IncognitoErgoSum

@IncognitoErgoSum@kbin.social
IncognitoErgoSum,

...or completely inadequate.

IncognitoErgoSum,

I don't think there's anything wrong with continuing to use reddit if you want to (I am, for now), but just be aware that part of the reason they want to block free API access is likely so they can sell all of the content they've collected for use in training large language models. If you post there, you're contributing.

IncognitoErgoSum,

I mean, honestly, this sounds like a good thing, because the system works. Isn't it kind of the point of the fediverse that if you don't like someone else's rules, you can do your own thing? They aren't beholden to your rules, and you aren't beholden to theirs either. That sounds to me like a great system where no one group of people or opinions can exert control over everyone else.

IncognitoErgoSum,

Chrono Trigger is a classic that makes it into a lot of "top 10 video games of all time" lists, and for good reason. I personally prefer the original SNES version.

This may be too obvious, but Super Mario 3 for NES is an absolutely amazing game that everyone should play. It's my personal favorite Mario game, which is a pretty high bar.

On PC, Star Control 2 (now downloadable for free as the Ur-Quan Masters) is a really amazing and somewhat less known game. I wouldn't bother with any of the sequels, which weren't developed by the same people. The original devs are currently working on a true sequel.

Anyone else a little disappointed how the blackout is going?

I mean don't get me wrong, its cool a lot of subs have and still are participating in the blackout, but I think it wouldve been better to link a new home for the subreddits participating somewhere in the private message. Show spez, hey if you dont change, we aren't going to use your site (or use it less).

IncognitoErgoSum,

Honestly, part of what makes sites shitty is isn't just the pursuit of profit over all else, but also the Eternal September. On the internet, quantity follows quality -- that is, a high quality discussion board with a small to medium population will come into being, then everyone else will start moving toward it, and as more people show up, it gets more and more toxic, until the quality drops. I'm hoping that the fediverse will to some extent be able to alleviate that by allowing people to split off to some extent without having to leave completely.

IncognitoErgoSum,

I assume the rest of the fediverse can just opt not to aggregate the garbage sites, right?

IncognitoErgoSum,

This is another reason that the entire internet being centralized on a single site is a terrible idea.

How do you feel about people upvoting their own posts?

I always thought it was a pretty smart idea on Reddit's side to have the posts and comments be automatically upvoted by their author, saving them the tough choice between playing fair or boosting their initial reach a little; and if you had particularly low self-esteem, this enabled you to reduce your own points by not one, but...

IncognitoErgoSum,

I also prefer having a combined "score" rather than different scores for upvotes and downvotes.

I don't. A post that's been voted 100 times and down 95 times is completely different from a post that's been upvoted 5 times and not downvoted at all. That's good information to have, both as a poster and a reader.

Also, enough people use downvotes as an "I disagree" button that I don't think they ought to be counted (or should be counted minimally) when determining what content rises to the top, or we'll end up with another echo chamber.

IncognitoErgoSum,

Reddit is going to go into a slow decline. It's not going to burn down.

What this is actually doing is allowing other general discussion sites to reach critical mass so that people who are sick of reddit but couldn't find anywhere else to go (such as myself) have a choice.

Reddit is like the Wal Mart of internet discussion forums. Some people shop at Wal Mart because they want to, and some people shop there because they drove all the other stores out of business and they're the only place left.

IncognitoErgoSum,

This isn't going to completely destroy reddit. Things will eventually go back to mostly how they were, but the difference is that some other places will have attracted a critical mass of people so as to provide an actual alternative. What's probably going to happen is that reddit will begin a long, slow decline over the course of years. It'll probably be around in some form or another for quite a long time, much in the same way that Slashdot, Fark, and Digg are still sputtering along.

IncognitoErgoSum,

What will ultimately hurt reddit is the existence of viable alternatives.

I know people are of differing opinions on this and a lot of people are sad to see reddit go out like this, but I've personally wanted to dump reddit for like a decade now, but there just wasn't anywhere to go. Even if it recovers completely, people who are disillusioned will have options now.

IncognitoErgoSum,

The minimums seem fairly reasonable, though.

IncognitoErgoSum,

The other day I needed a shadow demon to explain in a cryptic way that someone has pissed off a being living in the space between dimensions by annoying it with their interdimensional travel, and now it's retaliating. ChatGPT did a great job.

IncognitoErgoSum,

If that company can't serve ads to you or connect you to a profile of a real person, then I'm not sure it really matters.

IncognitoErgoSum,

Honestly, I'm not feeling grief so much as I just have this muscle memory where I keep checking RIF on my phone and now it's just a bunch of random crap because there's barely any content left for people to upvote. I imagine this will resolve itself once RIF stops working.

Recommend to have the "Upvote" or Favorites list be hidden.

Currently, each thread has the "Activity" link that shows publicly everyone that upvoted/favorite a thread. This is counter norm to many coming from Reddit and newer folks that expected otherwise. I think hiding the list should be high priority in next feature update(removal?) to encourage frictionless upvoting behavior....

IncognitoErgoSum,

Same. Honestly, I think it's a bit rude to come in and demand that the system change to suit us. This isn't reddit.

I'd be interested to see how well this actually works out. There's a lot less random "I disagree" downvoting on here, I've noticed. And the trouble with using downvotes as a disagree button is that they also affect visibility of a comment. Controversial comments shouldn't just be hidden away in the depths of the thread, because those can be where the more interesting ideas are. If somebody deserves to be downvoted (because they're trolling, posting low effort garbage, or being hateful), I don't think people will have too much issue downvoting them publicly.

IncognitoErgoSum,

And unfortunately, the Voting Rights Act doesn't fix that completely, but it's better than nothing.

IncognitoErgoSum, to xenoblade

Come chat with us over at /m/Xenoblade_Chronicles!

IncognitoErgoSum,

Then the users will need to join in the general strike and post a lot of off-topic and rule breaking content. It's pretty trivial to overwhelm things with garbage.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • Leos
  • modclub
  • magazineikmin
  • osvaldo12
  • tacticalgear
  • InstantRegret
  • Youngstown
  • slotface
  • rosin
  • love
  • kavyap
  • ngwrru68w68
  • mdbf
  • thenastyranch
  • megavids
  • DreamBathrooms
  • khanakhh
  • GTA5RPClips
  • cisconetworking
  • everett
  • Durango
  • cubers
  • tester
  • provamag3
  • anitta
  • ethstaker
  • normalnudes
  • JUstTest
  • All magazines
    •