Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti...
by losername_ on Monday June 12, 2023 @07:00AM
(#36291524)
I too am tantilised by the idea of social media, and most of the newsmedia, going out like a light overnight.
I'd happily see it take businesses whose model rely upon it with them - including this current approach to 'AI' and political campaigning.
Would it be the start of the world or the end?
Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti...
by thealchemistdev on Monday June 12, 2023 @07:35AM
(#36291844)
> the bizarre hangups of straight white libertarian code bros
Dang. I was with you all the way until the bigotry.
Level up, dude; there are more important things to focus on.
Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti...
by throwawaaarrgh on Monday June 12, 2023 @05:53PM
(#36301751)
Found the straight white libertarian code bro!
The only reason I come here is to find interesting articles, but mostly it's nonsense editorials by extremists, "best practice" by novices, thinly veiled advertisement clickbait by companies, generic news from generic news sites, press releases, Twitter threads... That's most of what is on the front page here.
The comments section is a mess. Experts get downvoted for stating facts, know it alls beating up people for making mistakes, goody-two-shoes lecturing people for not following rules, pedantry galore, the bizarre hangups of straight white libertarian code bros, sycophants, newbies passing off nonsense as sage wisdom, and up/down votes being nearly random and mostly based on emotional response to rhetoric or whatever mirrors their opinions.
The sad truth is that if they tried to fix all these problems, there'd be like 3 comments and 7 new posts a day. To keep something popular and engaging it has to be crap and controversial.