Reddit

Are there a lot of people here that use Reddit? Any ideas of what we can do with the subreddit, if anything?

Anytime Reddit comes up, there's a fair number of people that slander it. It may be a vocal minority but I don't think many people here care for it.

I don't, it seems like it's just one step above 4Chan to me.

This is going to go badly, isn't it?

I use it but don't post a lot. The community there for the most part is horrific and it's just not fun having discussions with some of the people there. It is however a great place for certain things and some subreddits are a lot better than others.

We can open a Giant Bomb subreddit which will be like the Giant Bomb forums only worse.

@Mr_Skeleton said:

We can open a Giant Bomb subreddit which will be like the Giant Bomb forums only worse.

There already is and it's pretty stale. Just links to some videos and articles, mostly old stuff.

I like reddit a lot for news updates and watching videos, but anything else like the memes get pretty repetitive.

The only time I go to Reddit is when someone happens to post a link from something there.

I don't really care for Reddit.

I always try to use Reddit but the layout and format of the site are so exhausting and uncomfortable. How can anyone read that infinite wall of adjacent comments?

The only subreddit I've ever read is nosleep, there are some decent stories on there.

I frequent the horror subreddits (creepy, truecreepy, FearMe, etc.) mostly, but sometimes I poke around the bigger ones.

I have never seen Reddit so I'm not sure how bad it is. I have heard bad things though.

I use it quiet often. I have most of the meme/circlejerk heavy subreddits blocked.

@believer258 said:

Anytime Reddit comes up, there's a fair number of people that slander it. It may be a vocal minority but I don't think many people here care for it.

I don't, it seems like it's just one step above 4Chan to me.

I vastly prefer 4chan's layout to Reddit's, but I've been visiting 4chan off 'n' on for 6 years now, since the great Something Awful forum purge. I think most of us have gone back to Something Awful, as too many idiots came in and perceived our faux-stupidity as genuine stupidity and came to revel in it.

/r/gonewild is the only reason to visit Reddit.

I'm not really seeing the benefit of a GB section there...we got all the tools we need right here.

Why would you need it when the GB forums are right here?

*stares dreamily into the middle distance*

Reddit, to me at least, is that section of the internet that is best left to use when it is needed - rather than going out of our way to be a part of it. While there is plenty of information there that is worthwhile, it's filled with nonsense that is comparative to 4chan, so I avoid it.

reddit is garbage. I mean, 4chan is too, but they don't put on airs and pretend that they aren't garbage like reddit does.

Never really got the Reddit hate. I use the site quite a bit, they usually have quite a bit of funny and witty content showing up on the site on a very regular basis.

I use Reddit a lot, but it does get the same reaction around here as neoGAF. Can't we all just get along?

It's useful for filtering news that I care about and news I don't, and there's lots of good stuff there if you know where to look.

Wow the internet is a real cool place sometimes, first time visiting reddit.

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/yuo2q/hi_reddit_photoshop_magicians_well_my_grandmother/

It's a great place to be a bitter, lonely and bigoted libertarian.

OMG!

@PalmettoBling said:

Any ideas of what we can do with the subreddit, if anything?

Not quite sure what you mean by this? I'm not really up on reddit, go to /gaming every now and then but don't really check out the comments section, just the posts.

I don't have a problem with reddit, just feels kind of weird. I'm not sure what I would do there.

@RazielCuts said:

@PalmettoBling said:

Any ideas of what we can do with the subreddit, if anything?

Not quite sure what you mean by this? I'm not really up on reddit, go to /gaming every now and then but don't really check out the comments section, just the posts.

I think he might mean the giantbomb subreddit which is dead.

Also to OP, there is really no need for /r/giantbomb since we have giantbomb.

Seems like a combination of variety of horrible things about the internet.

10% Hateful misogynistic adult porn.

10% "Non-nude" child porn and dudes asking for the "goods".

10% 9/11 conspiracists, "group stalking" nuts, chemtrail fanatics.

10% Ayn Rand/Ron Paul propaganda, egomaniacs, eugenicists, capitalist extremists.

10% Communist extremists, anarchy conspiracy theorists, white men with dreads and needle marks quoting RATM.

10% Hateful misogynist and homophobic and racist "gamers", that kid that promises to OWN your mom on Xbox Live.

10% Hackers posting propaganda threats to steal passwords/social security numbers.

10% Yuppie liberal bloggers trying to win journalism awards for essays about displaced Katrina victims or Fox News lie tallies.

10% Cute cats. Cute asian pop stars.

10% Mainstream/gossip news stories. (Yankee slugger A-Rod spills ice cream cone, it lands in the shape of virgin mary...)

@boocreepyfootdoctor said:

Seems like a combination of variety of horrible things about the internet.

10% Hateful misogynistic adult porn.

10% "Non-nude" child porn and dudes asking for the "goods".

10% 9/11 conspiracists, "group stalking" nuts, chemtrail fanatics.

10% Ayn Rand/Ron Paul propaganda, egomaniacs, eugenicists, capitalist extremists.

10% Communist extremists, anarchy conspiracy theorists, white men with dreads and needle marks quoting RATM.

10% Hateful misogynist and homophobic and racist "gamers", that kid that promises to OWN your mom on Xbox Live.

10% Hackers posting propaganda threats to steal passwords/social security numbers.

10% Yuppie liberal bloggers trying to win journalism awards for essays about displaced Katrina victims or Fox News lie tallies.

10% Cute cats. Cute asian pop stars.

10% Mainstream/gossip news stories. (Yankee slugger A-Rod spills ice cream cone, it lands in the shape of virgin mary...)

I don't think you have been on reddit.

I check it when I'm bored (that's what the internet is for). Don't know why people hate on message boards. It's about as stupid as hating on a steak sauce or something.

I dunno man, anytime I ever hear about Reddit its either:

"You won't believe what Bill O'Reilly claims should be taught in schools..."

"Sheeple masses refuse to illuminate their minds about reptile..."

"Scientists say Los Angeles will be underwater in five years if Comcast..."

"11 year old JB bikini beach russia..."

"Bitch cunt kitchen whore ruined Mass Effect 3 auto-aim sensitivity..."

"LOLOL worlds funniest brutal car accidents from Norway tons of gore..."

Not those exact words but headlines like it.

I really like Reddit and use it quite a lot. I think most people just look at the front page and come to the conclusion that it's not for them. When you create and account and customize which subreddits you want to subscribe to it becomes infinitely better.

@MAN_FLANNEL said:

I check it when I'm bored (that's what the internet is for). Don't know why people hate on message boards. It's about as stupid as hating on a steak sauce or something.

Well, its not that any one is worse than the others, although I believe that a small, purposeful one, actively moderated and viewed by the staff themselves thrives more. There may be a few people here trying to role-play internet life, get the last word in, be an "intenet tough guy", get the ultimate post count, etc. but nowhere near as horribly as neogaf and something awful and the like are.

Sometimes I go to Reddit when I need to be reminded how to hate.

@boocreepyfootdoctor said:

@MAN_FLANNEL said:

I check it when I'm bored (that's what the internet is for). Don't know why people hate on message boards. It's about as stupid as hating on a steak sauce or something.

Well, its not that any one is worse than the others, although I believe that a small, purposeful one, actively moderated and viewed by the staff themselves thrives more. There may be a few people here trying to role-play internet life, get the last word in, be an "intenet tough guy", get the ultimate post count, etc. but nowhere near as horribly as neogaf and something awful and the like are.

lol have you ever been to SA?

the only thing i don't like about it is the layout. i don't really get the layout of it. i just browsed it for a few minutes and it was weird. i clicked on a link saw a picture and then had to click on the view comments to see the comments.

they pretty much ruin memes. i don't get the whole le comment. le pokerface le trollface le rageface.

I think Reddit is fine, but what's the benefit of a GB reddit when we already have the forums? I know the format is different, but it just seems too niche (the subset of GB fans that want to post there and not in the forums) to be sustainable.

I use it quite often, more than GB probably

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KETTEHS!!!

@TheSlothKing: Well, the whole reason I really brought it up, is that at work Giant Bomb is blocked, but Reddit is not. I find myself on Reddit quite a bit during the day, scoping the headlines in /r/GamingNews, reading interesting stuff in /r/AskScience and finding out what's new in my town in /r/Charleston. Since I can get there and not here, I was just hoping we could us /r/GiantBomb for something.

Easily one of the worst communities on the internet. Now obviously there are many niche subreddits but the main ''reddit'' is just the most abhorrent piece of shit on the internet. Rotten self righteous pseudo intellectuals oozing with forced slave morality.

Just create a GB thread on /v/ once in a while, sometimes they take off. I mean 4chan is pretty shitty but compared to reddits it's great.

If your into horse porn and atheism.

There was a Subreddit-thing at one point I could get in to. 
It was all about trying to take down 4chan and reddit .. Was kinda weird, but fun to read

Reddit is interesting so long as you can see past the large, awful subreddits, with /r/atheism, /r/AdviceAnimals, /r/gaming, and /r/AskReddit being the main offenders, although that last one is at least endearingly terrible.

Looked at it once or twice for a short amount of time, didn't care for it. There are other sites I'd much rather visit, like this one I suppose.

Also, is this going to be a 4chan vs. Reddit thread soon?