How come AH is suddenly obsessed with reddit?

Annasopra

I dont get this latest craze to come onto AH and tell us what you just read on reddit.

Links234

I'd say a lot of what AH posts is just crap from reddit, I guess people are just being upfront about where they nick their content from now

Frosty McSnowballs

I just churn out old Woman's Way gems.

Killer lines of wisdom there hey.

Annasopra

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I just churn out

?

Macavity.

AH is pretty much the toilet that Reddit shits into, tbh.

solomafioso

Macavity. wrote: »

AH is pretty much the toilet that Reddit shits into, tbh.

No, that's cool vids pics and links forum. :pac:

Cienciano

You Laugh, You Lose should just be a sticky thread - one post with a link to www.reddit.com

Karl Stein

Sometimes I look at cat pics on reddit.

bumper234

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I just churn out old Woman's Way gems.

Killer lines of wisdom there hey.

Pffff

Everyone knows that readers digest is where the juicy stuff is at, although if i ever get my hands on an Ireland's own........

Hande hoche!

Cultural studies on the twilight days of a unipolar world.

moc moc a moc

Because boards is **** now.

Trebor176

One day a hen comes into a library, walks up to the librarian and says "book, book!" So the librarian gives her two books, the hen puts them under her wings and walks off.

She brings them back again the next day and says "book, boook, booook!" So the librarian gives her three books.

The next day the hen returns the books again and says "Book, boook, book, boook!" So the librarian gives her four books. But by now she really wants to know what a hen would want with all these books, so she follows her.

The librarian follows the hen all through the village until they reach the local pond. There's a frog sitting by the pond, and the hen goes up to him, opens the first book and puts it in front of him. He looks at the first pages and says "reddit, reddit, reddit".

Fr_Dougal

Macavity. wrote: »

AH is pretty much the toilet that Reddit shits into, tbh.

And yet, here we are...

For Forks Sake

Trebor176 wrote: »

One day a hen comes into a library, walks up to the librarian and says "book, book!" So the librarian gives her two books, the hen puts them under her wings and walks off.

She brings them back again the next day and says "book, boook, booook!" So the librarian gives her three books.

The next day the hen returns the books again and says "Book, boook, book, boook!" So the librarian gives her four books. But by now she really wants to know what a hen would want with all these books, so she follows her.

The librarian follows the hen all through the village until they reach the local pond. There's a frog sitting by the pond, and the hen goes up to him, opens the first book and puts it in front of him. He looks at the first pages and says "reddit, reddit, reddit".

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Ruu

Never heard of it.

catallus

For Forks Sake wrote: »

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

He really should!

seamus

Probably because lots of interesting topics crop up on reddit, but you don't get a good Irish viewpoint on them. Try to wade into a discussion on road behaviour, gun control or relationships on reddit and you will find yourself being a complete outsider for expressing opinions which are perfectly normal in Ireland.

Trebor176

For Forks Sake wrote: »

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

I know, I know, I apologise :rolleyes:

TeddyTedson

I've been using Reddit more than boards lately but god I hate layout so much! :mad:

Macavity.

TheZohan wrote: »

And yet, here we are...

Everyone needs a toilet. :pac:

EoghanIRL

Fcuk off . That's where I get my jokes from .

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Internet in 'Internet Copies The Internet' shocker.

kowloon

Ruu wrote: »

Never heard of it.

I think it's a bit like Friendface and Twatter.

Skerries

Ireland's Own for me

padd b1975

Anything is better than "The Daily Edge" and it's endless lists of lazy stereotypes.

gg2

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I've been using Reddit more than boards lately but god I hate layout so much! :mad:

I just do not understand it:mad:I think if I could navigate the site, I would spend lots more time on it

The One Who Knocks

moc moc a moc wrote: »

Because boards is **** now.

No, boards is the toilet. I thought we had established this?

jimgoose

I think Reddit disproves once-and-for-all the Infinite Number of Monkeys hypotheses, so in that it is useful.

Duggy747

Horrific layout for such a popular website.

















Reddit is pretty bad, too :pac:

Knex*

Cienciano wrote: »

You Laugh, You Lose should just be a sticky thread - one post with a link to www.reddit.com

Which should be one page with a link straight to www.imgur.com?

mad muffin

AH is a subreddit.

Cienciano

Knex. wrote: »

Which should be one page with a link straight to www.imgur.com?

Which was made by a redditor as a gift to the site to host images
http://www.reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_to_reddit_i_created_an_image_hosting

Spunge

Reddit is the most popular forum-type place on the internet

fiesta451

Why is reddit obsessed with claiming the content on it is original?
Reddit content is usually taken from elsewhere, same as boards.ie stuff.

Dont know why they get so territorial about it, as if they're the original internet source or something.

Davarus Walrus

Some of the subreddits are enjoyable. r/dataisbeautiful/ and r/books. But r/Ireland is dreadful. Almost as bad as the comments on journal.ie. Always get the feeling it’s the same trilby hat wearing neckbeards holding forth over there as on other Irish forums.

Knex*

Cienciano wrote: »

Which was made by a redditor as a gift to the site to host images
http://www.reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_to_reddit_i_created_an_image_hosting

Its like inception.

Never knew. Awesome.

Bigger subreddits most importantly and with RES, it's like Cool Pics, Vids and Links but with comments.. And porn.

Look at After Hours now..

Social Housing - Irish style
Palestinaisn being slaughtered and a prick with a cowboy hat is on frint page
Illegal Downloading - For or Against?
Scumbags jailed for attacking tourists
Niall Horan's nephew fan site
Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?
Trivial things that annoy you
Greatest marketing campaigns of all time?
Where should the next city in Ireland be?
Interview the Person Below You
Man drowns trying to remove the Tricolour.
why do YOU go on foreign holidays?
How come AH is suddenly obsessed with reddit?
Traveller stand off causes chaos in Finglas
Former FF TD Ivor Callely arrested by fraud squad


Something like http://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/ is generally more relaxing for wasting some time. A fair few of the above just get a bit messy after a while.

I am far more likely to post on boards though because of the thread structure.. Reddit is a black hole for anything other than the best comments.

omahaid

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Some of the subreddits are enjoyable. r/dataisbeautiful/ and r/books. But r/Ireland is dreadful. Almost as bad as the comments on journal.ie. Always get the feeling it’s the same trilby hat wearing neckbeards holding forth over there as on other Irish forums.

These guys? http://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/

ThePhilip

Reddit is awesome

darkpagandeath

Is it not the same kind of people that have just discovered 4chan.... welcome to 2003...

darkpagandeath

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Is it not the same kind of people that have just discovered 4chan.... welcome to 2003...

Yes, definitely. I used to love it when people like this came onto 4chan and shouted for doubles.

http://www.reddit.com/r/iama

Date Time Person Description
29 Jul 1:30pm Diplo DJ, music producer, rapper, and songwriter
29 Jul 1:30pm Ron Moore Screenwriter
29 Jul 3:30pm Ian Ziering Actor
29 Jul 4pm Vivian Bang Actress
30 Jul 1pm Sean Plott (aka Day[9]) E-sports commentator
30 Jul 2pm Spencer Garrett Actor
30 Jul 4:30pm Mike Selinker Game and Puzzle Designer
30 Jul 5:30pm Martha Stephens, Aaron Katz, Paul Eenhoorn, Earl Lynn Nelson Cast & Crew, Land Ho!
31 Jul 10am Tamara Keith NPR White House Correspondent
31 Jul 12pm Daniel and Joe Kucan Cast designer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Kane from Command & Conquer
31 Jul 2pm PES Filmmaker
31 Jul 2:30pm Ben Baldanza Spirit Airlines
31 Jul 3:30pm Uzo Aduba Actress
1 Aug 1pm Simon's Cat Team Animated cartoon and book series
1 Aug 2pm Kelly Blatz Actor
1 Aug 3:30pm Anson Mount Actor
2 Aug 12:30pm Gilbert Gottfried Comedian, actor, voice artist
4 Aug 2pm Steve Goss Chief Actuary US Social Security Administration.
5 Aug 2:30pm Ethan Nadelmann Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance
5 Aug 4pm Hannah Hart Author
5 Aug 4:20pm Andy Rosenthal Editorial Board of The New York Times
6 Aug 1pm Steve Hofstetter Comedian
6 Aug 5:30pm Dianne Ashworth & Researchers Bionic Vision Australia
7 Aug 2pm Ken Follett Author

ThePhilip

The IAMA is a great addition to the internet, some amazing threads

Davarus Walrus

omahaid wrote: »

These guys? http://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/

Uncanny.

GrumPy

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I've been using Reddit more than boards lately but god I hate layout so much! :mad:

It's fine, you'll get used to it.... Also, install the RES browser extension.

smellmepower

Stories that I read on Reddit usually appear here a day or two later.I wait to comment on them here cos Reddit is full of humorless Americans!

NotASheeple

Cienciano wrote: »

You Laugh, You Lose should just be a sticky thread - one post with a link to wwwredditcom

Why don't you grow a pair then and post yourself in YLYL? Reddit is a joke, even if you can get by that diabolical layout. I'm sure there are a lot of Boardsies that don't go near/couldn't give a crap about reddit. Btw, I've seen plenty of material posted in YLYL ending up on Reddit. There's plenty of regular posters here that keep the fun in YLYL and I've seen their posts end up on reddit. You'd swear that it was some shocking revelation that pics, links and material gets shared online. And isn't that the point of the Internet. So whining and bitching about it is utterly stupid imo.

Cienciano

NotASheeple wrote: »

Why don't you grow a pair then and post yourself in YLYL? Reddit is a joke, even if you can get by that diabolical layout. I'm sure there are a lot of Boardsies that don't go near/couldn't give a crap about reddit. Btw, I've seen plenty of material posted in YLYL ending up on Reddit. There's plenty of regular posters here that keep the fun in YLYL and I've seen their posts end up on reddit. You'd swear that it was some shocking revelation that pics, links and material gets shared online. And isn't that the point of the Internet. So whining and bitching about it is utterly stupid imo.

At least you're not whining and bitching about it

Avada

Reddit is awful, looks like a playschool group designed the homepage.

Actually, most of the posts read like playschool kids too.....