Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably. But Reddit leadership has all the funds they need to hire people to perform those extra tasks we formerly undertook as volunteer moderators, and we’d be happy to collaborate with them if they choose to do so.

  • @Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    61 year ago

    Yes absolutely, it’s bad rediquette to downvote just because you disagree, if it contributes to the debate.

    I wonder how many even know that on reddit today? I bet most think they are just “like” buttons.

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      1 year ago

      As someone who joined Reddit when it became mainstream, I didn’t know that something like “Reddiquette” existed, and that it had changed drastically in its history. I thought it just boiled down to social norms like “NO EMOJIS ALLOWED”, don’t ask obvious questions (which can be subjective), or answer a question that was meant to be rhetorical.

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          21 year ago

          Oh shit, it is. I don’t think I’ve ever read that, and most people probably haven’t too, if I looked at the comment section on any post on r/all I would see the reddiquette broken many times (I am personally guilty with non-transparent editing). Most of the behaviour I found annoying on Reddit were breaking the Reddiquette rules lol.

          • @Buffalox@lemmy.world
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            21 year ago

            It’s probably pretty hard to imagine the actual difference in quality of debate when you haven’t seen it.

            But I’m guessing it’s easy to imagine that there would be a difference.