I believe Reddit has the advantage that small groups run the individual subreddits and few people associate the garbage in a reddit like/theredpill with the site as a whole. Controversial topics are effectively discussed far away from the main page.
Drew (and to a lesser extent me, as primary admin of a fark off-shoot) is faced with a nearly impossible task of keeping a coherent standard of moderation across all topics. Someone who trolls political threads might be a positive contributor when discussing cars or beer - reddit's model facilitates that better.
The other problem is that the user base changes over time. Misogyny in paticular has probably driven away thousands of fark users, but adding the rule now is too little too late - those users are unlikely to return and the users that are left are (on average) going to be far more resistant to the new rule.
Is the type of trolling that exists on other sites that are "community moderated" tolerated in the garbage-type subreddits? I honestly haven't been able to tolerate the threaded model for comments on reddit to get very involved in any threads/subs.
Wrong quin, I'm not even an American, look a little further north.
More on topic, gamers can increase their skill significantly by dressing up as in-game characters.
Based on your programmers-fielding-support-calls theory, eliminating our technical support department would enable us programmers to achieve perfection of quality.
Quick call the cops, someone is holding a gun to this guy's head making him read slashdot articles he doesn't want to read...and making him read the thread too.
I've stated this to most of the women I know, when a guy is hanging around you and you're making idle chit chat, if he doesn't ignore you, this generally means he wants you.
See, the problem is that most women don't know this at all. When we want it to be true, in practice we either can't remember or don't believe it. Usually this is because of confidence issues: self doubt or something along those lines. A lot of men talk to me on a regular basis, are genuinely interested in what I have to say. They can't ALL want me.
How about this? All religions are for weak minded people. People who feel the need to be part of a group, a group that tells them how to behave and explains the rewards for their behaviour. All religions are laughable.
FTFA: ...Though Reznort seems to be doing his best to ditch the old-model of music distribution (record labels and CDs), the album will be available in regular CD format through Sony BMG's Red Octane in traditional retail stores, according to Billboard.
Hmmm, if I download this music, will it be like buying a Sorny, Magnetbox, or a Phelps TV?
Maybe it's just me, but has anyone else ever noticed how much Pearl Jam's "Don't Call Me Daughter" sounds like Neil Diamond, both in tone and structure?
Not the parent, but I just read this valid criticism of the show:
Don't you ever, EVER compare me to Family Guy, you hear me Kyle?...
When I make jokes they are inherent to a story! Deep situational and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a point, not just one random interchangeable joke after another!
Come on moderators, this is funny and it wasn't that obscure of a South Park quote. This episode even has a number of Star Trek references: spookyfish.
I was going to let it go, but after the third post that sig made my brain explode:
thats right, I rarely use capitals. deal with it. but don't mistake my laziness for stupidity
Don't use capitals if you feel that strongly about it, but please, single quotes for that's = that is.
Slashdot Mirror
Nice double spaces, what is it with opinionated posters and whitespace?
I believe Reddit has the advantage that small groups run the individual subreddits and few people associate the garbage in a reddit like /theredpill with the site as a whole. Controversial topics are effectively discussed far away from the main page.
Drew (and to a lesser extent me, as primary admin of a fark off-shoot) is faced with a nearly impossible task of keeping a coherent standard of moderation across all topics. Someone who trolls political threads might be a positive contributor when discussing cars or beer - reddit's model facilitates that better.
The other problem is that the user base changes over time. Misogyny in paticular has probably driven away thousands of fark users, but adding the rule now is too little too late - those users are unlikely to return and the users that are left are (on average) going to be far more resistant to the new rule.
Is the type of trolling that exists on other sites that are "community moderated" tolerated in the garbage-type subreddits? I honestly haven't been able to tolerate the threaded model for comments on reddit to get very involved in any threads/subs.
The NYT article is based entirely on unnamed sources with obvious bias. Inherently untrustworthy.
Indeed. From a canuck point of view it seems like a make-work project created by a lawyer for the benefit of lawyers and other law professionals.
Wow dude, way to try and down fark while pushing your own weak ass bullshit site in your sig.
Eat a dick.
It's not his site and he means the moderation is heavy enough at fark that you'll likely get banned just for posting a link to bannination.com.
It's a form of immersion. Similar concept as lowlights and surround sound.
To err is human and my slip is divine.
I'm king of the world.
Wrong quin, I'm not even an American, look a little further north. More on topic, gamers can increase their skill significantly by dressing up as in-game characters.
Yes on all four. Can I call you sexist now?
We're also talking about my "right" to install my own purchased copy of Mass Effect more than three times.
killall with no commands line parms is also kind of nasty.
One of the best episodes ever, in my opinion. After reading this summary, I could hear Cartman saying, "you're about to get pwned".
Pretty bad dude. I'm a female and Canadian. I've heard of it.
Based on your programmers-fielding-support-calls theory, eliminating our technical support department would enable us programmers to achieve perfection of quality.
Quick call the cops, someone is holding a gun to this guy's head making him read slashdot articles he doesn't want to read...and making him read the thread too.
I was wondering the exact same thing. Flamebait seems a little harsh for a valid question.
The mods are being rather abrasive and cruel. Maybe the new page style is setting them off?
I've stated this to most of the women I know, when a guy is hanging around you and you're making idle chit chat, if he doesn't ignore you, this generally means he wants you.
See, the problem is that most women don't know this at all. When we want it to be true, in practice we either can't remember or don't believe it. Usually this is because of confidence issues: self doubt or something along those lines. A lot of men talk to me on a regular basis, are genuinely interested in what I have to say. They can't ALL want me.
How about this? All religions are for weak minded people. People who feel the need to be part of a group, a group that tells them how to behave and explains the rewards for their behaviour. All religions are laughable.
Hmmm, if I download this music, will it be like buying a Sorny, Magnetbox, or a Phelps TV?
Maybe it's just me, but has anyone else ever noticed how much Pearl Jam's "Don't Call Me Daughter" sounds like Neil Diamond, both in tone and structure?
Not the parent, but I just read this valid criticism of the show:
Don't you ever, EVER compare me to Family Guy, you hear me Kyle?...
When I make jokes they are inherent to a story! Deep situational and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a point, not just one random interchangeable joke after another!
--Eric Cartman, Cartoon Wars Part I
Informative?
Come on moderators, this is funny and it wasn't that obscure of a South Park quote. This episode even has a number of Star Trek references: spookyfish.
I was going to let it go, but after the third post that sig made my brain explode:
thats right, I rarely use capitals. deal with it. but don't mistake my laziness for stupidity
Don't use capitals if you feel that strongly about it, but please, single quotes for that's = that is.
Anytime.
Incidentally, IAAQP (I am a QNX programmer), a little over ten years now.