Time to migrate to a different site?

Neitsyt_Marian · 12 days

In the past few months I've been browsing/posting to 4chan and lurking SA at about the same level that I did in high school (which is to say, a near-regrettable amount). Metafilter is nice, too, for links. Though not as much content.

Find me a good 'real' message board to post on that doesn't feel like an inclusive social club (besides the two mentioned already, of course), or some form of reward system, and I'll be all over it.

yep45 · 12 days

I'm still in the dark as to how it even came to exist. Or when.

It feels like it just happened randomly; I remember someone telling me "hey, look at this meme I made," and trying to figure out how one "makes" a meme. This was recent-ish, maybe 6(?) months ago. I always called them image macros, and thought everyone else did too.

readingape · 16 days

To add to that, the narrator shows obvious remorse for his actions.

The defining aspect of Meursault as a character is his lack of remorse.

ZayneMeadows · 19 days

Unfurled? http://www.unfurled.net/

evilsibe · 20 days

Same here, fortunately.

And those I have known, I quickly make an effort to not know 'em anymore.

CannibalGoo · 21 days

Later, really. He's been streaming at 6-8AM his time.

CannibalGoo · 21 days

He's been streaming every night almost... for the past week. Anywhere between 12PM - 12AM EST. You might be just missing the times his stream starts or ends.

You_Shook_Me · 24 days

But basically liking the animal-human mix makes you furry, sure.

Arguably, by today's standards, it's more about embracing the fandom and the "lifestyle" that goes with it; self-definition and community involvement, basically.

It's such a damned vague question, though. We need a collection of these threads on the sidebar or something, since it seems to pop up at least weekly. :\

n1njapanda · 24 days

Also, never mention a band in a non-Internet Metal Fan Approved^{^tm} genre.

It causes such a glorious shitstorm.

n1njapanda · 24 days

Isn't there a running joke that Tool hates its fans just because of this?

fallenmink · 24 days

Emotional detachment? Considering how online interactions go, even when PG-rated, if someone is not privy to how these sort of things work, it really can be a bit creepy from the outside looking in.

Maybe he's uncomfortable with you have an online "life" that he's not a part of? Monogamy isn't merely limited to sex; there's a large psychological aspect there, too.

To quote what you said down below:

snuggling...and various things he wouldn't understand (...vore, macro, etc...)

This can absolutely rub off on someone the wrong way; I'd say he's being reasonable in his request and trepidation, considering the entire thing is unfamiliar to him.

Have you thought, perhaps, explaining exactly why this is important to you?

cobracol · 24 days

1) Fourteen. About to be twenty in two months.
2) I don't. "We" don't. They're a minority. The ones that do have well-paying jobs, or differing priorities dictating where their money is budgeted. You said you're fifteen, so the smart-ass, dickish answer would be: go to college, find a job. But really, save if that's what interests you.

vlt412 · 25 days

The title appears to be for /r/foxes, not here (take a look at the other discussions tab at the top). They have a "Please no Anthromorphics!" rule.

20throw · 25 days

Yup, 'tis a reclaimed word.

For further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer#Semantic_shift

20throw · 25 days

"Queer"

Basically anything that doesn't fit into the former four categories. Also "questioning."

Lakia · 25 days

You could, but if it really was 70:30, I'm not sure there would be much of a change.

I feel this post was meant to be sarcastic, though I'm not sure. Either way, it's your sub so obviously run things how you feel they ought to be run.

I don't speak for everyone, and am absolutely biased here, but as your userbase grows something will need to be done if quality (at least quality when defined as "signal to noise ratio" in favor of the latter; i.e. "cheap" content and weighty content) begins to drop. Obviously the community is the judge on what is good content and what is bad content, and I'm only one person.

This is from my standards and perspective. Both of which are entirely subjective. Big grain of salt, etc., etc.

Lakia · 25 days

This subreddit has the least memes out of any other game subreddit I've seen.

Yet.

Here's the thing with reddit nowadays, when a community begins to grow in flourish, a lot of the default page "culture" begins to seep in (i.e. joke of the month/memes/image macros/DAE/my-face-when stuff -- I'm trying to phrase this in the least pretentious way possible, bear with me, okay?) as more and more users begin to subscribe.

Reddit has a disproportionate amount of lurkers to contributors (those who either comment or submit/create content); generally speaking, whenever the quality of a sub is in question -- at least when a sub is still young -- there will be large support in the comment sections. Despite that, the same stuff still gets voted up even with outcry in the comment sections. Why? Those who vote generally don't pay attention to rules/comments: the link is opened, laughed at, upvoted. The end.

Unless stopped, this behavior encourages more low-effort content to be produced, since it's easy to "appreciate" with little interaction to the community at-large. I've seen it happen to many subs that I've had to eventually unsubscribe from: if it's not macros/jokes, then it's declining quality in articles; pandering and sensationalism; or adherence to a single, strict worldview, promoting a homogeneous hivemind culture. A bit of a tangent, but the point of it here is that as the subscriber numbers increase, the overall quality tends to sink unless a standard of quality is maintained with moderation and rules.

You're confusing a degradation of content quality with an instantaneous drop in quality. Yes, it's not horrible yet. What it feels like people are asking for here is preventative action. High-quality content needs to be promoted, but, unless promoted and given a change against easy-to-digest content, will drown in the flood of low-effort content.

I'll quote abienz here:

The worse thing is that there is a boatload of discussion to be had about tactics and strategy in this game [...], but anything apart from the weekly discussions gets downvoted to hell.

Lakia · 25 days

It may have been voted on, and that's fine, but that particular rule is essentially the one in question in this thread. People are obviously -- whether "people" implies a majority consensus is a different topic -- lashing against the same rule.

I merely posted to correct goodoldgrim's assertion that "all that crap" had been banned.

(Personally, though, I want it all to be banned. Once it starts, it's hard to stop -- we don't need another good sub to lose its quality; as it stands, the discussion here is still leagues above other subreddits. I hope the new influx of low-effort content isn't a sign of degradation.)

Lakia · 25 days

Image macro posts/memes must contain actual Dota 2 related images.

The problem here is that this still allows for "most of that crap," all of the posts on the front page relevant to what is being mentioned in the OP technically fall under that rule.

Fenrari · 26 days

I always feel like not soloqueing. It's Dota. :D

~~plan failed; studying not achieved~~

Fenrari · 26 days

Steam ID for me is the same as my name on here. I pretty much just play Dota 2 now, though. Used to play a regrettable amount of TF2, not so much anymore.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/fallenmink

blackmailedchef · 26 days

People actually give a shit about commendations in beta?

I asked a guy why he cared about commends in a game once (he was asking for commend trading in allchat at the start of the game), apparently there's a belief out there that the more commendations you have, the less likely you'll be put into low priority if you quit a game.

I've no idea where that came from, but it is indicative of the type of people who trade commends if that misconception is the justification. I asked a few other times in chat channels and in-game when commends where being offered and received that answer a fair few amount of times.

kebdraggie · 27 days

They're hexadecimal digits.

They spell "Krogglidor." I think his flair kinda gives it away.

firstcity_thirdcoast · 1 month

If I may, I'd recommend the original novel by Kazuo Ishiguro; while much slower than the film, it is beautifully written and contains one of my favorite literary passages. It's not too long and I feel is often overlooked for Ishiguro's other works, despite it being, in my opinion, his best novel.

The book is absolutely beautiful.

fallenmink

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