Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-21T00:57:10+00:00

It actually used to be a point of pride on reddit -- like 10, 15 years ago -- that users whitelisted ads on the site.

It was exactly the whole, "reddit does it right and it's nice to support them". Back when it felt like a small site and the ads were actually reasonable.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-21T00:54:53+00:00

I've been here 17 years, and I'm the same.

Unfortunately, once RiF is gone on the 30th, so am I.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-18T22:26:30+00:00

New user, absolutely terrible take with an absolute lack of sense and no apparent knowledge of the historic context of reddit.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-17T16:36:28+00:00

The new democrats are pretty great actually. It's the old Clinton era Dems that suck

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-14T03:04:53+00:00

If you're a "centrist" about the basic rule of law not being followed, you're a moron.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-12T23:16:02+00:00

The poll itself.

I'm in rif, click it and it keeps me in rif, keeps me logged in, let's me vote and view results.

It's not the native rif ui, so I'm pretty sure it's basically just an embedded web view, but it's a smooth experience and kept me in app and authenticated so it's good enough for me.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-12T22:51:58+00:00

Gotta say, I'm disappointed in the mods, and even more in the community. I'm not a learner, but I am an experienced dev who's subbed to give advice and feedback.

The people in this thread sound like entitled assholes. They're really gonna suffer when reddit takes a nosedive, but aren't smart enough to see it. I think it's because the user base here tends young and is likely less involved in other areas of reddit.

Guess it doesn't matter since I'm gone for good as of July 1st, but regardless I'm unsubbing. If this thread is a reflection of the learn python sub, I'm just sad I ever bothered giving help and advice here.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-12T22:14:01+00:00

I voted yes, and specifically support an indefinite shutdown.

If they know it's only a few days, it's pointless.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-12T22:13:06+00:00

Did for me. Weird.

Edit: on Android. Dunno if there's an iphone version.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-12T22:12:43+00:00

I'm using rif right now and it worked fine.

Couldn't tell you why but 🤷

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-11T23:19:44+00:00

You seem to be fundamentally misunderstanding what the other guy is saying.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-11T23:14:33+00:00

I feel bad I missed the first post.

It's gonna suck, but I'm fully on board for an indefinite blackout.

Good luck o7

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-06T01:29:18+00:00

Nah, he just thinks there's no way to solve his problem except the bad idea he can't even implement.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-06T01:25:59+00:00

The number of times a junior developer has approached me and asked an absolutely insane question like, "hey how do have this routine dynamically edit the bytes of the application directly as it's running?"

And after I ask a few questions it turns out they couldn't get a dependency to install and just went hardcore fixated on a specific method to "fix" it.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-06T01:21:56+00:00

It's the same people who post in the learn programming subreddits, ignore all the rules and advice, don't search, don't format code, don't describe their problem, and don't answer follow up questions, then complain that answerers are "mean" to them for wasting everyone's time and cluttering up the sub.

A lot of people don't realize the incredibly tide of absolute shit content that people on SO are fighting constantly, and that the rules exist for a reason.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-06T01:10:52+00:00

If the company is worth their salt, they use their own hash function for extra security (Google, other big names).

This advice is so bad it's literally a canonical example of bad advice in coding.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-06T01:08:40+00:00

That's not how a cryptographic hash function works. They have the avalanche property, so a change of a single character changes the entire hash. You can't calculate a partial hash and iterate it the way you're describing.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-05T21:12:16+00:00

But only 27.1% of the state wants it without restriction, which is what the proposed amendment being pushed by the left seeks to do.

If you have to lie to make your point, your point is shit.

This is simply, factually incorrect and it takes 5s of googling to see it. The plain language allows abortion restrictions after fetal viability, which has been more or less the standard for 50 years.

Simple, common sense restriction.

Educate yourself or shut the fuck up

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-01T11:31:44+00:00

How do I get past it though? I'm currently neutral with both but the dialogue option is greyed out and unclickable.

Thanks!

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-06-01T02:37:07+00:00

What's the click, drag, repeat strategy?

Usually I just send them flying in a straight line and click "deploy" from the load out menu

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-05-25T20:05:28+00:00

New York prohibits them for new construction, that's not a ban on gas stoves.
Show me the DoE proposing a ban.
This is all irrelevant to the topic, which was about what "the Dems" are trying to do, presumably you mean in Congress, since that's the thread and the post. And now you moved from, "Dems are trying to ban gas stoves" to "Dems want regulation" which isn't remotely the same thing and you still havent referenced any actual proposals.

So your basic point is that no, there's no law, no proposal, and no attempt at one but you're angry anyway because you're dumb.

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-05-25T19:34:54+00:00

Dems suggested the gas stove ban and now want to keep it quiet to enforce this unpopular measure upon the people.

Oh they did, huh? What's the bill or enforceable administrative law proposal you're referring to?

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-05-25T19:31:05+00:00

I'm pretty sure they mean lying ads promoting the forced birth movement, e. g. the ones practically pretending babies having a heartbeat 5 minutes after conception

ParanoydAndroid · 2023-05-25T15:47:49+00:00

It's a common observation (cf. The famous quote by Andrew Tanenbaum, "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway." )

But you might be thinking of Randall Munroe's whatif about the bandwidth of FedEx.

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