https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/c9kq2f/reddit_has_the_most_unprecedentedly_dense/
created by isthisnotaname on 05/07/2019 at 20:22 UTC
302 upvotes, 22 top-level comments (showing 22)
Not only do you immediately get your posts ruthlessly vetted and corrected, but you could also die from extreme snark exposure if you happen to be allergic. It's a small price to pay for free and fast corrections, answers and advice from a previously unreachable portion of the human knowledge pool.
Comment by SirRatcha at 05/07/2019 at 20:34 UTC
326 upvotes, 6 direct replies
You really should use the Oxford comma in that last sentence.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/07/2019 at 21:18 UTC*
72 upvotes, 3 direct replies
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Comment by luisapet at 05/07/2019 at 21:13 UTC
18 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I totally agree with you on the value of the "knowledge pool", though. I endure people being pedantic and sometimes downright rude because with redditt I know I will learn something new, often from halfway across the world, each and every day...and that makes me happy! Was that a run on sentence? ;)
Comment by Direwolf202 at 05/07/2019 at 22:22 UTC
14 upvotes, 1 direct replies
OP has apparently never been to an academic conference.
Comment by RichardBonham at 05/07/2019 at 20:58 UTC
26 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Hmmm. So far as I can tell, the “pedantry “ generally takes the form of excessively polite or conflict-avoidant language. Sort of like the very stylized languages of small island cultures where it is very important to avoid potentially lethal misunderstandings (such as Sicily, Sardinia and Japan).
Any blunt or salty commentary, even if it is not an attack on the person is susceptible to downvotes.
Of course, could just be a matter of the subs I spend the most time on.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/07/2019 at 21:43 UTC*
21 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 06/07/2019 at 06:51 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Having your grammar and mistakes corrected will only make you a better person, quit whining.
Comment by Tyler1492 at 05/07/2019 at 22:08 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
And it's probably half or a quarter of what it used to be. I liked it better before.
Comment by HeartyBeast at 05/07/2019 at 21:07 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think really, it depends on what you mean by pedantry
Comment by patpowers1995 at 05/07/2019 at 23:29 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Are you saying that the most unprecedentedly dense concentration of pedantry that has ever existed in the history of humanity is camping in Reddit?
Comment by Pigeoncow at 06/07/2019 at 02:09 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Reddit used to be way more pedantic, actually. I've definitely seen both the prevalence and tolerance of pedantry decrease on here over the last few years as the site has become mainstream.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/07/2019 at 20:56 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I feel like it's gotten better now- the whole *you're thing is less of a meme, but of course, it's still pretty bad. Yes, I'm aware of the mild irony of this comment.
Comment by Oz_of_Three at 05/07/2019 at 22:32 UTC
5 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Actually I find the exact opposite.
Go ahead and act like you know something.
State some dubious facts.
Factual sumbitches educate one's ass quick-like.
Helps me keep from getting my data confused. I know I can count on Redditors to keep me on track, at least as mainstream science is concerned.
Pedant? Hardly.
Comment by trollgasm22 at 06/07/2019 at 00:15 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Reddit is great. If you have a question. Any question at all just post the wrong answer and you'll get the right answer thrown at you within minutes.
Comment by TrailFeather at 06/07/2019 at 20:32 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
My experience has been that it really stymies natural discussion. Because there’s a drive to jump on every inaccuracy, people don’t comment when it’s a subject with a lot of nuance.
I’m active on this account and others in a bunch of financial subreddits, and I have professional experience with what I post. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve just given up on a multi-paragraph nuanced reply because I know I’m going to get downvoted and negative comments because certain concepts need to be summarised in a way that isn’t 100% deadly accurate in order to be readable.
The pedantry is maybe useful in areas where things are totally black-and-white. Or where there is accepted ‘good practice’. It’s not so useful when trying to get broad concepts across and you have to worry that you’re going to get pilloried because you didn’t accomodate some edge case, or describe something peripherally related in the technical background.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/07/2019 at 23:41 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
At least you know what a line stack is now.
Comment by renthefox at 06/07/2019 at 00:05 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think we underestimate how much our in real life does not provide us psychological visibility or social criticism. Reddit just seems like a correction more than a correction. Maybe it depends on the sub tho.
Comment by bluehands at 06/07/2019 at 03:45 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think that you mean bad news bears.
Comment by SocratesHasAGun at 06/07/2019 at 05:22 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The SCP Foundation wiki too. It took me weeks to get my SCP onto the mainlist through all the fact-checking and realism-checking I had to go through. It was insane. They’re probably the most harsh writing critics out there.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/07/2019 at 22:25 UTC
-1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yes most on here are shallow and pedantic
Comment by mrpopenfresh at 06/07/2019 at 13:20 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Also an amazing amount of overstatement.
Comment by Just_WoW_Things at 06/07/2019 at 10:09 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I cant understand people who scroll to the bottom to find something already hidden by -5 downvotes to then downvote it even harder. Its actually aggressive behaviour.