Does anyone understand Reddit voting?
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Bots, time of day (if it's a big subreddit then it'll be heavily skewed towards Americans), some people become anathema to the wider subreddit such that enough people remember their previous commentary such that regardless of the content of their comment it will be downvoted (often deflected by people wasting their own time making new accounts regularly to post contrary opinions) and some folks are shadowbanned which requires a moderator to approve their message before it's seen by others.
Oh also whether or not the post has lost momentum as once interest in it peaks votes slow to a crawl.
Oh also whether or not the post has lost momentum as once interest in it peaks votes slow to a crawl.
Reddit is far from that if you browse the right subs - but totally agree that's how the main page can be lol.
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Reddit voting is a way to manipulate posts.
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If OCUK had a dislike option would anyone use it, I'm not sure i could be that Mean?
Everyone would use it.
The voting system discourages discussion because any opinion that disagrees with the mainstream opinion of that sub gets downvoted to hell and then hidden. There is literally a sub called "change my view" which is designed for people to post stuff that disagrees with the mainstream, yet the voting system massacres it.
Post something factual that's unpleasant to hear and watch the downvotes role in.
People look to confirm their biases, not hear the painful facts.
This forum will descend into the same nonsense if the voting system was activated. There's something about people and numbers or watching things tick up or down that I cannot get my head around. It appears to mean a lot to them
People look to confirm their biases, not hear the painful facts.
This forum will descend into the same nonsense if the voting system was activated. There's something about people and numbers or watching things tick up or down that I cannot get my head around. It appears to mean a lot to them
The human element and the art of communicating the english language is also getting lost. So many people don't want to discuss things anymore, good or bad, loved or hated. Everything is bandwagon reactions. You just have to look across the Internet today to see how people cannot communicate normally. Everything is about point scoring. To achieve what? To fit in with the mob they cannot see?
I don't ever remember the Internet like this in the 2000s. It was a totally different place. People loved to discuss without wanting to actually rip each others throats out.
That's because the generation that grew up with the internet from its infancy (us) is now mostly fed up with what it has become, and those always being offended or wanting to argue are either knee deep in woke/PC nonsense or just the type that always wants to be the main character at everything.
Change the sort order from the default "hot" to "oldest first" and it makes a lot more sense
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100% this chap was either in an echo chamber for a long time or was reading encarta 95.This is nonsense, since day one the internet has been full of arguing and trolling.