From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:50:56 -0000 (UTC), Howard    
   wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   Alas, I do not care personally about up or down votes, so pay no   
   attention to them.. I do not use Reddit as an interactive forum such   
   as I always considered AFCA. I might respond to a query or comment,   
   but am not likely to pay attention to threads.   
      
   >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.   
      
   I probably hang around the more calm subs, although I have been known   
   to read both "Politics" and "News."   
   >   
   >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.   
      
   So much of the mod reactions seem to be bot-driven, that I assume it   
   is mostly word or algorithm triggered.   
      
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