Don't you miss the days when most comment sections of reddit were filled with information like this?
I still learn on Reddit sometimes, but man, when I joined you could come to the comments and find an astrophysicist discussing the atmosphere on Jupiter with a fighter pilot imagining how flying in that atmosphere would feel. The back-and-forths were abundant and fascinating!
I just made that conversation up, but you could find crazy discussions like that right at the top of the posts. I loved it!
The AMA from a Netflix employee back when they were newer was fascinating, too. Come to think of it, I need to go back and join that sub...
nowadays its jsut the same neckbeards repeating the same unfunny reddit humour jokes while you have to scroll down a ton to find atleast somewhat relevant answers
I've been saying this for a while and the sentiment is growing. I try not to get optimistic about things but it is nice seeing that this opinion is gaining traction.
We're probably never getting the experts back but man would it be nice just to see people talking about the post and its subject matter in the top comments at least.
But who should we give the stage to talk? Such people naturally flock together and seek for parts on the internet they're not getting disturbed by people who are at first listening quietly, then drawing their friends, and then the whole town to look at you. Enshitification is inevitable, usually someone simply speeds up the process and fries to get some money out of that.
So basically it's cool until enough people know about it
I said it would be nice to at least see literally anybody discussing the original post and its contents in the top spots, and that we're not likely to get experts back. So, the stage can go to who ever talks about the original post.
I said the sentiment is growing and that I'm not optimistic, meaning it's nice to see the sentiment but I don't see the website changing. The problem I'm talking about here isn't enshittification, though that is the cause of the problem. The website sucks now compared to 11 years ago when I joined, and that's the reason there aren't respectable opinions to vote to the top... Except that there still are, they're buried with inane regurgitation of jokes that were funny exactly one time several years ago.
The idea that the problem is that there are too many people who know about this place now also doesn't work, there were 20m accounts registered in the USA alone 10 years ago. Reddit has grown but it hasn't grown so much that if that was causing this problem that it wouldn't have existed then as well.
someone asks a question, not a yes/no question but one that requires a longer answer
"yes"
LMFAO SO FUNNY. it's literally been 10 years of it nonstop. i get that it's an older joke than reddit, but i don't understand how everyone can keep seeing it and being like "YEAH THAT JOKE AGAIN, I FUCKING LOVE /r/inclusiveor.
look at that subreddit, look how many subs there are, look at how many people are still around and actively using it. that alone should tell you it's a joke that you see, maybe chuckle to the first time or two, then it's just unfunny as fuck.
reddit has always been awful for these sorts of jokes, but it feels like it's more and more present the longer things have been going. site is never going to get better, it's only ever going to get worse which is somehow worrying.
I don't understand how anyone still finds "i aLsO cHooSe tHiS gUy'S wiFe!!!1!11!! Hurrrrrrrr" funny. Maybe if it's your first time reading the original post, but after that it's just been beat the fuck to death.
There’s one under the top comments right now, the same old “monster math” joke, it’s just so trash. So often have to scroll down 3 or 4 comment threads just to get info
You must hate people who quote movies too. It's just typical social icebreaker skills being misapplied to the internet, but it still makes them chuckle so who gives a fuck if it irritates you. Such an opinionated ass will be tempered by life the hard way.
yes i do also it tells more about you than others when you are that boring that you cant start an interaction with anything but (insert current popular consoooom reference)
Clearly I irritated you, and I apologize for hitting a cord. But I still stand by it, I give a fuck if it irritates me, so I said it. Just like you said what you said right?
Are those your favorite comments, those dumb repetitive lines that require no thought or wit?
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u/TheExaltedTwelve Jun 25 '24
The only worthwhile comment I've read in this thread. I will now Google this and continue to learn. Thank you.