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Reddit - it's not great is it

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    #122
    ToweringPerformance
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭ToweringPerformance


    Reddit has become fairly woke and left wing over the last few years but nothing to the extent of Boards it's not even close.



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    #123
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,782 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122273346#Comment_122273346

    Are you a bot? You've just done a chatgpt summary of my OP



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    #124
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users Posts: 5,631 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Moderation on some reddits is completely insane. Just got a ban from a certain reddit. No warning, just ban from the reddit without recourse. When messaged back muted from messaging mods too, again without reply or reason, just automated msg, bang. Basically saying you're gone and you'll never be back, fvck off.

    And that's on one of the football reddits for something completely mild, no trolling, no abuse, not going against any site or reddit rules, just not 100% in line with the mainstream on one of the dogma topics which touched football in this case.



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    #125
    Padre_Pio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,215 ✭✭✭Padre_Pio


    Reddit and boards kind of compliment each other I think.

    Reddit is great for hobbies and personal interests, and general light hearted topics. It reminds me of old Boards where each forum has a dedicated core group. The /Ireland and /CasualIreland are like AH in the bygone days. I presume the users are younger, maybe less jaded.

    That said, Boards is better for issues where you need honest advice for personal, financial issues because you get that Irish perspective that Reddit just can't have.



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    #126
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 35,003 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122281859#Comment_122281859

    Not necessarily. Not all discussions are about current affairs.

    Ive had some years long discussions with people here about hobby related subjects. It's not debate, it's just discussing a hobby we all like.



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    #127
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 35,003 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122304834#Comment_122304834

    Boards is far from a left leaning paradise these days..nothing compared to what it was like 5-10 years ago. Ther are a lot of things posted by people these days that would have gotten you banned back then.



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    #128
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,782 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Seems like there was a bit of a ruckus on Reddit Ireland last night, I missed it unfortunately but it is amusing to see the aftermath at least



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    #129
    Bobson Dugnutt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    What happened?

    I’m going to take a complete guess without knowing anything about what happened.

    Load of slightly odd student union types became moderators. Mostly SF and People Before Profit, but even more exotic memberships exist. Place becomes filled with very generic Father Ted memes, rants about the country, and the type of stuff that only a spotty 19 year old student cares about.

    Some pushback from contributors. A split, lots of bans, complete overthinking about the importance of a message board, long posts announcing resignation, a good old fashioned pile-on etc.



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    #130
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122329235#Comment_122329235

    So no loss.



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    #131
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users Posts: 5,631 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Not sure what happened not familiar with the ins and outs there. Only thing I saw was some mod doing a poll whether they should continue or not. I assume they may be well known if you're a long timer there. Who knows.

    r/Ireland isnt even the worst by a long shot signed out of r/Europe and r/de ages ago. Atmosphere and modding is real hardcore there. Like shoot on sight no questions asked ever. Unless you're yay lets all be lbtq+something non-white Ukraine Israel USA USA wear your mask day and night the rest of yis are all nazis.



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    #132
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    No-one should be generalising about Reddit and its users: there are massive differences in culture between different subs, say /r/Ireland vs. /r/Atheism vs. /r/GuitarPedals vs. /r/AskMen etc. They might as well be on different sites for the little they have in common. Don't like a particular sub? Don't subscribe to it and you won't see it in your feed.

    What was the ruckus referred to above? I have no idea.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #133
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 18,430 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    I wonder did the loser who tried to kill Trump and a Reddit account?

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #134
    Greyfox
    Registered Users Posts: 3,840 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122378444#Comment_122378444

    No, he used twitter instead



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    #135
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122378457#Comment_122378457

    X, you mean?

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #136
    Greyfox
    Registered Users Posts: 3,840 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122381516#Comment_122381516

    No, it's still twitter



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    #137
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 18,430 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122378457#Comment_122378457

    Going by his pics he looks more Reddit material, aged 20, looks like a loser?

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #138
    Discodog
    Registered Users Posts: 15,899 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    Reddit is pointless for Ireland in that the Ireland posts are mainly trivial. The more specialist subs are better but tend to be full of information that relates to other countries mainly the US.

    At least with Boards you get Irish replies on all subjects.



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    #139
    Iseedeadpixels
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Iseedeadpixels


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122383196#Comment_122383196

    Tbf I get a good laugh on /r/worldnews whenever Ireland is mentioned, they really hate us.



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    #140
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 29,092 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122306853#Comment_122306853

    The left leaning paradise gave far right Peter Casey 56% of the vote in the 2018 Presidential election



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    #141
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,861 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122383539#Comment_122383539

    So does r/europe. The mods do not care.

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    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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    #142
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users Posts: 5,631 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122383929#Comment_122383929

    Everyone protects narratives dogmatic to them. When you're inside of those you get away with nearly everything, when not you either keep stumm or you will be made so.

    Boards has a bit of that too. Granted not quite as dramatic as r/europe but it still does.



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    #143
    Greyfox
    Registered Users Posts: 3,840 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122382160#Comment_122382160

    In fairness to reddit you'll learn a lot more on there than twitter or boards, you just have to know what subs are the best



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    #144
    coolbeans
    Registered Users Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭coolbeans


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122304834#Comment_122304834

    In all fairness nearly everything is woke and left wing to you going by your posts. Your life must be a torture.



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    #145
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 18,430 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122387961#Comment_122387961

    in that case if its a specialist topic/genuine hobby its better just use google , there are several thread sites, reddit is just one?

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #146
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users Posts: 19,816 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    MRGA



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    #147
    French Toast
    Registered Users Posts: 769 ✭✭✭French Toast


    Remember the photos from the r/Ireland meet-up there a good few years back? Tells you a lot about reddit.



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    #148
    Iseedeadpixels
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Iseedeadpixels


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122390831#Comment_122390831

    Yeh I'm sure boards.ie members are just swanning around as Irelands best looking people.



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    #149
    Greyfox
    Registered Users Posts: 3,840 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122390772#Comment_122390772

    Depends on what your looking for, if you want opinions from intelligent and knowledgeable people you can get it easily on reddit thanks to the excellent upvote system



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    #150
    gym_imposter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭gym_imposter


    Opened an account with reddit but Everytime I post something, I receive message a few hours later saying due to lack of posts, I haven't enough of a credit score



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    #151
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users Posts: 7,109 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122392460#Comment_122392460

    Chicken and egg situation there. You need to post stuff that everyone agrees with like Fr. Ted and Tayto memes to build up your credit rating.

    Post edited by SuperBowserWorld on


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