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Title: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: trenzafeeds on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:20:52
I'm not really specifically talking about mechanical keyboard related subs, I'll actually probably still visit them occasionally to keep updated on stuff that doesn't show up here. I just grow tired of the anonymous upvote/downvote system after a while. Today I pissed off some guy on /r/truedota2 of all subs, and in the next couple minutes all my most recent posts and comments magically lost about 5 points. Happens frequently unfortunately.
/rant

Anyway, I'm already pretty active here, but I'll probably start showing my face around DT a little more to replace the lost fuel of the procrastination train.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: katushkin on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:25:43
You need to find the good communities. I've found video game subreddits are never great for the whole community or reddiquette ****.

I've found plenty of good ones though.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: njbair on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:29:10
I'm not really specifically talking about mechanical keyboard related subs, I'll actually probably still visit them occasionally to keep updated on stuff that doesn't show up here. I just grow tired of the anonymous upvote/downvote system after a while. Today I pissed off some guy on /r/truedota2 of all subs, and in the next couple minutes all my most recent posts and comments magically lost about 5 points. Happens frequently unfortunately.
/rant

Anyway, I'm already pretty active here, but I'll probably start showing my face around DT a little more to replace the lost fuel of the procrastination train.
Reddit has its ups and downs. I usually check it daily but lately I haven't been because work has been busy and I'm heavily involved in group buy planning. I don't even miss it.

I'm sure I'll end up back on there some time soon but it's hard to imagine it being my favorite place again.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: trenzafeeds on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:29:12
You need to find the good communities. I've found video game subreddits are never great for the whole community or reddiquette ****.

I've found plenty of good ones though.

Yeah, I've found a couple good ones. Probably just having a moment.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:31:19
I'm rarely there anymore.  I still mod /r/buildapc, but I've been disillusioned with Reddit for a while.  It's just too much of an echo chamber with a bunch of entitled *******s.  The smaller subs can still be awesome, but it feels like once they hit 20k they start to go downhill.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: njbair on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:32:50
/r/mk is worthless. It's basically just, "should I get the Razer or the Corsair?" and "My Poker 3 with jelly POMs and a shoe for some reason and maybe a bowl of curry in the background. How'd I do?"
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: trenzafeeds on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:35:09
/r/mk is worthless. It's basically just, "should I get the Razer or the Corsair?" and "My Poker 3 with jelly POMs and a shoe for some reason and maybe a bowl of curry in the background. How'd I do?"

I really enjoy techmattr's occasional posts, though they probably end up somewhere on GH as well. I was referring more to mechmarket, which I can't foresee stopping with. I tend to find more ridiculous deals there than I do on the GH classifieds.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: njbair on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:36:53
/r/mk is worthless. It's basically just, "should I get the Razer or the Corsair?" and "My Poker 3 with jelly POMs and a shoe for some reason and maybe a bowl of curry in the background. How'd I do?"

I really enjoy techmattr's occasional posts, though they probably end up somewhere on GH as well. I was referring more to mechmarket, which I can't foresee stopping with. I tend to find more ridiculous deals there than I do on the GH classifieds.
I rarely buy directly from people. Unless they have been on GH for a long time (longer than me).
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: katushkin on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:37:34
I'm rarely there anymore.  I still mod /r/buildapc, but I've been disillusioned with Reddit for a while.  It's just too much of an echo chamber with a bunch of entitled *******s.  The smaller subs can still be awesome, but it feels like once they hit 20k they start to go downhill.

I never knew you moderated /r/buildapc that's pretty kickass. The hivemind is a really ****ty thing.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: trenzafeeds on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:38:35
/r/mk is worthless. It's basically just, "should I get the Razer or the Corsair?" and "My Poker 3 with jelly POMs and a shoe for some reason and maybe a bowl of curry in the background. How'd I do?"

I really enjoy techmattr's occasional posts, though they probably end up somewhere on GH as well. I was referring more to mechmarket, which I can't foresee stopping with. I tend to find more ridiculous deals there than I do on the GH classifieds.
I rarely buy directly from people. Unless they have been on GH for a long time (longer than me).

Maybe you're just better at restraining yourself, but I've jumped on some pretty ridiculous deals there in the past.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: njbair on Wed, 23 September 2015, 20:41:14
/r/mk is worthless. It's basically just, "should I get the Razer or the Corsair?" and "My Poker 3 with jelly POMs and a shoe for some reason and maybe a bowl of curry in the background. How'd I do?"

I really enjoy techmattr's occasional posts, though they probably end up somewhere on GH as well. I was referring more to mechmarket, which I can't foresee stopping with. I tend to find more ridiculous deals there than I do on the GH classifieds.
I rarely buy directly from people. Unless they have been on GH for a long time (longer than me).

Maybe you're just better at restraining yourself, but I've jumped on some pretty ridiculous deals there in the past.
It's hard to explain. I get the overwhelming sense that I might get ripped off, and you've got even less recourse than on eBay. It's like paranoia. Keeps me from jumping on a deal. And at this point, mostly keeps me out of the classifieds altogether.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 23 September 2015, 21:00:26
Quote from: katushkinlink=topic=75481.msg1874071#msg1874071 date=1443058654
I'm rarely there anymore.  I still mod /r/buildapc, but I've been disillusioned with Reddit for a while.  It's just too much of an echo chamber with a bunch of entitled *******s.  The smaller subs can still be awesome, but it feels like once they hit 20k they start to go downhill.

I never knew you moderated /r/buildapc that's pretty kickass. The hivemind is a really ****ty thing.

Haha, yeah.  I organized the 100k subscriber contest and that drove me to where I am now.  So many people complained about not winning.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Wed, 23 September 2015, 22:56:44
Reddit has its ups and downs.

(http://i.imgur.com/mlPHYCw.png)
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: azhdar on Thu, 24 September 2015, 01:34:28
Big subreddits are pointless circlejerk, I browse /r/leagueoflegends /r/hearstone daily. It's the same memes over and over at the top. The only point of big subreddit is content, the discussion can't happen on this kind of subreddit.
/r/mk is mostly at this stage, and  sadly the content is lacking aside from one or two posts a month.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: vivalarevolución on Thu, 24 September 2015, 05:39:12
I never got into reddit because I can't stand how they organize posting with all the nested comments and upsides.  Just repulsed me from the start.
Title: Re: I think it's time for me to lay reddit to rest
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 24 September 2015, 12:34:28
So many people complained about not winning.

Complaining about not winning a contest is about as pointless as anything I could imagine.

I have clicked on a link to reddit a couple of times, but as soon as it opens it looks like a 1,000 foot high wall of TL;DR so I just close it immediately.

Now I will cop to complaining about the difficulty of finding old information in Geekhack .....