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Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech
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Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech
OBLIVIATER Link ParentUS, I signed up for the do not mail registery, but I still get tons of mail for "member of household" or something similar. Plus tons of junk mail for the previous tenant even though they haven't...US, I signed up for the do not mail registery, but I still get tons of mail for "member of household" or something similar. Plus tons of junk mail for the previous tenant even though they haven't lived here for 5 years.
I'm sure I get less than I would, but I still get way too much
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Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI wonder if it's overall worse than all of the awful junk mail I get in physical mail. I swear I get pounds and pounds of junk mail every week that is printed on high quality plasticy paper with...I wonder if it's overall worse than all of the awful junk mail I get in physical mail. I swear I get pounds and pounds of junk mail every week that is printed on high quality plasticy paper with fancy ink and everything. It must cause so much pollution for something literally no one wants.
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Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech
OBLIVIATER Link ParentWait this is so funny haha its literally a brand new account from today. I hope its not a bot, that'd just be too spooky.Wait this is so funny haha its literally a brand new account from today. I hope its not a bot, that'd just be too spooky.
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Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech
OBLIVIATER Link ParentYeah, by pure volume I'm sure most content on the internet is bots. But I imagine a large majority of it is stuff like endless chains of recursive comments on some facebook/twitter post that no...Yeah, by pure volume I'm sure most content on the internet is bots. But I imagine a large majority of it is stuff like endless chains of recursive comments on some facebook/twitter post that no human ever actually looks at.
The important metric to go by (which I'm not sure is even really measurable) is how many human impressions bot comments/posts are getting.
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Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI recently saw posts from a subreddit called "FinanceUnfiltered" or something like it, which was a completely dead sub for years until a bunch of brand new accounts that were posting to Indian...I recently saw posts from a subreddit called "FinanceUnfiltered" or something like it, which was a completely dead sub for years until a bunch of brand new accounts that were posting to Indian subs exclusively for 2 weeks in Hindi and then all of a sudden were posting to the finance sub with generic anti-trump memes (completely and utterly unrelated to finance) getting 30-40k upvotes in an otherwise completely dead sub.
All the comments were from other obvious bot/manipulated accounts except for the odd "what does this have to do with finance" from confused people.
Not even the most obvious cases of astroturfing/botting I've seen on reddit, but just the most recent.
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Comment on Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (2026) in ~music
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI kinda forgot about that one tbh, it was fine but not really a stand out to meI kinda forgot about that one tbh, it was fine but not really a stand out to me
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Comment on Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (2026) in ~music
OBLIVIATER LinkThere are 3-4 songs on this album I really like (In order) expectations my way drop dead u + me = <3 The rest I didn't really vibe with much, not a huge fan of slower/sad songs. I enjoyed Guts a...There are 3-4 songs on this album I really like
(In order)- expectations
- my way
- drop dead
- u + me = <3
The rest I didn't really vibe with much, not a huge fan of slower/sad songs. I enjoyed Guts a lot more because of the more rock/pop vibe on that album.
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Comment on Why young men sound "less manly" in ~humanities.languages
OBLIVIATER (edited )Link ParentThat's pretty much exactly what he says in the video. He never even remotely hints that this is stance and pretty clearly steers the other way.So, I may notice young men talking like this but it doesn't register as "feminine" or "effeminate" or any of that and it feels like that's the only actual problem here.
That's pretty much exactly what he says in the video.
Is this just "once women do it now it's not ok for men to do it because it's gay (derogatory)?"
He never even remotely hints that this is stance and pretty clearly steers the other way.
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Comment on Elon Musk net worth estimated at $1.1 trillion in ~finance
OBLIVIATER Link ParentNot entirely related, but I wonder how much monetary value you could assign to having dictatorial power of a country? Someone like Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may "only" be worth 25 billion;...Not entirely related, but I wonder how much monetary value you could assign to having dictatorial power of a country? Someone like Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may "only" be worth 25 billion; but his true spending power is in the trillions if you count the wealth that he controls via his position.
It's probably purely academic at that point because when you reach that level of wealth the differences become basically meaningless, but I imagine pure purchasing power would heavily favor a ruler over someone who's net worth is basically all in stocks.
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Comment on "The therapeutic industry is platonic prostitution" in ~health.mental
OBLIVIATER Link ParentJust sharing some anecdotes that Is also my experience of the advice I've heard people have gotten from therapists (including myself.) Sometimes it really wasn't that bad, the "self-destructive"...Just sharing some anecdotes that
"Just be safe” to whatever self-destructive behavior the patient is showing."
Is also my experience of the advice I've heard people have gotten from therapists (including myself.) Sometimes it really wasn't that bad, the "self-destructive" behavior wasn't inherently causing harm, it was just a symptom of a larger problem. But its difficult for me to find people in my life who feel like they've had any meaningful growth or progress through therapy alone.
I don't say this to totally discredit therapy or anything, I just think like any industry its probably got plenty of underqualified and overcommitted people who don't have the ability to actually help as many people as they might think they do.
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Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 in ~games
OBLIVIATER Link ParentIn my own head, a "remake" is when a game gets some major changes to it during the update. A "remaster" is purely graphical, performance, and perhaps some "game feel" improvements.In my own head, a "remake" is when a game gets some major changes to it during the update. A "remaster" is purely graphical, performance, and perhaps some "game feel" improvements.
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Comment on I'm ever more annoyed with Steam in ~games
OBLIVIATER Link ParentYou're certainly right about what you said, but at the same time; a 1-10 rating system may result in some users (or even the majority of users) only using a 1 or a 10 when they rate... but a...You're certainly right about what you said, but at the same time; a 1-10 rating system may result in some users (or even the majority of users) only using a 1 or a 10 when they rate... but a binary system pretty much guarantees that they're putting either a 1 or a 10 (either recommend or don't recommend.)
Giving people the option for some nuance will allow at least some people to put in some effort when rating a game. I'm not an avid Letterbox user, but I know that they've had at least some success with giving users more freedom in rating movies.
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Comment on I'm ever more annoyed with Steam in ~games
OBLIVIATER Link ParentProbably at least partially because they still just use a "Thumbs up/Thumbs down" system meaning that a lot of reviewers ends up hitting the thumbs up, and then leaving qualifiers in their reviews...Review system heavily biases towards positive and kills nuance.
Probably at least partially because they still just use a "Thumbs up/Thumbs down" system meaning that a lot of reviewers ends up hitting the thumbs up, and then leaving qualifiers in their reviews like "I like this game but you should know these things before picking it up: xxx" but then all you see on the store page is "very positive." Especially a problem for niche games where the player base is much more likely to rate a game positively because they are more invested in the health of the genre.
A star system or 1-10 rating system would probably allow for more accurate ratings.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
OBLIVIATER Link ParentYeah, I got so sick of the "rules-lawyering" that some users would engage in when they got actioned. I know a good rule system is in place to try and prevent biased mods from abusing their power,...Yeah, I got so sick of the "rules-lawyering" that some users would engage in when they got actioned. I know a good rule system is in place to try and prevent biased mods from abusing their power, but in return they also cause a lot of annoyance to good actors when trying to maintain a community.
Community modding on reddit was a flawed and now failed system imo. Powermods, bad actors, and shills have infiltrated nearly every large community and now they've all lost what makes them unique. Even /r/Videos, which I did my best to keep from descending into political spam for over 14 years, finally succumbed after a hostile takeover from a powermod, and its just entirely political posts now. I just checked now and 24 out of the top 25 posts are ALL about politics, and 21 of those are about Trump specifically... There's pretty much nothing left when it comes to other types of content, and that makes me sad.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
OBLIVIATER Link ParentOh it's totally possible, but I think it really depends on if someone thinks it's worth the resources. If you wanted to do anything coordinated (i.e. more than just onlyfans spam, scams, etc;...Oh it's totally possible, but I think it really depends on if someone thinks it's worth the resources. If you wanted to do anything coordinated (i.e. more than just onlyfans spam, scams, etc; stuff that's easily identified and blocked) it'd require some effort and tokens and I think there's just much easier marks out there.
Why target a tiny niche forum for things like disinformation, political subversion, etc; when you can get 10,000x more eyes on your content on other websites.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI love being silly and making silly jokes in real life, but god damn have I lost my patience with the endless recycled comments in every single reddit thread outside of smaller niche communities....I love being silly and making silly jokes in real life, but god damn have I lost my patience with the endless recycled comments in every single reddit thread outside of smaller niche communities. I got pushed out of /r/NoStupidQuestions mod team because I didn't want to allow all the stupid joke answers (and I was just tired of modding in general); and now the subreddit is literally just askreddit but even worse. Almost every single "question" and "answer" is a boring and unoriginal joke that I could probably predict without even seeing the title. And if its not some unfunny joke its just a completely unresearched, biased quickfire answer to a obviously politically charged question. Like if the question is "Why don't rich people get taxed more" every single answer will just be "donal trump is pedo file" which while obviously true, doesn't really provide any useful information.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI doubt Tildes will ever be large enough scale to ever have that kind of problem, even if they opened up signup's today. There probably would be some bot posts, but they'd be so obvious that I...I doubt Tildes will ever be large enough scale to ever have that kind of problem, even if they opened up signup's today. There probably would be some bot posts, but they'd be so obvious that I don't think it'd end up being that big of an issue. Truth is we're a very small and niche community that is likely shrinking far more than its growing.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
OBLIVIATER Link ParentIt's small scale enough that you can pretty easily dodge threads you know are going to get spicy, I do my best to do that since I don't have the best self control when it comes to responding to...It's small scale enough that you can pretty easily dodge threads you know are going to get spicy, I do my best to do that since I don't have the best self control when it comes to responding to people. My mental health gets much better when I don't fall back into the reddit-hole of commenting back and forth forever.
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Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI can't be surprised that he's fucking up SpaceX like he's fucked up all the rest of his companies, but I'm a little sad. SpaceX has by far the most impressive and accomplished group of engineers...I can't be surprised that he's fucking up SpaceX like he's fucked up all the rest of his companies, but I'm a little sad. SpaceX has by far the most impressive and accomplished group of engineers in the private industry.
At least with things like Twitter, Tesla, etc there are established and actual good competitors in the space... SpaceX literally has no competition even close to them. Even if we magically threw all that budget at NASA I don't know if they'd be able to make the amount of progress that SpaceX has been able to do over the past 20 years.
It's so frustrating to see all the waste and pollution dedicated to something that is also less than useless. They're an annoyance at best, and predatory scams at worst. Why do they have to kill a tree on top of that?