Comments on: Reddit culture well-tuned to spot hoaxes http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 06:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1426420 devophill Thu, 17 May 2012 11:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1426420  Yeah, but he saved me from having to look for that knowyourmeme page myself.  Yeah, but he saved me from having to look for that knowyourmeme page myself.

]]> By: PeaceLove http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1426146 PeaceLove Wed, 16 May 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1426146 "...an audience exquisitely tuned to the forensic texture of information..." What a fantastic description of a certain type of webhead (many BBers included). That kind of innate sensitivity to information flows is quite hard to describe to older folks and the non-web-savvy. “…an audience exquisitely tuned to the forensic texture of information…”
What a fantastic description of a certain type of webhead (many BBers included). That kind of innate sensitivity to information flows is quite hard to describe to older folks and the non-web-savvy.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425924 chgoliz Wed, 16 May 2012 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425924 You're new here, right? You’re new here, right?

]]> By: anywayonward http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425759 anywayonward Wed, 16 May 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425759 I don't know if you meant this as some sort of meta-joke but the last line,  "The papers look falsely aged. I can tell from the burnt edges, and from having seen many falsely aged papers in my time." is a parody of the meme "This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time." Source:  http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/this-looks-shopped I don’t know if you meant this as some sort of meta-joke but the last line, 
“The papers look falsely aged. I can tell from the burnt edges, and from having seen many falsely aged papers in my time.” is a parody of the meme “This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.” Source: 
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/this-looks-shopped

]]> By: Capital_7 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425702 Capital_7 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425702 They are hostile and suspicious of EVERYTHING there.  In this one example, it just worked out that they were right.  Any ten other true stories would have gotten the same response. They are hostile and suspicious of EVERYTHING there.  In this one example, it just worked out that they were right.  Any ten other true stories would have gotten the same response.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425668 nixiebunny Wed, 16 May 2012 16:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425668  Based on the premise that Reddit can spot hoaxes, what does Reddit have to say about this particular conspiracy theory?  Based on the premise that Reddit can spot hoaxes, what does Reddit have to say about this particular conspiracy theory?

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425568 dragonfrog Wed, 16 May 2012 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425568 So, this guy is edit:<b>was</b> having his class vandalize Wikipedia for class credit.  Nice.  I wonder how he would handle a student refusing to deliberately damage a public resource. So, this guy is edit:was having his class vandalize Wikipedia for class credit.  Nice.  I wonder how he would handle a student refusing to deliberately damage a public resource.

]]> By: Toby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425526 Toby Wed, 16 May 2012 15:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425526 As a longtime and dedicated redditor, I have to say thank you for stroking the site's users' already swollen egos. I didn't think there was a way you could make us feel more superior to the rest of the internet, and yet, you found a way! As a longtime and dedicated redditor, I have to say thank you for stroking the site’s users’ already swollen egos. I didn’t think there was a way you could make us feel more superior to the rest of the internet, and yet, you found a way!

]]> By: Barry Convex http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425523 Barry Convex Wed, 16 May 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425523 Reddit gets millions of unique visitors a day. There's going to be a whole pile of shit in there. Try not to overgeneralize. Facebook has just as much misogyny and casual racism...and there people put their real names to it! Reddit gets millions of unique visitors a day. There’s going to be a whole pile of shit in there. Try not to overgeneralize.

Facebook has just as much misogyny and casual racism…and there people put their real names to it!

]]> By: Barry Convex http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425525 Barry Convex Wed, 16 May 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425525 Says the guy commenting on a blog that gets about 5 posts a day from Reddit. Says the guy commenting on a blog that gets about 5 posts a day from Reddit.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425520 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 16 May 2012 15:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425520 "Wikipedia...  has a rigid, exclusionary culture that is easy to exploit once it is understood." Now there's something I've been trying to figure out how to say concisely for years. “Wikipedia…  has a rigid, exclusionary culture that is easy to exploit once it is understood.”

Now there’s something I’ve been trying to figure out how to say concisely for years.

]]> By: Charlie Lesoine http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425479 Charlie Lesoine Wed, 16 May 2012 14:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425479 Lol Reddit thinks it's relevant. Lol Reddit thinks it’s relevant.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425446 Rob Beschizza Wed, 16 May 2012 14:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425446 Thank you! Thank you!

]]> By: AwesomeRobot http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425402 AwesomeRobot Wed, 16 May 2012 14:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425402 How far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go? There's a (very plausible) reddit conspiracy theory that the US armed forces are using the site for propaganda purposes. New users with no previous posts often post military-affiliated content, then the account ends up deleted.  http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/t6pqc/man_absolutely_floored_by_the_return_of_his/c4k329k and http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/t6pqc/man_absolutely_floored_by_the_return_of_his/c4k5mry The military is known to be active in social media, but it's increasingly creepy the deeper the propaganda gets. How far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go?

There’s a (very plausible) reddit conspiracy theory that the US armed forces are using the site for propaganda purposes. New users with no previous posts often post military-affiliated content, then the account ends up deleted. 

http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/t6pqc/man_absolutely_floored_by_the_return_of_his/c4k329k

and

http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/t6pqc/man_absolutely_floored_by_the_return_of_his/c4k5mry

The military is known to be active in social media, but it’s increasingly creepy the deeper the propaganda gets.

]]> By: togi http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425403 togi Wed, 16 May 2012 14:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425403 'Milieux' is plural of 'Milieu', so you want either '... social milieu makes...' or 'social milieux make'. /pedant ‘Milieux’ is plural of ‘Milieu’, so you want either ‘… social milieu makes…’ or ‘social milieux make’. /pedant

]]> By: MB44 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425404 MB44 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425404 Proof or GTFO. Just kidding. Proof or GTFO. Just kidding.

]]> By: Michael Hassall http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425393 Michael Hassall Wed, 16 May 2012 13:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425393  Well except on the Misogyny and Racism pages  Well except on the Misogyny and Racism pages

]]> By: Tom Mendelsohn http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html#comment-1425366 Tom Mendelsohn Wed, 16 May 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161156#comment-1425366 True, but Wikipedia isn't a hive of misogyny and casual racism... True, but Wikipedia isn’t a hive of misogyny and casual racism…

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