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I grew so tired of the joke comments that didn't add anything to the conversation. The amount of garbage comments I'd have to wade through from people thinking they're funny with the same joke that's been post a million times just gave me a headache.
Generally I agree, but I usually found it was the opposite way from OP's meme. The top comment was the tired regurgitated joke, and the followup comments, or the second or third top comment, were the real discussion.
It varies, but you're both right. Depends on the sub, depends on the post. In terms of the userface here on kbin, what I see lacking is a way to make a chain disappear because that mini-thread doesn't interest me. Old.reddit would let you collapse a particular comment thread, or make all child comments hidden unless called for.
-first post. Fuck you spez, for ruining reddit for me because you wanted to fuck the apps that built your site, and 5% of your users still enjoy.
I think that's the real crux of the matter: you can't stop it from happening, and how viral things go viral is simply beyond your control, if your interests do not lie with the majority, but there should be a way around it, accessible to the masses (like a userscript is nice but I'm saying it should be part of the base package, as it likely will be, given time), for more people to adopt this as a true alternative.
Try this userscript: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/468612-kbin-enhancement-script
^This!
\s (okay, I'll see myself out now...:-D)
its /s
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On Reddit there are so many replies one could make to this. Like "/so's your mother" (yeah, they don't actually have to make sense - in fact it helps if they don't!:-P). Aren't you glad we are here where we never have to hear about Reddit culture again? /s :-D (really though, trauma takes awhile to heal from, yeesh)
I DiD nAzI tHaT cOmINg
And without fucking fail, people would reply acting like it was the funniest fucking thing they've read in their lives. Like, cunt, it's one of the most overused jokes on the internet, how are you only just now seeing it?
That was definitely a source of frustration for me too. It's really annoying when you're genuinely interested in a subject and all you have available is a bunch of people who obviously don't know anything about it or care to learn.
I remember a buddy of mine telling me that he used Reddit back in maybe 2011, a couple years before I started using it and he had the dead horse circle jerk complaint about it even back then 12 years ago.
I think it was always like that.
this is how I feel too. cheers to the lurkers, they deserve some praise here because they know how to shut the fuck up every now and then 🍻
It's cathartic to hear others say it.
God forbid if you share such a sentiment on reddit... All the children line up to down vote you and whine.Yes, and then people IRL that are too online start taking on that sort of interaction as their personality. Everyone becomes a zinger incarnate.