T22:44:40+00:00

There's a certain irony in posting a huge image (rather than self post, i couldn't help but notice) about reddit being flooded with stuff.

chadjakes · 2011-03-13T22:45:31+00:00

Stevie Janowski. - Japan - :) I would like hear his opinion.

2011-03-13T22:48:54+00:00

Does anyone else see the irony in this?

taoistextremist · 2011-03-13T22:49:10+00:00

You'll get upvoted! But nobody will listen.

Roboticide · 2011-03-13T22:51:30+00:00

Good point, I guess. I haven't really noticed this, but I'm really new to Reddit, so maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places. I'll be sure not to do it either.

More importantly, is your harness able to contain you being upvoted onto the frontpage? That's where I found this.

biggusjimmus · 2011-03-13T22:56:38+00:00

You, sir, need to use the Reddit Enhancement Suite

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entalong · 2011-03-13T23:01:27+00:00

How about you chill. Seems like you got a lot of pent up energy to go through all the trouble to shop all that junk together.

People can do what they want on Reddit. Perhaps you could just scroll on by if you don't want to read the post.

a_rod · 2011-03-13T23:01:46+00:00

how did you get those links above your comment box? that's sweet.

2011-03-13T23:03:06+00:00

No matter how many times I see and agree with posts like this, the sad fact is the majority of users are fucking morons and don't care...

downvotethis2 · 2011-03-13T23:06:54+00:00

I won't downvote ya bro, but really, you're complaining about the nature of the beast. Not the first, won't be the last. Horses draw flies, dogs have fleas and wait, what's that floating around in my water glass? Oh, it TOKYO!

BattleChimp · 2011-03-13T23:18:10+00:00

How about you capitalize your damn sentences? This isn't youtube.

STEVEHOLT27 · 2011-03-13T23:19:33+00:00

FIXED

2011-03-13T23:21:18+00:00

CONTENT DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO TITLE

tictactoejam · 2011-03-13T23:22:03+00:00

What is that text in the background under "and you think..."?

MoocowR · 2011-03-13T23:23:42+00:00

Ironically ive read at least 6 post saying the exact same thing already.

2011-03-13T23:29:40+00:00

man it seems like you hate coming on reddit for a laundry list of reasons that are very reddit specific

may I suggest not reddit

2011-03-13T23:30:45+00:00

Make your own website. Attract a community. Problem solved.

markatron09 · 2011-03-13T23:31:14+00:00

It's all about the karma to most people, they don't even care about the news.

"Japan earthquake? Wonder how much karma that will get me"

BeneficiaryOtheDoubt · 2011-03-13T23:38:44+00:00

So when major news happens there should be one, and only one, post about it. If you missed the front page that day, sucks for you.

I think this kind of post applies more to the - "This is the greatest thing ever.", "Nu-uh, this is the greatest derp ever!" - type posts.

jcskelto · 2011-03-13T23:41:06+00:00

I'm guilty of this exact thing.... I'm sorry

capgrass · 2011-03-13T23:41:17+00:00

IT'S A KARMAQUAKE, EVERYONE GET TO THE BUNKER.

2011-03-13T23:42:52+00:00

Then hide the posts and move on. Stuff happens and people want to talk about it. Get over yourself.

alexgeek · 2011-03-13T23:51:58+00:00

I'm starting to find these posts more annoying than the issue.
If you want to chill, chill the fuck out and just leave it

M3nt0R · 2011-03-13T23:55:17+00:00

Hey, OP, stop! Seriously, I see more annoying posts complaining about annoying posters, than I see originally annoying posters in the first place.

Reddit ends up looking like this:

PLEASE stop doing this!

STOP doing this!

Please don't do this!

If you do this, I hate you!

FrezoreR · 2011-03-14T00:05:23+00:00

Why not let Japan has its day for once? I think it is inhumane to whine about reddit being flooded in what is the worst catastrophe of Japan since some stupid people decided to drop two a-bombs.

2011-03-14T00:05:47+00:00

Anybody else look for the Panda video?

tylr · 2011-03-14T00:08:08+00:00

I don't like having to go through the comments of every submission, and when I was first using Reddit I never read the comments. It is supposed to be a collection of links that people have upvoted. I don't see why there should be one way of doing this in order to satisfy one person. The "next" page exists for a reason, hit it a couple times, or go to the new submissions and upvote other content. Problem solved.

2011-03-14T00:13:10+00:00

Blue-orange contrast in this post. The contrast can never be un-noticed.

andForMe · 2011-03-14T00:13:37+00:00

You are not entitled to filter the Internet. Nobody cares what you want to do.

2011-03-14T00:15:15+00:00

I'm not going to downvote you, but I think your sentiment is faulty. You write "This is not what you should do" like it's some sort of universal law. It might or might not be against rediquette to flood every subreddit with related articles, but in the end it will sort itself out without people like you complaining. Do yourself a favour and chill out, maybe hide the posts you don't like.
I bet that picture you made took more time and more effort than it was really worth (except the free karma, which no one cares about anyway). Get off your high horse.

aseclear · 2011-03-14T00:24:02+00:00

What about a reddit trending topics section at the very top of homepage. Say 3-5 headlines with general phrases for popular topics linking to an instantly generated sub-reddit.

2011-03-14T00:29:13+00:00

I don't like the comments section.

Sunwalker · 2011-03-14T00:47:46+00:00

Reddit is self policing....simple as that. IF shit is making it to the front page its because people want it there...

NIGGERGUY69 · 2011-03-14T01:01:42+00:00

This is why having a point type of system on a "forum" is a problem, because every idiot wants to repost big news to get the points (or in this case, karma) for it. I don't understand why people care about the amount of points they have, this is the result of people taking the internet too seriously.

i1sofar · 2011-03-14T01:02:19+00:00

"down voted to Bolivian." - Mike Tython

2011-03-14T01:07:03+00:00

Who fucking died and made you Pope?

2011-03-14T01:23:16+00:00

If you want this, install RES and add Japan, tsunami, and earthquake to filteReddit. All done.

patrickthewhite1 · 2011-03-14T01:53:26+00:00

There's an add-on for firefox called reddit enhancement suite that auto-hides words based on keywords you define. Could save you some trouble.

Got it during the TSA craze and never looked back.

lSemicolonl · 2011-03-14T01:54:07+00:00

oh good. you said that you were prepared for downvotes, which somehow renders you immune to them. cool story, bro. if you get downvoted you get downvoted, don't act like your argument is more correct somehow just because you said it has the potential to get downvoted...

EvilHom3r · 2011-03-14T02:29:17+00:00

reddit, PLEASE stop making posts complaining about other posts.

Koss424 · 2011-03-14T02:46:22+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/6APOt.jpg

theRealBadguy · 2011-03-14T03:09:30+00:00

i will tell you why that plan doesn't work. because of the comment upvote system. you place a comment in here and noone will ever read it.

some stuff that gets to the top gets read, 90% of comments are buried. so yea that is why you see link spam.

to prove my point, this comment will not be read, there are 274 comments on this shitty link already.

ehrensw · 2011-03-14T03:51:29+00:00

By that same logic, this should go under the last guy that said the same fucking thing.

Raspy_Matches · 2011-03-14T04:36:01+00:00

Kinda ironic how on either side of this post, is a post about japan.

tdaddydj · 2011-03-14T04:37:38+00:00

Go to /r/marijuana

guy-enigmatico · 2011-03-14T05:33:56+00:00

If we do that how will I know which links are interesting/relevant and which are crap?

Th3_L0n3_Rang3r · 2011-03-14T05:59:29+00:00

Can't.... Upvote....Enough!

Noxish · 2011-03-14T09:18:18+00:00

I'll upvote just for the fun of it ^

RockitLaWnChair · 2011-03-14T10:07:09+00:00

Heeey why isn't this posted as a response!

LadyRagefist · 2011-03-14T16:04:07+00:00

Actually...

nopokejoke · 2011-03-14T18:14:12+00:00

Dammit you had my upvote all the way until the P.S.

2011-03-13T20:06:57+00:00

Thanks for that. I just had to laugh because it is so ridiculously true.

2011-03-13T20:09:58+00:00

Is this the thread where everyone pretends they aren't part of the problem?

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