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View submission: SEQUENCE - FINAL STITCH (THEATRICAL)
FWIW I don't think the bots we're the biggest factor in why people felt excluded. The format itself doesn't lend well to co-existing ideas. At most, It's the display of one contribution at any one given time and that, in and of itself, will always leave the majority feeling left out. Also for the record, the Narrators are taking a lot of undeserved heat that should be aimed at us, and by 'us' I mean me. In the beginning, it was them and the sneks that were able to figure out how it worked given little to no information. Their description and instruction was so good, it was the only thing stickied throughout the length of the experiment. It was my fault for not being clear immediately about what users were supposed to do, and they came in and filled that void better than I could (I tried). They organized and created a network, not a mega bot, that exploited a weakness in the system itself. One that we tried many things to correct over the course of the experiment, but that ultimately was no match for the exclusionary nature of the medium itself. I, personally, enjoyed the more chaotic early acts because there were one or two breaths of *slight* cohesion amongst a sea of randomness... a model that more accurately represents Reddit. Ultimately they made best strategic use of the thing we put out, and despite the autocracy shenanigans, they collectively put in a ton of work to tell their story. Yes it was JUST their story, and that sucks, but that is mostly a failure on the machine. There have been a ton of really good suggestions and critiques on what could be done better and the entirety of that burden falls on us, not them.
Comment by Axel_Sig at 05/04/2019 at 07:29 UTC
70 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I agree with all you said and this question is only tangentially related, but do you feel this small example give a great showing of just how easy it is to manipulate the reddit algorithm wether intentionality or unintentionally? How easy is for a small group to control or mass indrouce and control the narrative not just here but everywhere on reddit
Comment by VSParagon at 05/04/2019 at 15:05 UTC
10 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I think this idea would be worth revisiting as a means of how to make individuals feel empowered in these sorts of situations. I can't help but wonder how things would have turned out if we could only proceed one segment at a time and we were given a limited selection of gifs to choose from with no information on their upvotes - the selection itself could be tailored to defeat most efforts to coordinate an outcome while still teasing out the community's preferred choice.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/04/2019 at 14:14 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The event may have not been the best but your a pretty good boah
Comment by [deleted] at 12/04/2019 at 04:55 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Well, if there's one thing movies do now-a-days is have a shitty, soulless, sequel. i look forward to Sequence Part 2: Dumb Luck next year
Comment by UncleMoeLesta at 05/04/2019 at 17:22 UTC
-5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
place was much better imo