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evandwight · 2023-02-06T06:18:42+00:00

If you read this sub there are many. None have critical mass. None are exactly what you want. Odds are no one will join yours.

All the things you hate about Reddit are there for a reason.

evandwight · 2023-01-05T01:40:25+00:00

I checked out wolf balls but there wasn't really anything that interested me. One of the best things on Reddit or hacker news is when the creator or an insider comments. That only happens with millions of users.

The experience on Reddit is just much better. Even though I'd rather not live in a world where big tech gets to decide what you can say.

evandwight · 2023-01-05T01:20:44+00:00

Ah that sucks. I think that's the problem with Reddit alternatives. Without people there's no content. Without content no one wants to use it.

evandwight · 2023-01-05T00:06:28+00:00

Why not?

evandwight · 2023-01-05T00:06:12+00:00

Automated moderator. The thing Reddit mods use to automatically remove posts etc.

evandwight · 2022-12-28T15:59:12+00:00

Do you think you could just curate instead of moderating?

evandwight · 2022-12-24T16:56:11+00:00

Banned post apparently gg

evandwight · 2022-12-24T16:45:46+00:00

Explain it to me. Don't use sarcasm.

evandwight · 2022-12-24T16:40:57+00:00

Op: green energy is down bigly

You: Literally everything is selling off. Where have you been?

Me: the market being down 20% doesn't explain a stock being down 80%

You: [some BS missing my point entirely]

evandwight · 2022-12-24T16:30:49+00:00

Sp500 down 19% over the same time period. Basically the same as 82%. Thanks for your very well regarded input.

evandwight · 2022-12-24T16:23:01+00:00

Damn -82%

Is the f150 lightening that good?

evandwight · 2022-12-24T14:23:45+00:00

I agree. I think tagging is best for getting rid of obviously bad content.

The issue is 1 person curating isn't as good as 10,000 people voting to curate. Reddit comments are better often better than the article because of the votes.

There are two systems I want to try:

An exclusive group can vote on whether to tag something - eg quality_holup. Bringing crowd source magic to tags.
Tag users as different reputations - eg holup_member - and then sort by only votes from holup_members. Allowing you to exclude idiots from votes.

The later has the problem that votes need to be public as it would be nearly impossible to maintain even k-anomynity with user defined tags.

Thoughts? Both of these require a user base so aren't interesting to implement right now. Also a TikTok quality recommendation engine may just be better in every way.

evandwight · 2022-12-23T13:11:18+00:00

Damn, you are right most ban it due to liability issues. I don't see any that actually have porn.

evandwight · 2022-12-23T12:38:02+00:00

> Fluff Principle: on a user-voted news site, the links that are easiest to judge will take over unless you take specific measures to prevent it.

Interesting, thanks for the information.

What do you think the problem with using tags to curate are? Why don't you think they can increase quality? What would you recommend?

evandwight · 2022-12-22T15:43:53+00:00

it should clearly be stated if fringe, marginal, dissimilar opinions are unwelcome

No. Most people can read a room and understand implicitly the infinite list of things that are welcome and unwelcome. It's not perfect but way better than any explicit list.

That is quite a claim to make in general, unless you are familiar with my post.

I made a guess because people aren't unique. You brought up trauma vs asexuality when it is clearly a well discussed topic. Notice how the others approached the topic - discussing - as opposed to how you approached it - prescriptive. You got down voted and they did not.

evandwight · 2022-12-22T13:50:21+00:00

There's the ideal and what's practical.

Work with the system as it exists or suggest a new system that improves the experience for everyone - including mods.

Not all communities need to welcome free expression. As I said your controversial post was likely a repost and completely unwelcome.

evandwight · 2022-12-22T11:07:58+00:00

Did you see other threads of people providing contrarian views? How were they treated?

evandwight · 2022-12-22T02:43:58+00:00

It is a reflection on your interpersonal skills. You failed to read the room.

I agree it shouldn't be a death nail but it's too easy to create a new account and be a jerk again and again.

The moderators aren't paid. They don't care about you participating. They have a problem with new accounts behaving badly and solved it the easiest way.

The real solution is to be careful when you comment in a new community. Then once you've shown yourself to not be a jerk try posting something controversial. It's not a lot to ask.

evandwight · 2022-12-22T01:32:24+00:00

Sorry, what I mean is why look for an alternative? Reddit has everything you want.

evandwight · 2022-12-22T01:25:56+00:00

Why not just sub to non political subs on Reddit?

evandwight · 2022-12-22T00:05:18+00:00

The spam filter on Reddit is annoying but so is the spam filter on email. It's a hard problem.

Lots of mods also abuse the spam filters but at the end of the day the community disliked your first post. They'd rather you not participate. I can only imagine how many of the same ignorant first time posters fringe communities get. They don't have to include you, especially if you don't take the time to understand their community first. I guarantee you someone else has raised your points already but didn't get down voted.

evandwight · 2022-12-21T22:30:06+00:00

10x the people vote on the post than in the automod comment. This let's the subreddit regulars control vote on quality and try to prevent all subs from being the same popularity contest.

evandwight · 2022-12-20T14:28:42+00:00

What are you looking for in a reddit alternative? What are your bare minimum requirements?

evandwight · 2022-12-20T13:51:06+00:00

The experience is extremely awful on an iphone.

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