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Anyone resisted signing up for a Reddit account?

PlanetJosh

PlanetJosh

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Never had a Reddit account for three reasons I guess. I feel it may be kind of beneath me to be a member. Tired of signing up for another internet account. And three they won't make things simple by just letting me logon with my Google or Twitter account. So I don't want to post there but then I would post there if they allowed a fast way to sign up like with my Google or other account.

And I see all those Reddit threads I'd like to jump into and share stuff like the weekly episode discussions of Shameless and The Orville. And the gaming threads. Oh well I guess I'll just have to read only for now.
 
It's awful, but it's entertainment. I stick to the sub-reddits that aren't full of memes and can be somewhat useful - r/homeimprovement, r/homeowners, r/news, r/pinball (though they've just started posting memes yesterday and it's already unbearable), r/woodworking (but that one is now 50% cutting boards, 25% first-time dovetails, and 25% shops/benches). I never post since it's just not worth it.

Some of these used to be full of inspiration and maybe got you excited about getting into the subject, but they've pretty much all devolved into complete shit. Even r/hometheater is now just people posting pictures of their 50" LED TV and crappy bookshelf speakers.
 
You don't really have to be a member of 4chan, you just post. Haven't really been there in years though. With a traditional forum like here, you see and recognize the same people over time, and it has more personality. With reddit, it's just a name on the screen, and you can have unlimited names. It's pseudoanonymous like 4chan. Someone might make a post, and you never see them again. There's a few names I recognize from the different forums, but I still don't have a real feel for them.

Reddit also encourages karma collection, and people tend to say what the hive wants to hear to collect that sweet karma. You end up with groupthink, and a skewed perspective of the given topic.
 
Not only have I never signed up at Reddit, the only times I've ever been there is if I followed a link from here or "the site which shall not be named" to there.
 
Reddit is good for Porn & T_D - thats about it. I miss fatpeoplehate and incels. Thankfully they havent banned redpill or bigdickproblems.

Each subreddit is moderated by the people who created the sub not Reddit staff - there are no sitewide rules - each moderator can do whatever they want so many just delete what they dont like or ban users they disaree with.

Low effort posts become a meme or pun circle jerk. Real info is hard to find.
 
lxskllr said:
I signed up years ago, but if I had to do it today, I wouldn't. It's a shitty "community", and there's little memory of people from thread to thread. It's like a polished 4chan, and you know what they say about polishing a turd...
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Pretty spot on and well said.

That and there is nothing more retarded than the +1 karma shit... oh... hey... coincidentally, I hear a forum that I frequent recently started something similar 🙄
 
And it's become a matter of principle. If Reddit won't allow logins with any of the big social media sites then I won't fill out their sign up form.

Now I'm reading that Reddit doesn't allow signups from other social media because they don't need it. Like they are high and mighty and don't have to rely on the big companies in that way to get more members. Ok maybe so.

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1's all the way across, 1,111
 
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PlanetJosh said:
And it's become a matter of principle. If Reddit won't allow logins with any of the big social media sites then I won't fill out their sign up form.
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It's almost like you're not only enthusiastic about information dealers hoovering up as much of your browsing habits as possible, but you won't use certain websites unless they enable them to do it.

You sir are an odd duck.

Back to OP: I recently considered signing up to reddit for the xcom... forum thing. subreddit? no idea.
 
I've never once used Reddit other than seeing a discussion come back in search results. I don't really have any reason to make an account.
 
snoopy7548 said:
It's awful, but it's entertainment. I stick to the sub-reddits that aren't full of memes and can be somewhat useful - r/homeimprovement, r/homeowners, r/news, r/pinball (though they've just started posting memes yesterday and it's already unbearable), r/woodworking (but that one is now 50% cutting boards, 25% first-time dovetails, and 25% shops/benches). I never post since it's just not worth it.

Some of these used to be full of inspiration and maybe got you excited about getting into the subject, but they've pretty much all devolved into complete shit. Even r/hometheater is now just people posting pictures of their 50" LED TV and crappy bookshelf speakers.
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The better moderated subreddits allow you to filter out the meme crap, the design is god awful , you need a couple of extensions to make it readable. It's clique and full of stupid shit, but it's a great time waster with lotsa of interesting things on it if you are willing to go look for it.
 
Thebobo said:
I can't stand Reddits format.
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Yeah, I lurk there but the comment format is terrible and not good for any discussion.

I try to ignore the defaults too because Reddit in general has a real bad problem with viral marketers/astroturfers/bots/trolls/who knows what.
 
Honestly it can be better than these forums now. You need to search for the good reddit subs to avoid the trolls but once you find them there is alot of good communities out there.

I never liked reddit but a few months ago when i realized these forums are dying i put some effort into reddit and must admit as long as you stay away from the trools or karma farming subs its not so bad.
 
purbeast0 said:
I've never once used Reddit other than seeing a discussion come back in search results. I don't really have any reason to make an account.
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This for me as well. I think I voluntarily visited the site a few years back to check it out, but couldn't stand the layout so I never bothered going back. But when I'm searching, I'll check the discussion to see if it's a solution to my problem I'm searching for.
 
I signed up for it a few years ago. Didn't use it much before, but pretty much use it daily now:

1. I like ATOT because it's a niche community of geeks like me. Plus I've been here since college & know a handful of members IRL.

2. Reddit lacks a few things. It lacks the neighborhood feel that ATOT has. A lot of sub-reddits are cold (impersonal); some have specific vibes, and if you go outside the community vibe, you get downvoted to oblivion. Some subs reach information saturation & become echo chambers, so there's not always a lot of progress made. Also, in certain areas that you think would be fairly popular, they have very little activity, with more of the activity in other social media sites. For example, IIFYM is a borderline dead sub, but the FB group is super active.

3. I've found that if you want to learn stuff, do stuff, and develop ideas, that talking about it is the best way to generate ideas & create motivation. Thus, having sub-reddits where you can learn & discuss specific topics in order to develop ideas is a great approach for actually making progress on developing stuff. Reddit's upvote system & indent-reply system are actually pretty useful for quickly finding useful information. There some really fantastic content submissions & discussions going on...not all the time, but there are definitely some gems in there!
 
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