Oh, it definitely happens here and everywhere else on the Internet. It seems to be just part of the human condition.
But since this post is bagging on reddit, and I’m still mad at the company’s recent decisions, I figured I’d not rock the boat and just bag on reddit too lol
I will henceforth always be down to join in bagging on reddit. It’s just becoming aggressively shit these days. That IPO and the censorship it demands will end up being one of the worst things to ever happen to the site (it already has been, just in preparation for a sterile place for advertisers)—the others:
NEW reddit (old.reddit so much fucking better it’s ridiculous)
The changes to the website under Ellen Pao (who was hired for the sole purpose of being scapegoated for the backlash to said changes)
Ignoring the clear will & interests of their users, e.g. removing the visibility of downvotes
The recent API fiasco
The lack of any real/effectual commitment to curtail karma farming bots and shills.
The powertripping mouthbreathing neckbeard population called “moderators”
Idk i’ve definitely seen less groupthink in the voting on here than on reddit in recent years…
On reddit I cant even remember the number of times I’d seen practically the same exact comment/sentiment in the same context be wildly upvoted in one thread and obliterated with downvotes in another one. People’s votes on there are like 80% decided by the balance of votes already on the comment.
Yup. And the crowd latches onto whatever narrative they like more. Doesn’t matter if it’s wrong.
Are we still pretending that isn’t happening on Lemmy? I’m cool with that, just DM me when we can exhale and be real about it.
Oh, it definitely happens here and everywhere else on the Internet. It seems to be just part of the human condition.
But since this post is bagging on reddit, and I’m still mad at the company’s recent decisions, I figured I’d not rock the boat and just bag on reddit too lol
I will henceforth always be down to join in bagging on reddit. It’s just becoming aggressively shit these days. That IPO and the censorship it demands will end up being one of the worst things to ever happen to the site (it already has been, just in preparation for a sterile place for advertisers)—the others:
Idk i’ve definitely seen less groupthink in the voting on here than on reddit in recent years…
On reddit I cant even remember the number of times I’d seen practically the same exact comment/sentiment in the same context be wildly upvoted in one thread and obliterated with downvotes in another one. People’s votes on there are like 80% decided by the balance of votes already on the comment.