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  1. Comment on Tildes made me realise how ubiquitous Reddit's bigotry is [a short rant] in ~tildes

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    I don't see how it makes fun of black people at all... It's not a "point-and-laugh" sub like r/justneckbeardthings. I think it's worth pointing out that black Twitter is an actual thing, and as...

    because it seems to me that it only exists to make fun of black people.

    I don't see how it makes fun of black people at all... It's not a "point-and-laugh" sub like r/justneckbeardthings. I think it's worth pointing out that black Twitter is an actual thing, and as far as I can tell r/blackpeopletwitter is like a "best of" of that space.

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  2. Comment on Moe Shop - Pastel feat. Snail's House (2017) in ~music

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    I am so glad you posted this, Snail's House is absolutely my favorite producer and I've spent a lot of time trying to get my friends to listen to him and looking for other producers with similar...

    I am so glad you posted this, Snail's House is absolutely my favorite producer and I've spent a lot of time trying to get my friends to listen to him and looking for other producers with similar sounds. Aside from Moe Shop, he's done songs with In Love With a Ghost and I've found Dark Cat is very similar. If anyone has more artist recommendations I'd love to know!

    1 vote

  3. Comment on On Reddit moderation - it's a matter of scale. in ~talk

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    Let me first say that everything in this comment is my personal opinion and is welcome to be challenged, and second I was the main moderator for a small ~25k subreddit for about 6 months, so while...

    Let me first say that everything in this comment is my personal opinion and is welcome to be challenged, and second I was the main moderator for a small ~25k subreddit for about 6 months, so while I don't have as much experience, I still know what it's like. I don't think mods are necessary for sites like reddit, and I think they cause more problems than they solve.

    First of all, modding is way too much work. You're essentially doing a part time job for no pay. And when you're doing a shit job for no pay, guess what? You don't do it properly. That's why we get locked threads-- because the time and effort to "clean up" the incoming trash isn't worth the possible gems, right?

    Second, who's to say what's good for the community? Why are the opinions of say, a dozen or two people more important than the other tens of thousands? Time and time again I've seen mods screw over a communities with dumb rules that they think will make the sub a better place, when really all they're doing is alienating people. Or maybe one mod is okay with X content but another mod isn't, so you get a post that's up for 8 hours until the second one wakes up. Or you get intentionally vague rules about "no low effort posts" so they can cherry pick what's on their subreddit. I understand that places like r/askscience or r/legaladvice or r/askhistorians wouldn't function properly without heavy moderation, but those are clear exceptions to the rule (and don't operate like most subreddits do.)

    Time and time again I noticed that reported posts and comments already had negative score. At that point, who cares? They're at 0. Nobody's going to see em. It doesn't make a difference whether the mod removes it or not. And if the reported post has a lot of upvotes? Well, the community has already judged what they want to see-- why is that 1 reporter's opinion more important than the 300 upvoters?

    Mods can and should be replaced by community tools, like voting and flagging. We (as a society) just haven't figured out the right implemention yet.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on What games have you guys been playing lately? Yall stick to a certain genre or play anything? in ~games

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    I'm about 10 hours into Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE for the Wii U. It's supposed to be a Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem crossover but apparently it alienated both fanbases. The story/themes are...

    I'm about 10 hours into Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE for the Wii U. It's supposed to be a Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem crossover but apparently it alienated both fanbases. The story/themes are very anime so it's not for everybody (there was a bit of a controversy with censorship in the western release, too, which I think was a big mistake on the publisher's part because hardcore anime fans are the ones who care most about censorship.) As an FE fan there's admittedly very little Fire Emblem in the game mechanics, but the battle system makes for a great JRPG, and even though it sold horribly on the Wii U I'm hoping for a Switch port.

    Also spent some time playing Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012). I played the original Most Wanted (2005) as a kid and the new one doesn't measure up at all. The old game had a story and each boss had a personality. The new game has no customization (a car game with no customization???), getting arrested has no real consequences, and you race to take down driverless white sports cars instead of people with names and faces. That said, the core driving mechanics are still very solid, and though I haven't tried it, the multiplayer is supposed to be very good.

    Coincidentally, both games are better experiences if you play them as the games they are instead of what they could've been, which explains why, on Metacritic, both games have a higher review score than user score.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Coffee drinkers are more likely to live longer. Decaf may do the trick, too in ~food

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    They might have compared the caffeine metabolizing gene, but it doesn't look like they checked whether the coffee drinkers were wealthier than non-coffee drinkers. Daily cups of coffee really add...

    They might have compared the caffeine metabolizing gene, but it doesn't look like they checked whether the coffee drinkers were wealthier than non-coffee drinkers. Daily cups of coffee really add up, and richer people are more likely to live longer.

    3 votes