Re:The demise of r/science AMAs on Reddit
by VikingCoder on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:29PM
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I'm completely on the side of the mods, here.
Our social networks reward mindless content.
If a social network doesn't provide any tools for a content creator to somehow highlight, "No, really, please take an extra look at this," and / or a way for content consumers to highlight, "Ooh, yes, last time I consumed content like that, I really, really liked it, so please highlight it," then the network is failing everyone.
I'm not even prescribing how that negotiation should take place. Different systems could come up with different solutions. If users have switched to /r/popular, to the exclusion of all else, then maybe reddit could offer users to flag some subreddits as having special permission to get their attention occasionally. With a Sensitivity that they could turn up or down. And then that content could be highlighted for them at the top of /r/popular.
Our social networks reward mindless content.
If a social network doesn't provide any tools for a content creator to somehow highlight, "No, really, please take an extra look at this," and / or a way for content consumers to highlight, "Ooh, yes, last time I consumed content like that, I really, really liked it, so please highlight it," then the network is failing everyone.
I'm not even prescribing how that negotiation should take place. Different systems could come up with different solutions. If users have switched to /r/popular, to the exclusion of all else, then maybe reddit could offer users to flag some subreddits as having special permission to get their attention occasionally. With a Sensitivity that they could turn up or down. And then that content could be highlighted for them at the top of /r/popular.