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Is linear conversation on forums outdated? Is the upvote on Reddit a better system?

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MrWalsh wrote: »
    Personally I feel its handled badly in many cases here. A recent example was the Graham Dwyer case. Even after he was convicted we were not allowed to talk about it. Every other media outlet and Irish forum was discussing it but even when it was asked about here the questions were shut down. So Im still unaware of the reasoning behind it but it stands out in my memory as being handled badly.

    I agree with you. Boards does have a right to pick and choose though what chances they want to take with whats being discussed. I think its that sites like Reddit are international so they can say more stuff but Boards is Irish based so has to watch it a bit more.


  • #33
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I agree with you. Boards does have a right to pick and choose though what chances they want to take with whats being discussed. I think its that sites like Reddit are international so they can say more stuff but Boards is Irish based so has to watch it a bit more.

    I prefer it.


  • #34
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    Besides reddit though what forums would people suggest? Out of interest? It's nice to check out other places.


  • #35
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    LadyFenghuang wrote: »
    I still wouldn't go near reddit. And that's a totally different issue to what you say originally. Not that it's not valid if you want to talk about it. It's nothing to do with the upvote system.

    I know forums with no mods, they are not that much different.

    Are you trying to get us to vacate boards.ie?

    No I really like boards and I don't understand why any Irish person wouldn't use it, its great. No one is trying to get you to vacate boards. Its just the poster above talked about it and I responded.

    edit: I also think Reddit is great, its just it serves a different function for me at least than boards.


  • #36
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    Deleted User wrote: »
    No I really like boards and I don't understand why any Irish person wouldn't use it, its great. No one is trying to get you to vacate boards. Its just the poster above talked about it and I responded.

    What other forums do you like? Not reddit though.

    Generally other forums tend to be topic specific.


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  • #37
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,837 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    LadyFenghuang wrote: »
    I wonder if Boards was linked to FB and showed who you were would it be very very different. If you knew for certain who people were would it change the culture.

    Seeing some of the crap people post on Facebook I don't think so :pac:

    Does 'thanks' not have the a similar kind of effect?


  • #38
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Does anyone know how the hell the 'Trending threads' is calculated on boards? given that there's no hashtag system and it doesn't seem to correspond with a particularly high level of replies or thanks.


  • #39
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Seeing some of the crap people post on Facebook I don't think so :pac:

    Does 'thanks' not have the a similar kind of effect?

    I think thanks was a bit implementation by boards because it creates some people who seem to try and be witty purely for thanks which makes have a real conversation harder.


  • #40
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    smash wrote: »
    Does anyone know how the hell the 'Trending threads' is calculated on boards? given that there's no hashtag system and it doesn't seem to correspond with a particularly high level of replies or thanks.

    I've never even looked at those.


  • #41
    RedemptionZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭RedemptionZ


    I think Reddit is more akin to a Facebook post where people comment on a post as opposed to replying to it. It has some advantages, if you ask a genuine question, the most helpful reply will probably have a lot of up votes so will be easy to find. But for a proper conversation it's inferior to the linear type.


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  • #42
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    RedemptionZ wrote: »
    I think Reddit is more akin to a Facebook post where people comment on a post as opposed to replying to it. It has some advantages, if you ask a genuine question, the most helpful reply will probably have a lot of up votes so will be easy to find. But for a proper conversation it's inferior to the linear type.

    Yeah I think you have a good point. The upvoting does also work to get rid of trolls as well.


  • #43
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    LadyFenghuang wrote: »
    I've never even looked at those.
    Either do I, because when I click on the tab it just gives a list of threads which appear to be very uninteresting.


  • #44
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Yeah I think you have a good point. The upvoting does also work to get rid of trolls as well.

    Considering the stories of reddit trolls actually going into people real lives I don't think it does. Trolling on there is on another level. It's not something I would want to expose myself to. If anything I want a gentler forum to visit!


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    smash wrote: »
    Either do I, because when I click on the tab it just gives a list of threads which appear to be very uninteresting.

    I use the trending now tab to look for interesting threads and it does work often I find.


  • #46
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    Any suggestions besides reddit I would interested to read. Not that i don't love boardsies you are are very nice bunch :P!


  • #47
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    LadyFenghuang wrote: »
    Any suggestions besides reddit I would interested to read. Not that i don't love boardsies you are are very nice bunch :P!

    Can't promote other sites on this site. To be honest Boards is all you need :pac:

    There is so many forums here. Unless there is a specific type of forum that you want. Like if you were into a specific game like GTA for example that game would have its own specific forums site, or if you are into anything specific you will probably find a very big international community forum for it.

    Boards is unique in a way in that it has so much variety on the one site, other sites have tried but this is one of the most popular.

    So the question is Lady for me to give you a kinda recommendation I'd need to know what you are into? :D


  • #48
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    GiftofGab wrote: »
    Why does it have to be said?

    Downvote for you GidtofGab:p

    It simply has to be. Have you ever heard of a figure of speech?


  • #49
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Can't promote other sites on this site. To be honest Boards is all you need :pac:

    Ah damn I was just going to post two of my favs! :) One is actually specifically designed for thoughtful conversation it has some really cool people. The other is completely off the wall. I have read some of the weirdest posts ever!


  • #50
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    LadyFenghuang wrote: »
    Ah damn I was just going to post two of my favs! :) One is actually specifically designed for thoughtful conversation it has some really cool people. The other is completely off the wall. I have read some of the weirdest posts ever!

    Boards being honest is one of the best communities online. It's big enough to have variety but small enough so you can remember a lot of the users. I'm fairly sure we aren't allowed post links to other sites, even though I kind of did with reddit in the OP so I might have accidently broke the rules now that I think of it. The communities you are talking about sounds cool though :)


  • #51
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Boards being honest is one of the best communities online. It's big enough to have variety but small enough so you can remember a lot of the users.
    True :)
    The unintentionally creepy parts of the net should sometimes be left alone. It's safe here, here is ....safe....oh ..the things... I've seen! *shudders*


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  • #52
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    LadyFenghuang wrote: »
    True :)
    The unintentionally creepy parts of the net should sometimes be left alone. It's safe here, here is ....safe....oh ..the things... I've seen! *shudders*

    Like? did the reddit downvote not save you :D


  • #53
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Like? did the reddit downvote not save you :D
    Reddit? Who said anything about Reddit?? :)


  • #54
    lizzyman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭lizzyman


    MrWalsh wrote: »
    Personally I feel its handled badly in many cases here. A recent example was the Graham Dwyer case. Even after he was convicted we were not allowed to talk about it. Every other media outlet and Irish forum was discussing it but even when it was asked about here the questions were shut down. So Im still unaware of the reasoning behind it but it stands out in my memory as being handled badly.

    Agreed.

    Can't stand Reddit's comment system though and the interface is like taking a time machine back to the late '90s.


  • #55
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,321 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    LadyFenghuang wrote: »
    Besides reddit though what forums would people suggest? Out of interest? It's nice to check out other places.


    The Thunderdome.ie is new and fresh.Bit clannish due to not many posters,but a lot less moderation.


  • #56
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    lizzyman wrote: »
    Agreed.

    Can't stand Reddit's comment system though and the interface is like taking a time machine back to the late '90s.

    One of Reddits great functions though is the AMA section of Reddit. There is so many diverse and interesting AMAs from all kinds of wonderful/interesting people.


  • #57
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    kneemos wrote: »
    The Thunderdome.ie is new and fresh.Bit clannish due to not many posters,but a lot less moderation.

    I'll give it a go . :-)


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    kneemos wrote: »
    The Thunderdome.ie is new and fresh.Bit clannish due to not many posters,but a lot less moderation.

    I just looked that up. Boards doesn't need to be worried :pac:


  • #59
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    kneemos wrote: »
    The Thunderdome.ie is new and fresh.Bit clannish due to not many posters,but a lot less moderation.

    There are no forums?


  • #60
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Saying upvoting tells you the best stuff to read is like saying tabloids are the best media form or that things like Feeky, Face Kicker and endless Simpsons quotes are funny.

    I'd prefer to decide myself.


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  • #61
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Reddit's style is crap tbh. I can't even read a page before my head hurts. Maybe the amount of muppets on it helps too.


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