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Comment on How's your attention span? in ~talk
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Comment on Serenity | Official trailer in ~movies
ThePhoenix LinkThis movie trailer makes it seem like it's based on a novel or something, it just doesn't strike me as typical hollywood writing. Did anyone else get that feeling? Either way, Matthew McConahey is...This movie trailer makes it seem like it's based on a novel or something, it just doesn't strike me as typical hollywood writing. Did anyone else get that feeling? Either way, Matthew McConahey is a phenomenal actor and I look forward to seeing this movie.
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Comment on What are your thoughts on wholesomeness? in ~tildes
ThePhoenix (edited )Link ParentI'm a huge fan of the beatles, because so many of their songs are good enough to be singles, I hate songs that are filler on albums. It's like why even put it on there unless it's absolutely...I'm a huge fan of the beatles, because so many of their songs are good enough to be singles, I hate songs that are filler on albums. It's like why even put it on there unless it's absolutely killer?
I absolutely don't want meme-ified wholesomeness, but would be genuinely happy to see wholesome things. I think with the tag system we can weed out the non-altruistic content and actually enjoy a wholesome post. Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is that we should not restrict certain topics but we should think about ways to ensure that what we get out of those topics is all killer and no filler. How can we ensure that we remove the bad and emphasize the good is something I'm not sure I can answer but the tag system seems to be a good place to start and see what happens.
Edit: It just struck me, the culture and the mechanics of the site should be reflected in each other and Deimos seems to understand that extremely well as far as the technical things but how can we the users have our own culture and mechanics to ensure this is a great place to be? It seems that people don't like wholesomeness when it's forced but where does wholesomeness come from? I think that wholesome feelings come from when you did a good thing or you saw another person doing a good thing. So perhaps we could have a 'wholesome' group but have it dominated by creators who do good things. "I started a neighborhood recycling program where you take styrofoam and have it broken down by fungi and here are my plans to expand it, any locals interested in contributing?" Just a thought.
My attention span has gotten markedly worse in the past few years and I think it's due to reddit use. You kind of get used to glazing over the useless comments trying to find the good ones, and then that just ends up transferring and when you're trying to read a book and you just can't, that sort of hits home. I'm hoping the high quality posts here will help but I've also decided to try and stay offline and try not to deal with things that have lots of filler. Online recipes are notorious for filler so I just don't do them. I find a place that has exactly what I need and don't deal with stories that I don't need.