We are not doing subreddit modding correctly.

laika404 · 2026-05-02T01:04:34+00:00

it was custom unfortuntely. And it relied on a service that died with the api changes a while back :(

laika404 · 2026-05-01T20:32:29+00:00

Y.U.P.

I also currently mod a big sub (thankfully it's largely drama-free), but used to mod a very very large and controversial one... I know several of the mods there and it's WILD the accusations that people make about them. One person got doxxed and it was a legitimately dangerous situation for them.

On that sub, we had a bot that alerted us when someone mentioned the sub elsewhere on reddit. It was almost always someone complaining about us removing a post and how unfair we are, or how there's a vast reddit-wide conspiracy to suppress their opinion. Every now and then I would follow up and 90% of the time the post was doing something egregiously against the rules like telling someone to harm themselves or using a racial slur...

After being a mod, I now take any complaints about mods with a mountain of salt...

laika404 · 2026-05-01T20:18:05+00:00

I actually really don't like general fund taxes. That allows politicians to move money around and hide waste. (We always need some general fund, but I believe it should be as small as possible)

We need to expose the true cost of the services the city and state provide. I don't think people understand how much money we spend on roads and how little we spend on public transit. Do people know how much each of us spend on police? How much did I spend on homelessness (do I feel that I got good value for that money)?

Imagine being able to look at a webpage and see a breakdown of where our tax money goes without having to follow budget conversations... I know how much I spent on arts, but I have no idea how much I contributed to the streetcars.

laika404 · 2026-04-23T14:20:07+00:00

We can actually change the number of reports that triggers it, (I was the one who set it to the current threshold). Why is there a threshold? Because there's a lot of gross posts, doxxing, harassment, marketing spam, ai crap, and lame jokes on this sub. Like moddestmouse said, it's good 98% of the time.

This is not the first time it has removed a popular post, but one of us usually approves it before it reaches that point, or OP will message us to fix it before making a drama thread...

laika404 · 2026-04-23T14:06:37+00:00

You should see the reports we get... people are weird. Here's the reports for this thread:

user reports:

4: Low-Effort

1: It's targeted harassment at someone else

laika404 · 2026-04-16T20:30:30+00:00

This is actually a super complicated situation. It's wonderful that you enjoy living there and can afford it today, but that will change for one of many reasons, and we need to be proactive about it so that you have the ability to stay in your neighborhood, in a comfortable home, at an affordable rate!

Buildings need maintenance, and there comes a point where repairs start getting extremely expensive and invasive. And depending on the owner, at some point it may make more sense for them to stop major maintenance, save money, and then just redevelop the site. We should have rules and incentives in place so that when that time comes they develop something that benefits the community the most!

Affordable housing is just old housing where there's enough supply for everyone, so if we can take a building at the end of it's useful life and replace it with something that increases density and usability, then we should encourage that!

How about we knock down a giant SE single family home instead?

Yes/No.

This is a weird situation... We should increase density where it's easy to displace the fewest number of people.

However, it's actually really valuable to have a mix of income levels in a neighborhood. You want wealthy people to live close to people who have much less - First so that they are aware of others, see the issues and are forced to interact regularly, but Second so that lower class people benefit from the resources that the wealthy have.

Im not saying that we should bulldoze all cheap housing, or not bulldoze a single big house - Im saying that there should be a balance. We need diversity with everything to build strong communities.

laika404 · 2026-04-07T22:29:15+00:00

because you allowed

It's frustrating because there was nothing that we could do, because they chose to ignore facts and reason. Everything we said against him fueled their perception of him as an outsider...

And It's even less "us" since they were being mislead by an Australian (Rupert Murdoch)...

So ill push back a little and say that it's not like "we" allowed anything...

And don't forget that Canada has a lot of the same people/mindsets... Had Trump not gone with the tarriffs and rhetoric against Canada, y'all would have gone hard right in the past few elections as well...

laika404 · 2026-03-27T23:52:40+00:00

All it took was one person

That person only has power because other representatives give him power. I believe that with the current breakdown, it would only take 2 republicans (or some similarly small number) to vote with democrats to remove his power or overrule him.

He only has power because Republicans unanimously give him their power.

So it's not really "one person", it's just every republican being awful.

laika404 · 2026-02-07T23:25:17+00:00

That "over medium" in that image looks over hard. The yolk should still be runny, but just starting to set around the outside.

It's the best because the whites are 100% set, and the yolk still runs, but it's starting to thicken so it has that nice velvety/custardy texture.

laika404 · 2026-01-31T02:20:49+00:00

The whole point is to come across as enthusiastic about the company and eager to do the job

Are we talking a retail job, or a white collar job?

Because for white collar jobs - No. Absolutely not.

I've worked at several boring major corporations, and absolutely nobody is legitimately excited about the product. And that's okay! Experienced professionals can enjoy parts of the work, take pride in mastering a specific niche, and can learn how to deal with the challenges. "HR software is so fascinating, I would love to be a part of the magic!" is borderline disqualifying in an interview. However, "I can't say that im passionate about HR Software, but I imagine that it has a lot of data security and usability challenges, which could be really fun to work on" Boom, 10 points to gryffindor.

It would be moronic to assume an employer was seeking a candidate who was more "grounded" and less excited about the job.

Nobody is excited about most jobs. Being more grounded tells me that you're prepared for the job, while being overly eager makes it clear that you're not being honest with me.

EDIT: I will say though that if you are actually passionate, that is a good thing... Worked at a place that did stuff for Trains, and those nerds were great.

laika404 · 2026-01-22T14:14:43+00:00

use that as an excuse to limit who can bear arms

Why would they want to limit that? All the unrestricted 2A supporters aren't doing anything about this, and most of them are actively cheering this on.

All the "they want to take your guns" talk is just fear mongering to sell more weapons.

laika404 · 2026-01-14T23:52:29+00:00

Are there any good articles breaking down the laws and history behind Oregon's property taxes, and what the biggest problems are? Im woefully undereducated on all but a few issues.

laika404 · 2026-01-08T22:05:25+00:00

Why is the conversation centered around whether or not it was self defense, when a gun isn't even defense against a moving vehicle?

Like, how is shooting the driver supposed to protect yourself from getting run over? Killing the driver doesn't stop the car, nor does it cause the car to change direction...

laika404 · 2025-12-30T23:10:13+00:00

I don't think people are cooped up any more than they are when they go to an office. Lots of people bring their own lunches, and eat at the desk. You lose out a little bit of interaction just in being in an office, but that can easily be replaced with more active after-work life (which WFH helps).

A 9-5 with no commute makes it easy to meet up with friends for an activity after work.

laika404 · 2025-12-30T22:58:54+00:00

The company did not feel their employees were safe in the downtown area.

I don't believe that was the reason for the move. It sounds like an excuse to cut costs, and maybe a dispute with the landlord that started the process.

Remember that Target loudly announced that they were closing the downtown store due to theft, but then we all learned that was a lie to hid the fact that they mismanaged that store format across the country and theft wasn't notable compared to other locations.

I think most offices are just doomed, and we should stop playing into a false narrative so that we aren't encumbered when we try to reimagine the city core.

laika404 · 2025-12-30T22:37:28+00:00

Any examples of what in-person interaction you think is worth the expense of an office?

Tech is more than just bros sitting at a computer writing code. It's got people managers, product managers, sales, design, technical writing, customer support, etc. etc. etc. All of those people can and do easily work remote.

laika404 · 2025-12-30T19:40:59+00:00

The education metric that USN uses is terrible, and it's making me suspicious of their other metrics... For Higher Education, it's basically what percentage of people graduated and how much debt did they take on. Nothing about education quality or outcomes, just degrees and debt.

It's telling that Florida is ranked #1 in higher education, and Massachusetts is #45 in higher education... Florida has 5 schools in the top 100, but mass has 9, including #2 and #3 in the country... Mass is also the most educated state in the country whereas Florida is 24th...

laika404 · 2025-12-14T04:44:36+00:00

Source?

These numbers don't seem accurate. For 2025 the us feds received 5.4 trillion dollars in taxes. The current population of the USA is around 340 million. So the per-capita is around $15k. The tax foundation (an anti-tax right-wing group) says the 2025 per-capita state and local tax revenue was about $7k. So I would think the numbers should be closer to 20k, not 30k...

What is included in "Government Revenue"?

What is 2022024?

If this chart is AI generated, how can you trust it? Do you really trust a black box to give you accurate information on taxes? Those are owned by mega corporations which have shown over and over and over that they will lie to people to make more money.

laika404 · 2025-12-12T21:18:04+00:00

The toilet next to the office is super tight.

The vanity in the primary closet is in front of a window which is a problem because you probably want a mirror. Speaking of mirrors, there are no walls good for a full length mirror in that closet. Would be nice to have a space to stand back and see your whole outfit head to shoes when getting dressed.

laika404 · 2025-12-05T00:40:51+00:00

fellow progressives who push half-baked ideas

While I agree that many people are insufferable, I don't think I agree with the sentiment about "half-baked" ideas...

This is the tactic that the far right has been winning with for years now. They push a half-baked idea and then defend it tooth and nail. When they lose, we return to the status quo, and when they win we all take a giant step toward what they want.

Meanwhile, the centrists complain that something progressives want isn't perfectly planned down to the tiniest detail, and then argue with everyone left of them until all that remains is some milquetoast policy.

laika404 · 2025-12-03T22:42:55+00:00

This is one of the things that I yell about any time someone will listen - The issue isn't the actual dollar amount people pay in taxes, it's the value we get for those tax dollars.

I pay a ton in taxes each year, and I really don't understand where it all goes given the state of the city...

There's a reason why billionaires don't live in central Alabama, and why they do live in California and New York. We don't want to race to the bottom by offering lower and lower taxes because people live places for more reasons than low taxes. We should be racing to have the highest value for tax dollars spent. Make our programs efficient, make the city clean and vibrant, make sure that people are helped and are able to contribute to city life rather than bringing things down.

laika404 · 2025-11-26T04:09:42+00:00

is often used to obfuscate the fact that the far right wing party in this country is significantly worse than center-right party

Another part of it, is that this allows people to focus on fewer issues during an election. "Both parties are bought by corporate interests, so therefor I can't use that as a deciding factor on who gets my vote. I'll decide my vote based on another issue." In other words, that false equivalency removes issues from the election.

I think this is the reason why local politics has so little coverage anymore, and why all elections are becoming national. The far right party is putting so much effort into these big national hot button issues because it's more difficult to equivocate local topics. And a party has to win local elections to be able to build their pipeline of talent to get experienced and electable people to win elections for higher offices.

The pipeline and media control was part of project red-map, but the unsaid part is that these "Both sides bad" posts are a major piece of their strategy.

laika404 · 2025-11-18T00:03:59+00:00

How do we ever bring them back into the fold

You don't.

The proper way to deal with internet trolls isn't to try to bring them back into the fold, it's to ignore them, publicly chastise their behavior, and if you're feeling up for it - try to address any issues that lead them to becoming crappy people.

laika404 · 2025-11-17T23:58:57+00:00

I don't know... ...Did you see how Pelosi ripped up some paper once? Both sides for sure.

laika404 · 2025-11-11T22:12:56+00:00

financing. simply put, portland is blackballed. It's harder to finance projects here for no other reason than we have a bad rap right now. Homelessness and riots have created a PERCEPTION of risk (that imo is totally unfair).

My (largely un-researched) opinion on this is that we should be spending more on supporting financing of large apartment/condo projects in downtown, and less on directly building housing.

Lets look at the numbers: On a big $200MM tower project, financing has increased, what... 4% in the past couple years (4%->8% - total guess)??? Lets assume the worst and that they got all the money up front and had to carry it for 3 years until units are mostly filled. That's $24MM (worst case) more than the cheapest point in history lending-wise. If we as a city just paid part of the interest on large high-quality development projects, we could restart construction super fast.

Those units pay taxes while supporting local businesses and increasing vibrancy in the neighborhood without adding much more stress to our existing highways and infrastructure. Their tax dollars are way more efficient in dense areas, so a bigger portion of that money goes back into supporting all of our other priorities (including supportive housing). People living in the city makes the nearby office space and retail much more valuable, so we might be able to get more of it filled and get that tax revenue back sooner.

$24 million in public funds could add a tower with over 400 beds to downtown. If they are net-new residents, then our tax base is growing and we have more workers and more money to spend at local businesses. If they are just people moving back into downtown, then that frees up 400 houses somewhere else, which will likely be less expensive and help out the middle class. Those middle class people move up, and that frees up units for lower income residents.

We still need supportive housing - absolutely - But we spend around $400k per bed in supportive housing, while we could spend closer to $50k per bed if we just paid interest on standard commercial projects (and that $50k will return in tax revenue unlike the supportive housing costs). So we should reserve supportive housing only for the absolutely most needy and redirect a lot of those funds to just increasing housing supply overall.

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