i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

  • Countess425@lemmy.world
    25·
    3 years ago

    When people turn a popular post into an Oscars Acceptance Speech

    ETA: wow thanks for the upvotes!

    ETA2: omg my first gold award?? I couldn’t have made it without my mom and Jesus through whom all things are possible

    • Provoked Gamer@lemmy.ca
      5·
      3 years ago

      This.

      ETA: thanks for one upvote!😃

      ETA2: thanks for two upvotes!😀😀

      ETA3: woah?! 3?!?!?! thanks for three upvotes!😁😁😁

      ETA4: this is more upvotes than I have money in my bank account! thanks for four upvotes!💵💵💵

      ETA5: INASANE!!! thanks for five upvotes!😍😍😍

      ETA6: I’ve never had more than SIX!!! thanks for six upvotes! 😱😱😱😱😱

      ETA7: thanks for seven upvotes! I want to thank my mom, my brother, Jesus, Scott, Bill Gates, and my cat!!!🤗🤗

      ETA8: What? Why y’all downvoting me now? Bring it back to seven!😤😤😤

      ETA9: Unbelievable. -400 upvotes now. I lost my house, my car, and my job because of this! 😔😔😣😖😖😖😭😭

      /s

    • SGforce@lemmy.ca
      1·
      3 years ago

      I always thought that was a sign it was astroturfed. Like my post? Give Reddit money!

    • Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      Everyone there just recycles the same old shit.

      I remember when doing that was pretty fresh and funny.

      I wonder how many sad Gen X ers are stuck on there because they are emotionally attached to their Karma score.

    • tarjeezy@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      3 years ago

      For a second, I seriously thought the fediverse logo next your username was an award 😂

  • mamaMiata@lemmy.world
    191·
    3 years ago

    This may be an unpopular option since I’ve already seen it across lemmy, but the ____porn communities. I’d like to browse pictures of nice landscapes or exotic cars without worry about someone around me noticing “PORN” on my screen.

    At this point it seems very old internet, something that made sense when those communities were established, but now is unnecessary gratuitous and not socially acceptable.

    • DrMango@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 years ago

      I saw a post about a community created here called “pixel passport” which I thought was a hell of a lot better that “earth porn.”

    • Skiv@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 years ago

      Damn, I had forgotten how obnoxious that was on Reddit. Blocked all of those years ago because it was just unnecessary and a gross way to qualify otherwise unremarkable photos.

      • AxExRx@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        Funny enough, the first time I heard someone use ___porn IRL (outside of all the 90s surf/skate/ski videos i Grew up with which were always called a porn)

        was a chef I used to work for, back in 2001-2, l woman in her 50s at the time. Who would refer to ‘food porn all the time.’

        'OH we need a new salad for the spring menu- “go look at that stack of food porn (industry magazines and Michelin restaurant cookbooks) for inspiration”

        Or “make me one of the swordfish special, but do it up for some food porn”

        I guess its one of those terms that I dont really think of as dirty, or professional inappropriate anymore.

      • Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        It just seems so dated.

        It reeks of “this website was funny and relevent in 2009!”

        The problem with the way their site works is that those names are stuck in place now.

      • z500@startrek.website
        1·
        3 years ago

        It never bothered me per se, but it’s definitely awkward to come across some chapter of human suffering on r/HistoryPorn.

    • GONADS125@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      Nothing like someone peaking over your shoulder and seeing you’re browsing r/AnimalPorn…

      I totally agree with you. Hopefully lemmy can be a little more mature with community names. (Yeah, yeah… I know the hypocrisy of my username… It’s my gamertag)

    • galloog1@lemmy.world
      02·
      3 years ago

      There is a decent argument historically that communism and other left movements are extremist, racist, and anti-lgbtq. When you start banning concepts, you open your communities up to several things.

      1. Group think
      2. Banning of other radical ideologies that you may agree with
      3. You alienate those people from exposure to better concepts
      4. You jump start compaction cycles for large scale propaganda organizations that could lead to actual violence
        • galloog1@lemmy.world
          01·
          3 years ago

          I provided four reasons why this was relevant and you jumped from communism to whataboutism? Talk about being intellectually lazy (Or a state-sponsored account)

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
            1·
            3 years ago

            I provided four reasons why this was relevant

            After starting right out the gate with:

            There is a decent argument historically that communism and other left movements are extremist, racist, and anti-lgbtq.

            We’re talking about today. On a relatively new community. Frankly, I see no reason to tolerate the bigots you’re so keen on coddling until they take over and make this another version of reddit’s the_donald, complete with organizing nazi rallies. Particularly not with the vague and spurious “there is a decent argument” hand wavy FUD that you didn’t explain as a justification. Are a lot of people saying it?

            Moving onto your 4 points, let’s look at how they worked so well over at reddit, with all the virtuous acceptance of intolerance and nazi-coddling they’ve done, shall we?

            Group think

            No, reddit has never had groupthink. Not for an instant. Thank god they let the bigots in otherwise they’d have groupthink!

            Banning of other radical ideologies that you may agree with

            Post anything on conservative even slightly counter to their bigoted orthodoxy and see how that goes. Hell, suggest that fascism is not amenable to reason and must be opposed with force anywhere on reddit and see how that goes.

            You alienate those people from exposure to better concepts

            They had abundant exposure to better concepts on reddit. Look how well that’s worked so far. Clearly the answer is to let them spread their shit all over lemmy.

            You jump start compaction cycles for large scale propaganda organizations that could lead to actual violence

            the_donald literally promoted and helped organize a nazi rally where Heather Heyer was run over and killed by a nazi’s car. On lovely ol’ bigot-coddling reddit. The sub was not banned for years afterwards. I do not want that for lemmy. I left reddit the instant an alternative that didn’t welcome bigotry got enough users.

            Not everywhere has to entertain bigots. There’s already too many places that do. A community that welcomes bigots is unwelcoming to everyone but bigots. But holy shit, does it ever drive engagement.

            Or a state-sponsored account

            Oh, we’re throwing around wild accusations now?

            • galloog1@lemmy.world
              01·
              3 years ago

              Yes, I started with the reasons why left-leaning movements have been restricted historically right out of the gate. It is not coddling bigots. It is providing context on why any form of radical idea is restricted, including ideas that we tend to celebrate in these communities. Communist propaganda has historically put fourth that anything that is not communist is inherently fascist. Is that your definition of fascism? Are folks allowed to talk about the French protests? To many they are based in fascism.

              In my opinion, you are literally promoting groupthink and closing yourself off to ideas by attempting to ban content that you disagree with based on your own definitions. Life is a little more nuanced when you are not talking about specific issues by which you know the full context.

              Also, is it a relatively new community or is it an established one that you want to preserve the culture of? I am getting very mixed messages from you.

              • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
                1·
                3 years ago

                Yes, I started with the reasons why left-leaning movements have been restricted historically right out of the gate.

                No, you started with an unsupported allegation about all left-leaning movements:

                There is a decent argument historically that communism and other left movements are extremist, racist, and anti-lgbtq.

                Support it or don’t accuse me of being intellectually lazy.

                Communist propaganda has historically put fourth that anything that is not communist is inherently fascist.

                Why am I getting “Anyone who disagrees with you is a fascist! Everyone’s a fascist to you leftists!” vibes from this?

                Also, is it a relatively new community

                In the context of broader world history, which is what you were talking about when you were baselessly calling anyone on the left anti-lgbtq.

                or is it an established one that you want to preserve the culture of?

                It’s a new community that I don’t want overrun with nazis like you’d prefer.

                • galloog1@lemmy.world
                  01·
                  3 years ago

                  Asking for proof of this is like asking for proof that the Constitution exists. It’s a very common thing I referenced. Western anarchism has a more positive history but largely linked to furtherment of the cause over actual progression of liberties.

                  Cuba: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fidel-castros-horrific-record-on-gay-rights

                  USSR: https://www.thecollector.com/harry-whyte-gay-communist-writes-to-stalin-soviet-union/

                  CCP: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0268580918812265

                  My point in bringing it up is that it’s extremely easy to craft a narrative that starts including relatively positive forms of speech in with the banning. That includes these little forums and your approach is exactly what happened on Reddit eventually leading to the current influx of members here now. The second you start restricting speech is when the forum starts consolidating power.

                  Donald Trump was elected president primarily because he could control his messaging and direct different narratives to different demographics. He was unable to do that as president so he lost the next election. By encouraging the siloing of information sources, you enable that behavior.

                  I don’t want Nazis but the best way to turn them is not by sending them into a forum where they are left unchecked.

      • Dave@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        Updoot sounds cute, but when redditors announce their upvotes that does get annoying.

    • Colonel Sanders@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      You forgot to add the "Edit: " part because they always have to come back and edit every 2 minutes.

      Edit: “Whoa my first gold! Thanks!”

      Edit2: “Wow this is silly, thanks everyone!”

      Edit3: “While you’re here, let me tell you my life story.”

      EditAdNauseum: High pitched ear ringing

  • buycurious@lemmy.world
    71·
    3 years ago

    The “hivemind” ignoring the correct information or even worse, encouraging the wrong information.

    Does anyone else remember the whole Boston Bomber fiasco (i.e. We did it, Reddit)?

    • Chriszz@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      A lot of people would just upvote the first bozo to reply with a confident answer and never bother to check for the full story. Scrolling 3 comments down you’d find someone who actually knows their stuff. I learned to at least read most of the comments before committing any Reddit info to memory as fact.

    • rbhfd@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      It’s most noticeable when the topic being discussed is your area of expertise. Then you clearly see what kind of grossly oversimplified or even blatantly false comments get made with so much confidence and upvoted.

      I tried to keep this in mind while reading stuff that I’m not an expert in, but that’s hard.

    • ferne@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      Unfortunately this might not be something from Reddit. It could be universal to all human communities. People want to feel that they are in the right but not be questioned, when countering opposing arguments is the way to truth.

  • Zozano@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 years ago

    Please don’t let /c/asklemmy become like /r/askreddit, which had half of the front-page posts being the same sex related questions every month.

    “Women of reddit, what non sexual thing that guys so makes you horny?”

    “What is the sexiest thing you regret doing?”

    “How many cocks have you sucked while your cat judges you while waiting for you to feed it?”

    It was bullshit.

    • darkkite@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      i think it’s the wrong direction to try to police questions but instead empower users with the ability to filter by text or flairs

  • throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 years ago

    Karma-removed. It’s already started with the stupid “upote my can of beans” posts… Dude nobody cares about your internet points, either activity participate or fuck off to Instagram.

    • Ddhuud@lemmynsfw.com
      1·
      3 years ago

      Hey people grieve at different speeds. Some people got to acceptance on the same day, others are still in denial.

        • Psythik@lemm.ee
          1·
          3 years ago

          I was a daily reddit user since 2008. I don’t know anything else. The withdrawal symptoms were absolutely brutal until I figured out how Lemmy works.

          Leaving reddit was harder than quitting nicotine. Let me grieve.

  • Marvin42@feddit.nl
    2·
    3 years ago

    I absolutely hate the love for revenge violence. Stuff like celebration people running over protestors in their cars because they were forced to stop on the road. Or bleeding out after someone got shot when they robbed a store.

    This includes that fact that you can basically guarantee every thread contains at least one comment claiming “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”

    • kissland@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 years ago

      people can be experiencing critical emergencies in those vehicles, hoping to get somewhere in time.

      i cant encourage people to run over others with their vehicles, but we also cant pretend like highway protests dont invite other major problems

      • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        3 years ago

        If your protest isn’t disrupting shit, you are doing it wrong.
        For example, I really really hate broken windows, but when French go smash shit on Champs-Élysées they are doing the right thing (most of the time).