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What were some "bad habits" on reddit that we should try to avoid bringing over here? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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As the fediverse continues to grow, let's reflect on some of the things that we disliked most about posting/lurking on reddit and what we can do differently now that we have a chance to build something new.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Probably impossible to implement but, man, just way less reposting of the same stuff. I'm hoping a system that places less emphasis on "karma" will help?

I doubt the fediverse ecology will be any better (and maybe even worse) at (a) helping people prior content that, e.g., will answer a question they have and (b) have a system that encourages the reviving of prior posts rather then the propagation of the same content as a new post.

[–] joelfromaus 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t mind reposts depending on how it’s reposted:

  • A repost from a few weeks ago acknowledging the original post? New people will see it and I don’t mind.
  • Karma bots taking the top post of the day and spamming it every 10 minutes across multiple subs for 3 days because users keep upvoting them causing a feedback loop of top posts becoming more identical top posts? That’s annoying.
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nothing's going to stop that, unfortunately. It requires people to do some research first, and most just want to share whatever they found, or ask the question, etc.

Heck, I've been guilty of this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Tale as old as time. Even from forums. "Please use the search function before posting."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Given that search is currently broken, we probably have a long way to go on this. But you never know, maybe one day!