Why don't we use reddit.com/r/frc

[TimTheGreat]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

inb4 hivemind

And comments like this would not be shown

[EricH]

Originally Posted by TimTheGreat

Why? If people upvote good comments and downvote bad (usually non-relevant comments that are far too common), wouldn't that help the madness of a thread such as the game hint one with >400 replies. People want to see game speculations that make sense. The best guess at this years game may be lost on page 15 somewhere...

If it was up to me, the game hint thread would be LOCKED and the key thrown away after the first 5 pages. Anything beyond that is redundant. Why? Keep reading.

The bigger problem, and here's where you're really going to get the pushback, is that most times there's redundancy/non-relevant comments, it's just someone who doesn't know the pulse of CD yet, just wants to make their voice heard, or has a simple question that's been answered before and doesn't know how to search (or doesn't want to bother reading a massive thread--which is where that massive game hint thread comes from, people want to get their speculation out and don't want to check and see if someone else had it. I corrected 2 different people with the same very wrong theory about 5-10 pages apart, and then someone else took the second of those another 5-10 pages later to correct a third person.). Put something like what you're proposing in place, and watch all those people just disappear. Why? Because they will get shoved down to the bottom. They won't get any answers.

I'd rather have to point out a rule 5 times to 5 different new people--and possibly be better able to help them out on other topics!--than to have those 5 people all see a "high-rated" thread and not get the rest of the help they might need easily.

Originally Posted by TimTheGreat

And comments like this would not be shown

What's wrong with that sort of comment?


CD is not just technical. Trust me. There've been discussions for YEARS about doing away with Chit-Chat and making the site more technical... and nothing's happened (and nothing's going to happen, I don't think) because it gives a more welcoming feel.

[TimTheGreat]

Originally Posted by EricH

Put something like what you're proposing in place, and watch all those people just disappear. Why? Because they will get shoved down to the bottom. They won't get any answers.

I'd rather have to point out a rule 5 times to 5 different new people--and possibly be better able to help them out on other topics!--than to have those 5 people all see a "high-rated" thread and not get the rest of the help they might need easily.

But that's the glory of reddit. It gives new questions a chance to be answered. You can still sort by popularity but their questions wouldn't be shoved at the bottom of the stack. Also, you'd only downvote the worst of the worst. This would help keep the threads small by having good answers and new questions at the top, and not so good answers and irrelevant comments at the bottom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...2aUWQQ#t=10 8

[EricH]

Originally Posted by TimTheGreat

Also, you'd only downvote the worst of the worst.

Hah.

Ever watch someone's reputation bar turn red in under an hour? I have. Some folks have no trouble just dishing out negative reputation--and I'd be more than willing to bet that most of those folks would have no trouble just downvoting any thread that they felt was "in the way". No matter if the question was answered or not!

[TimTheGreat]

Originally Posted by EricH

Hah.

Ever watch someone's reputation bar turn red in under an hour? I have. Some folks have no trouble just dishing out negative reputation--and I'd be more than willing to bet that most of those folks would have no trouble just downvoting any thread that they felt was "in the way". No matter if the question was answered or not!

They just have to learn to use their power properly. And hopefully the number of upvotes will greatly outnumber the downvotes (if it's good material)

[EricH]

Originally Posted by TimTheGreat

They just have to learn to use their power properly. And hopefully the number of upvotes will greatly outnumber the downvotes (if it's good material)

That's the problem. Some folks just never learn.

Just to continue with the reputation example for a moment: I very rarely give out reputation. Why? Because I've got a lot of "rep power", and can (relatively) easily boost--or demolish--someone's rep points. With that great power comes great responsibility to use it wisely. (Suffice it to say: I've never dished out red reputation, primarily because 47 or more other people have usually beaten me to it.)

CD does have a thread rating system. I can't say I've ever used it, but I'm pretty sure I know how to if I ever decide to.

[Oblarg]

Because reddit is terrible.