A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane

Re:A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane by NegativeK on Sunday April 13, 2025 @08:52PM (#43677074)

I used to think that the up voting mechanic was the future of the internet.

Now I think that it's a perverse incentive that requires very heavy handed moderation to not suck (AKA more free labor), and that time decaying posts can discourage quality, in-depth discussions.

Corollary: necroing forum threads isn't necessarily bad.

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Re:A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane by Enginerrrd on Sunday April 13, 2025 @11:06PM (#43677711)

>Corollary: necroing forum threads isn't necessarily bad.

I've always agreed with this. It was usually considered bad etiquette at best on forums, but I never really understood why.

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Re:A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane by NegativeK on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @02:15PM (#43696521)

I'm sure it'd be content specific, but in a thread about technical discussions (_especially_ in fields with information that can be just as valuable a decade later) it seems totally fine. Those forums seem to be okay with it, though...

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Re:A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane by layer8 on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:26AM (#43678903)

I fully agree, but still upvoted you.

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