Why cant this place be more like Reddit?

June1992 · 13-11-2016 08:58PM #1

There's 3,300 posts in the Trump thread for example. Who wants to read all that?

Why not have the best, most upvoted (or liked in the case), posts rise to the top like Reddit and make things far more readable?

Im back reading Boards after a sabbatical but I see nothing has changed. It's still very much Old Web and a chore to peruse. What a shame and a wasted opportunity.

Back to Reddit for me it is then.

Fr_Dougal · 13-11-2016 08:59PM

Bye now.

OldMrBrennan83 · 13-11-2016 09:00PM

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colm_mcm · 13-11-2016 09:00PM

Oh well.

June1992 · 13-11-2016 09:00PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Bye now.

Typical Boards thanks whoring.

wakka12 · 13-11-2016 09:01PM

Because they are different websites , whats the point of having Boards and reddit if theyre both the same

Fr_Dougal · 13-11-2016 09:01PM

June1992 wrote: »

Typical Boards thanks whoring.

Bye, bye bye, bye, bye, bye.

gctest50 · 13-11-2016 09:02PM

Dignitas is where you need, show them this thread and I'm sure there'll be no charge

13-11-2016 09:02PM

Because its boards!!

Duckworth_Luas · 13-11-2016 09:02PM

June1992 wrote: »

Typical Boards thanks whoring.

It would be the top post in the thread on Reddit

SimonTemplar · 13-11-2016 09:04PM

June1992 wrote: »

There's 3,300 posts in the Trump thread for example. Who wants to read all that?

Why not have the best, most upvoted (or liked in the case), posts rise to the top like Reddit and make things far more readable?

Im back reading Boards after a sabbatical but I see nothing has changed. It's still very much Old Web and a chore to peruse. What a shame and a wasted opportunity.

Back to Reddit for me it is then.

Unless you browsed the internet using Netscape or IE3 using dial up when rounded corners were considered cutting edge web design, you know nothing of the 'old web'

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-11-2016 09:10PM

June1992 wrote: »

There's 3,300 posts in the Trump thread for example. Who wants to read all that?

Why not have the best, most upvoted (or liked in the case), posts rise to the top like Reddit and make things far more readable?

Im back reading Boards after a sabbatical but I see nothing has changed. It's still very much Old Web and a chore to peruse. What a shame and a wasted opportunity.

Back to Reddit for me it is then.

Well , as they say, if you prefer Reddit then go use Reddit. This is boards and does what Boards does. It's not rocket science.

aaronjumper · 13-11-2016 09:13PM

I for one will miss you terribly. I can only hope that time heals my wounds.

DontThankMe · 13-11-2016 09:13PM

Make boards great again!

Alf Stewart. · 13-11-2016 09:13PM

**logs into Reddit to tell its users he's going back to boards**

Reminds me in a mickey comparison competition.

Skylinehead · 13-11-2016 09:14PM

June1992 wrote: »

There's 3,300 posts in the Trump thread for example. Who wants to read all that?

Why not have the best, most upvoted (or liked in the case), posts rise to the top like Reddit and make things far more readable?

Because we're not an echo chamber. I like Reddit but not for debate, if you hide the unpopular opinions at the bottom of the page then it's not a discussion, it's a circle jerk.

KERSPLAT! · 13-11-2016 09:15PM

DontThankMe wrote: »

Make boards great again!

We'll have no more of that!!

If you prefer Reddit then use Reddit. I can't catch on to it at all but sure different strokes for different folks

kfallon · 13-11-2016 09:16PM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Because we're not an echo chamber. I like Reddit but not for debate, if you hide the unpopular opinions at the bottom of the page then it's not a discussion, it's a circle jerk.

Tbh you're not really allowed voice the unpopular opinions here anyway

aaronjumper · 13-11-2016 09:17PM

kfallon wrote: »

Tbh you're not really allowed voice the unpopular opinions here anyway

Ban the heretic!

lawlolawl · 13-11-2016 09:19PM

I don't really "get" Reddit.

It's basically an image hosting/hotlinking site with votes. Just really low content and not even vaguely conducive to discussion.

Lady Haywire · 13-11-2016 09:23PM

Search thread > * > Sort by > Most thanked.

Really fúcking difficult so that was. :rolleyes:

Grayson · 13-11-2016 09:25PM

kfallon wrote: »

Tbh you're not really allowed voice the unpopular opinions here anyway

Except for all the threads that have unpopular opinions. Including the one called unpopular opinions.

Skylinehead · 13-11-2016 09:25PM

kfallon wrote: »

Tbh you're not really allowed voice the unpopular opinions here anyway

> says everyone from all sides

Unless you're talking about racism or whatever, in which case good.

13-11-2016 09:31PM

If you want boards to be more like Reddit, then why not just go to Reddit ...?

Star_Nupa · 13-11-2016 09:40PM

Use both? So far, none of my computers have exploded having a tab in Reddit and one in Boards open at the same time...

KingBrian2 · 13-11-2016 09:42PM

Boards should be more like Stormfront. Get the controversy out of the way.:)

Fleawuss · 13-11-2016 10:27PM

OP has been devoured. Only small bits of fur and scattered bones remain.
Next!

Stigura · 13-11-2016 11:11PM

lawlolawl wrote: »

I don't really "get" Reddit.

It's basically an image hosting/hotlinking site with votes. Just really low content and not even vaguely conducive to discussion.

Yep. I only ever end up there looking at some amusing meme, or what ever, from a link elsewhere. I really don't care about the comments below them. Who gives a f**k what some random stranger thinks of another random strangers Confession Bear?

I look at the subject matter and f**k off.

Wibbs · 13-11-2016 11:40PM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Because we're not an echo chamber. I like Reddit but not for debate, if you hide the unpopular opinions at the bottom of the page then it's not a discussion, it's a circle jerk.

This in a big way. For me anyway. OK I'm an old fart, so that may be one reason I don't like reddit style layouts, but the echo chamber tendency is far greater on such a platform. Sure it's easy to read the top up voted replies, but that reflects the local ecosystem and worldview of the sub. Grand for techies stuff, even welcome, but not nearly so much for actual debate. Granted, it does seem as if more and more people want more and more echo chambers, but again for me I usually learn far more about myself and my position on a subject from those who disagree with me.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 13-11-2016 11:47PM

I really want to see what Reddit is like but I actually couldn't be arsed going to the effort to check. It's a sorry day when you're too lazy to type a website address into an address bar.

Senna · 13-11-2016 11:55PM

I never really got reddit, I have visited the site many time, but I can never understand what I'm looking at.

Why cant this place be more like Reddit?

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