From: howdHol@yaooho.com
Boron Elgar wrote in
news:r3h9fgta0p17s5ofn9id84gjkgtc4v9bag@4ax.com:
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 23:05:28 -0000 (UTC), Howard
> wrote:
>
>>Boron Elgar wrote
>>
>>> Never tried anything on the iPhone, though. I tend to use Reddit for
>>> entertaining me when I am bored and stuck with the phone.
>>
>>How much bleedover is there from the kookier side of Reddit to the
>>more sane groups?
>>
>>I've only occasionally looked in when a search result shows a thread
>>from Reddit, and haven't seen it, but I don't look there very often.
>>
>>I know there's a strong contigent of self-pitying Incel types who are
>>stuck in 2014 in some places there, but I don't have a good sense of
>>how hard they troll outside of their groups.
>
> Reddit is as varied as Usenet used to be, but most of the groups I
> have hung around in are moderated. I am sure there are sub-reddits
> that are made up wholly of the insane, just as there are with most
> other online forums.
>
> I have limited my Reddit habits to the sciences or a few TV series
> that I really like, but I just unsubscribe really fast if a place
> seems too wonky.
I'd be curious how the up and down vote feature works to improve -- or
hurt -- subreddits. I could see it being useful when people use it in
good faith and are savvy about trolls, but I could also see it being a
tool for cliques, and also something can could be abused by sockpuppet
account holders and troll farms and other bad actors.
I've read that Reddit has at least taken a stab at weeding out bad
actors, but I have no idea if they're any more serious than Facebook.
And I can't imagine what dreariness a mod must have to put up with.
There are probably subreddits where they've never been needed, but I
could easily see someone who oversees one for a cat breed or organic
gardening going out of their mind dealing with people flinging poop for
kicks.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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