Comments on: The entropy of Reddit http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/ New Right, Conservationist, Traditionalist, Deep Ecology and Conservative Thought: Conservation Conservatism (Crunchy Paleoconservatism) Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:50:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sanrabb http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-8886 Sanrabb Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:36:51 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-8886 I call this the "Process of Diggification." Understand, I did not like the original Redditors. They were largely mac-using programmers of a stripe that I rather despise. But they were genuinely intelligent. The new people are not. I call this the “Process of Diggification.”

Understand, I did not like the original Redditors. They were largely mac-using programmers of a stripe that I rather despise. But they were genuinely intelligent.

The new people are not.

]]> By: NotAnotherOneOfThese http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-8177 NotAnotherOneOfThese Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:30:13 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-8177 This is a very accurate description of what has happened to Reddit. Take r/atheism for example. That subreddit has deteriorated more than most. It went from informative articles and thought-provoking .self posts to rage comics, dumb advice animals, and screenshots of facebook. If you try to comment/post anything decrying the degradation of the quality of the subreddit, they insult you. The hivemind offers to opportunities for self-reflection, but instead bitterly defends the low-quality content they submit. The people who are saying that Reddit is still good if you know where to look are missing the point of this essay. Those bastions of quality will only decay like the rest of Reddit as soon as the Crowd descends upon them. r/atheism was once a quality part of Reddit after the main page turned to rage comics and Scumbag Steve posts and now it's just atheist rage comics and Scumbag God posts. That entropy happens is obvious and undeniable and no matter how indicted and angry you feel at reading this, you'll probably still be part of the problem. This is a very accurate description of what has happened to Reddit. Take r/atheism for example. That subreddit has deteriorated more than most. It went from informative articles and thought-provoking .self posts to rage comics, dumb advice animals, and screenshots of facebook. If you try to comment/post anything decrying the degradation of the quality of the subreddit, they insult you. The hivemind offers to opportunities for self-reflection, but instead bitterly defends the low-quality content they submit.

The people who are saying that Reddit is still good if you know where to look are missing the point of this essay. Those bastions of quality will only decay like the rest of Reddit as soon as the Crowd descends upon them. r/atheism was once a quality part of Reddit after the main page turned to rage comics and Scumbag Steve posts and now it’s just atheist rage comics and Scumbag God posts. That entropy happens is obvious and undeniable and no matter how indicted and angry you feel at reading this, you’ll probably still be part of the problem.

]]> By: Mr. Birds http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-8176 Mr. Birds Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:26:45 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-8176 I must say, that I enjoy Reddit. There is no place, that I know of in the Internet, where I find so much fun and good gossip. I am a serious type of person myself, so I am happy about the Bunch (you call it Crowd), fooling around. Lot's of good photos. And one can tailor-suit Reddit to the way (s)he wants it. I must say, that I enjoy Reddit. There is no place, that I know of in the Internet, where I find so much fun and good gossip. I am a serious type of person myself, so I am happy about the Bunch (you call it Crowd), fooling around. Lot’s of good photos. And one can tailor-suit Reddit to the way (s)he wants it.

]]> By: R http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-8174 R Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:24:34 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-8174 I think you misunderstand the purpose of admins. They exert no control over content except when banning illegal and/or dangerous activity. The whole point of reddit is that the popularity of submissions are dictated by the voters. If admins went in and took out everything they thought was stupid, it would defeat the purpose of the site. I don't disagree that much of reddit has gone to shit in the last year or two. But the people have spoken. Find a way to deal with it (hang around smaller subreddits) or leave, those are your options. I think you misunderstand the purpose of admins. They exert no control over content except when banning illegal and/or dangerous activity. The whole point of reddit is that the popularity of submissions are dictated by the voters. If admins went in and took out everything they thought was stupid, it would defeat the purpose of the site.

I don’t disagree that much of reddit has gone to shit in the last year or two. But the people have spoken. Find a way to deal with it (hang around smaller subreddits) or leave, those are your options.

]]> By: Scorpianz http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-8173 Scorpianz Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:12:09 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-8173 One word: Australian subreddit. One word: Australian subreddit.

]]> By: Sroek http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-8172 Sroek Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:39:03 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-8172 Agreed 100%. As a 4 year Redditor, I've seen first hand what Eternal September has done to the site. Granted, there's still a few subreddits left worthy of my time, but overall, the quality of the content has plummeted ten-fold. Same with 4chan. Guess we'll just have to let them both go and wait for the cycle to start all over again. Agreed 100%. As a 4 year Redditor, I’ve seen first hand what Eternal September has done to the site. Granted, there’s still a few subreddits left worthy of my time, but overall, the quality of the content has plummeted ten-fold. Same with 4chan. Guess we’ll just have to let them both go and wait for the cycle to start all over again.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-8171 Jordan Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:03:38 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-8171 Well, you've certainly put everyone who wants to reply in a catch 22 with this one. Basically, if I complain that I disagree, I am part of the 'crowd' and just ignoring the blatant evidence presented to me. If I agree I look like one of the delusional 'enlightened savants.' I feel that this is a bit of a narrow-minded article. It ignores the depth of human perspective, maturity levels of a diverse audience, and the utter vastness that is Reddit. Please email me if you want to talk about this more. There are a lot of things to be said here that I don't have the time nor mental organization at 4AM to write right now. This is well written, and some of what you said holds some water, but overall it is a very specious argument. Well, you’ve certainly put everyone who wants to reply in a catch 22 with this one. Basically, if I complain that I disagree, I am part of the ‘crowd’ and just ignoring the blatant evidence presented to me. If I agree I look like one of the delusional ‘enlightened savants.’ I feel that this is a bit of a narrow-minded article. It ignores the depth of human perspective, maturity levels of a diverse audience, and the utter vastness that is Reddit.
Please email me if you want to talk about this more. There are a lot of things to be said here that I don’t have the time nor mental organization at 4AM to write right now. This is well written, and some of what you said holds some water, but overall it is a very specious argument.

]]> By: Just some Guy http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-2681 Just some Guy Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:02:28 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-2681 Sounds like you have been burned by reddit. Your article made for a really interesting read! I see reddit as more of a challenge, its an amazing resource of information, and just like anything on the internet, 90% of it is spam, right? What i love about reddit is, the fact you can switch between mindless garbage (random funny pictures) and articles which i find interesting. Its easy to look back at your past experiences with reddit and only remember the good times, i bet back then silly pictures/jokes were still the most upvoted thing. Everyone can enjoy a funny picture of a cat, while not everyone can appreciate say a interesting article on the latest technogizmod. However, saying that, i live by the rule that the general populace is an unintelligent mob who have the combined brain cells of a toasted left trainer. So it is of no surprise that Silly things are the most popular. Sounds like you have been burned by reddit.
Your article made for a really interesting read!
I see reddit as more of a challenge, its an amazing resource of information, and just like anything on the internet, 90% of it is spam, right? What i love about reddit is, the fact you can switch between mindless garbage (random funny pictures) and articles which i find interesting.
Its easy to look back at your past experiences with reddit and only remember the good times, i bet back then silly pictures/jokes were still the most upvoted thing. Everyone can enjoy a funny picture of a cat, while not everyone can appreciate say a interesting article on the latest technogizmod.
However, saying that, i live by the rule that the general populace is an unintelligent mob who have the combined brain cells of a toasted left trainer.
So it is of no surprise that Silly things are the most popular.

]]> By: quippd http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-2680 quippd Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:29:04 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-2680 We saw the writing on the wall awhile back, and started working on an alternative. Check out quippd if you are looking for something better. Among our improvements so far: wiki editable stories tagging no more downvotes We also plan to implement improvements on things that are on reddit but are broken: moderation will be slashdot like front page articles will all be editable Please visit and let us know what you think -- we are very very interested in improving the social news scene -- reddit was the king of the hill, but we think we can do better. We saw the writing on the wall awhile back, and started working on an alternative.

Check out quippd if you are looking for something better.

Among our improvements so far:

wiki editable stories
tagging
no more downvotes

We also plan to implement improvements on things that are on reddit but are broken:

moderation will be slashdot like
front page articles will all be editable

Please visit and let us know what you think — we are very very interested in improving the social news scene — reddit was the king of the hill, but we think we can do better.

]]> By: Vinicius http://www.amerika.org/technology/the-entropy-of-reddit/comment-page-1/#comment-2499 Vinicius Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:06:20 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=5489#comment-2499 Just so you know, the Roman Emperors would not choose through thumbs up or down, that's a Hollywood fabrication. The thumb represented the gladiator sword, so, a thumb down would mean to put down the sword, and the thumb up would be directed to his own neck, as in "put the sword in his neck". Just so you know, the Roman Emperors would not choose through thumbs up or down, that’s a Hollywood fabrication. The thumb represented the gladiator sword, so, a thumb down would mean to put down the sword, and the thumb up would be directed to his own neck, as in “put the sword in his neck”.

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