DougHolland
Report a spammer once, for the good of the community, and then block the 'user'. Problem solved. :)
I made it as far as "It's not just Republicans," in the 4th paragraph. Yeah, it's an other "discourse has gotten so bad" and "both sides do it" un-think piece.
"Boost" comes across as a bug, not a feature. People should have one vote, not two.
Actually, yeah, I have asked my friends how the girlfriend who dumped me is doing. Caring isn't something you can click on and off like a light switch.
The drawbacks outweigh any advantages. 'Karma' becomes the status symbol, leading to wisecracks, puns, and irrelevancies instead of intelligent dialogue.
All karma is bad karma. I'll take none, please.
Brilliant. Send Spez your résumé!
Time to kill OldReddit. Let's get everyone onto the gloriously redesigned Reddit.
r/DataIsBeautiful, RIP. It was one of several -- actually, MANY -- subreddits that astounded me at first but quickly became a bore, as the quality of the posts collapsed like me without my walker. Something about the upvote/downvote system seems to encourage crap, or maybe (my increasing suspicion) the people on Reddit are now outnumbered by the bots.
I kinda love the smaller population here and elsewhere. Reddit was too big a crowd, too centralized. I like being more scattered, and making genuine connections that aren't drowned in a sea of wisecracks and insults competing for 'karma'.
The facts are the facts and it's all true, but Rob McCallum is cited nine times in the article, with no explanation of who he is unless you watch the video. For the record, he's this guy: https://www.eyos-expeditions.com/about/team/rob-mccallum/
BBC is usually top-notch, but that's a hell of a journalistic booboo.
@NewsJunkie
I'd be curious to see footage of the wave, but there's no act of nature (and nothing on earth, really) that would make me want to watch even the briefest clip from a TV newscast.