created by mhoffma on 17/02/2010 at 04:41 UTC
2852 upvotes, 154 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by coas84 at 17/02/2010 at 06:20 UTC
32 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I'm just curious what program or homepage that is...?
Comment by stuppa at 17/02/2010 at 06:04 UTC
338 upvotes, 4 direct replies
I hardly glance at frontpage anymore. It's all subs for me these days.
Comment by kleinbl00 at 17/02/2010 at 05:58 UTC
145 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Once upon a time this was a news aggregator. And we all looked at the news.
Then it became a news commentator. And we all commented on the news.
Somewhere along the line, it has become a small group of intellectuals drowned in inanity who are somehow compelled to consume the absolute worst that the internet has to offer. We do this in order to measure how much tired meme consumption it takes to drive a person crazy, and to pinpoint the perfect lolcat to use as a weapon in Conde Nast's scheme of world domination. When they find a demotivator or .gif so bad that it breaks our spirit, they will unleash it on an unsuspecting populace and turn everyone into mindless zombie slaves.
Or am I thinking of something else?
Comment by SloLoris at 17/02/2010 at 05:08 UTC
775 upvotes, 11 direct replies
I think those of us that have been reading Reddit long enough have been aware of the steady downward slide for some time now.
Comment by SloaneRanger at 17/02/2010 at 12:10 UTC*
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
A few months ago after I got totally fed up with some frankly shameful "mob" hypocrisy demonstrated in a particular discussion on reddit I decided to significantly reduce the amount of time I spent here for a while. During this time, I wandered over to Digg for a short period every day to see how they were doing (having not visited digg.com for at least a year or two previously). I would say that at least 3 times out of 5, and probably more, Digg had significantly more intelligent or informative stories on its standard front page (i.e. what a new user who hasn't set any options would see) than reddit.
That, combined with the mind-blowingly ignorant bullshit I had witnessed earlier, put to bed once and for all (for me) the stupid self-congratulatory circle-jerking image that some redditors seem to like to portray about being more intellectual or worldly wise than users on other sites.
There are some really smart people on here. But reddit is no better than the world at large. The comments system is a perfect illustration. People with intelligence will appreciate someone else's contribution to a debate even if they disagree and will even upvote if they think a valid or interesting point was made. The fucktards just hit the downvote button after the first sentence and bury anything they disagree with. Often when there is a controversial topic under discussion the quality of the thread and who gets buried is dictated by the lowest common denominator.
(Yes I'm aware you could change your threshold or pop out comments that have been minimized due to downvoting, but that rather defeats the purpose of having a voting system at all).
Comment by [deleted] at 17/02/2010 at 05:59 UTC
158 upvotes, 6 direct replies
I browse /b/, reddit, and digg regularly. Digg for quick "top 10 lists", /b/ for unfiltered humor, and reddit for intriguing articles and comments. Initially I believed the reddit community to be more mature, intelligent, and cultured than the other two, after all, that's what reddit claims to be. But the regurgitated 4chan memes, pun threads, novelty accounts, and downvoting of any opinion different from the majority says otherwise.
Atleast /b/ and digg do not pretend to be something they are not.
Comment by mhoffma at 17/02/2010 at 04:42 UTC
90 upvotes, 7 direct replies
In this instance, Digg looks much more intelligent than Reddit. Yeah I said it! Although, I hope it's a fluke.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/02/2010 at 14:21 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I resolve to use the arrows more and post more relevant, productive comments.
Comment by s810 at 17/02/2010 at 05:07 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
http://www.reddit.com//r/redigg
Comment by tellmetogetoffreddit at 17/02/2010 at 16:22 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
People of Reddit, downvote crap more aggressively please!
Comment by grandpawiggly at 17/02/2010 at 17:08 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Reddit has become nothing but a bunch of screencaps. There's nothing to read anymore.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/02/2010 at 06:03 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
A lot of attention here from 4channers today probably factored into it.
Comment by voracity at 17/02/2010 at 12:04 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Reddit has an option to unsubscribe from a subreddit; I did that with **pics**, **wtf**, **ffuuuu** subreddits and it improved the site immensely. I do check those subreddits on occasion just to see if I am missing out on much, but I know what to expect there - they are places for goofing off and nothing more. I also unsubscribed from **politics** and **atheism** and this also helped in making reddit readable.
The specific subs are where reddit is much better than other sites and I think reddit benefits from a lot of people coming in here, even if they are 4channers - apart from the juvenile humor a percentage of them also probably contributes to various specific subreddits (like wearethemusicmakers, web_design or whatever...) or maybe by word of mouth, they'll bring some friends who do etc.
Comment by pakeha_tim at 17/02/2010 at 04:49 UTC
35 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Never been tempted to check out Digg before, think I'll go have a look.
Comment by Zach_Attack at 17/02/2010 at 06:33 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You know why? How long does it take to create a quick, witty pun/meme comment versus a thought out, well reasoned opinion. There's your answer in part.
The other part is I'm beginning to not give a fuck about the 30th girl in high school made fun of/kicked off team/suspended, etc for being an atheist. I don't give a fuck about the 30th time a cop beats up a white innocent middle soccer mom. That shit sucks but what are we on the internet going to do about it? Nothing but affirm each others opinions (circle jerk if you will) and do nothing about it. If I'm beginning to not give a fuck then I'm sure there are many others, hence your up votes of random "tired" memes and the ignoring of "quality articles."
Comment by [deleted] at 17/02/2010 at 06:16 UTC
24 upvotes, 3 direct replies
i give the front page a quick cursory glance (never expecting anything good from it) and move on to new.
then keep refreshing new.
the front page is all "look at my puppy" and "i'm a grrl" and "durr digg sux".
reddit thinks it's superior, but the majority of the population are a bunch of mediocre retards. this will hold true of any internet forum, anywhere. reddit is much *worse* than most because almost all other forums (i know of) require an email sign in.
ps: if you don't get what i mean with "require and email sign in", don't bother harping on it, i'm too lazy to elucidate what i think is an extremely simple and linear thought process, and will just dismiss you as a retard if you can't follow it.
Comment by pantheroflightning at 17/02/2010 at 07:03 UTC
9 upvotes, 2 direct replies
reddit should remove the ability to repost old links. I'm tired of reading the same shit over and over.
Comment by garrisonc at 17/02/2010 at 06:17 UTC
53 upvotes, 4 direct replies
The "FFFUUUUUUUUU" bullshit was the nail in the coffin. Concerned redditors could not voice their concerns without going into karma-suicide at the hands of the b-tards.
Fortunately, they have the attention span of goldfish, and I don't expect this cycle to last more than a couple months.
Comment by killswithspoon at 17/02/2010 at 06:03 UTC*
32 upvotes, 4 direct replies
This place is pretty much 4chan/b/ only without the spam. This confirms it:
http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/b2ssa/67_year_old_man_beats_the_phuck_out_of/c0kowf1
I can't tell if I'm being trolled or not, and frankly I don't care to find out. This is not the Reddit I remember. If I wanted to guess if I was being trolled or not, I'd just stick to 4chan and cut out the middleman.
Comment by HYPEractive at 17/02/2010 at 14:11 UTC*
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
To fix this, I propose we create a new Reddit system where we can "friend" one another and get notifications when that "friend" submits a new story. This creates a "power user." The "power user" will have a greater probability of their links appearing on the fron.... **fuck**
Comment by [deleted] at 17/02/2010 at 21:23 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I know this is probably going to get downvoted, but I'm going to make a comment about this anyways.
Some of the top links refer to the incident between the black guy and the old white guy that happened on the bus.
I noticed that the old white man's racism and bigotry is overlooked. Asking a random black guy for a shoe shine is no different than asking random Asian women, "Hey, when are you going to do my nails?" or asking a Hispanic person, "Hey, can you come cut my yard?"
After having walked away from the verbal altercation I do believe the white guy was justified in defending himself, but the fact that he's been branded as some sort of hero in doing so is sick, especially considering the events that led up to the physical altercation.
On the other hand, the black girl who yelled, "Beat his white ass." is ridiculed as a racist thief and must feel the raft of random trolls from the Internet. (No, and not even trying to defend that black girl, but my point is she's probably just as racist and bigoted as the old, white man.)
Comment by jojoko at 17/02/2010 at 06:36 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
i am finally glad to see that ffffuuuuu is no longer in that top part of reddit that has the top reddits. but i really think there is far too much 4chan and 'nsfw'ness on the main pages of reddit. i'm really sick of it.
Comment by happywaffle at 17/02/2010 at 05:31 UTC
179 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Anybody else not give a fuck whether Reddit is going downhill, uphill, or whatever the fuck?
I like coming here. It gives me funny links, amusing memes, and occasionally interesting conversations. If I ever get bored of it, I'll visit a different website. For the moment, I'm enjoying myself.
Comment by Fidodo at 17/02/2010 at 09:43 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Here's how it goes. Digg becomes popular, all the stupid people go to digg, every one else goes to reddit. Reddit becomes popular, all the stupid people come to reddit. everyone else goes to digg. Repeat.
Comment by xChrisk at 17/02/2010 at 18:11 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Reddit has turned into 4chan light. All the same meme's all the "best" content without the dirty feeling that your actually on 4chan.
It's unfortunate to say the least.
