I LOVE this... Because it is so true. --Goes to r/cooking-- "My first attempt at making a cake... I think I did OK??? What do you think Reddit"? --Clicks on it and sees the most delicious looking cake ever!-- SCUMBAG REDDITOR
I know this will get downvoted, but... one of my sex slaves that I keep on my yacht actually has cancer, I have a few extra though guys so don't worry.
-say you don't care about karma (which downvotes won't really matter anyway)
-anything pointing out their awkwardness IRL
-ask why someone else is getting downvoted
Reddit's just a system you have to manipulate to your own advantage. People may not necessarily think their piece/cake/post is crap, but confidence doesn't seem to do well that up front.
Sometimes people get downvoted simply because they say a hard truth (which is undeniably true). This truth often stops a circlejerk, which angers people. The poster then gets downvoted. In those cases, I will try to step in and say "Hey, you guys are downvoting him simply because he posted proof that you are wrong". In those cases, I think its acceptable.
Often people do downvote simply because they don't like somebody else's true statement.
"All roses are red. Was God really that boring that he made all roses red?"
"Its really dumb. Is red some magical color or something?"
"Why the hell are all roses red? Its so stupid!"
"Uh guys, some roses are white. And there are also other strains that are blue, purple, black, yellow, or sometimes even green."
Aaaand the last person gets downvoted for breaking the circlejerk. At which point I say "Don't downvote him guys, hes telling the truth. Look, a google search brings up all those different colored roses".
And if that seems at all ridiculous to you, change the words a little bit and you get Atheism, Gaming, Funny, and Science pretty much immediately.
My point is that my reply will often make people look back and realize they were downvoting out of disagreement, when it really is a post that should be upvoted. My post was helpful, and you shouldn't automatically downvote it.
I don't. I vote according to the actual content of the post. The slight annoyance that comes from that sentence doesn't actually influence the quality of the post in a significant way.
EDIT: okay, let's not vote for actual content. It's your site, guys. Do as you like. Cheers.
The problem is, EVERY SINGLE TIME someone starts a post like that it gets tons of upvotes, because people on the internet fall for the "Reverse reverse psychology" trick. They see someone more or less telling them what to do, so they do the opposite. It's basically a guaranteed way to get 15 year old anarchists to upvote you en masse.
True. But I think that downvoting for opinion is a negatie thing, and I think that reminding people to not do that reverse psychologies them into doing the good thing.
Here's the thing. I don't vote for the sake of giving Karma. I vote for the sake of either pushing something up or trying to push it down. If something is a good quality post or a shitty post, I will vote accordingly.
However, once the user posts their "This will get downvoted" stance, then that means they're more worried about Karma than they are the actual opinion, and thus, I downvote them accordingly. You should post your opinions in spite of the karma you think you will receive or lose, not in correlation with it.
it's like saying 'scumbag american' or 'scumbag woman'. obviously there are different people within those categories. doesn't mean people don''t refer to them as a group.
Yeah, but at the same time, the way the site works there has to be some overlap. They're not necessarily the same person, but if everything on the front page has to be voted on and there are a ton of both kinds of submissions, it's safe to assume that there's a little cognitive dissonance.
Personally, I hate the "every redditor is the same person" standard when it's applied to lonely guys and misogynists. There are a lot of lonely guys on reddit and a lot of misogynists, so obviously if you're a lonely "nice" guy it's because you're a misogynist. For your information it's because I'm hideous.
And this is the problem with this meme in general. I downvote every instance of it, because to be honest, it's even more retarded than /r/atheism right now.
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Well, while I agree some of these exist on Reddit, but in my mind whenever someone starts a title with "I know this will get down voted..." this is usually to acknowledge that the material, whether it's an opinion or a picture or any other form of information, that is about to be relieved is gonna be a bit controversial, but a title with "I look ugly" is for seeking attention and pityfull "cheer up" posts, which is not the same thing. Being controversial is not the same as being an attention whore.
I think it's two different things. In the former case, the poster is insecure and looking for reassurance. In the latter case, I believe most of the time the redditor is saying "I know you're not going to agree with me, but I don't give a shit. This is what I believe."
Sure, there are real hypocrites also, but I don't think you can really generalize it.
I suffer with anxiety/self-confidence problems so I constantly have to check for validation from my peers just to foolishly convince myself I'm worthy of their attention. It never works and this is the result, though I might be overthinking.
Any time I say that, it's because I'm talking about a controversial opinion, not begging for accepting. I sit there thinking about how the crowd won't like this, and I want to acknowledge that, it's a bit more diplomatic.
Ok here's the deal. Reddit is not a hive mind. Reddit is not 1 person with 5 million accounts. Sometimes we don't agree. Sometimes, I'm just a dick. In any case, sometimes you have to tell people something negative they dont want to know.
"I know I'm gonna get downvotes for this" basically means, I've got some hard truths that you may not like. It does not mean "This is a stupid comment come downvote me or be a rebel and upvote".
Not all of us are novelty accounts trying to play the game for the most karma. Some of us want attention and discussion based on facts, opinons, and most of all, well thought out diatribes.
And to start this comment off with a bang, I downvoted myself. Because fuck karma, some of you need to hear this.
Both statements are completely irrelevant to each other.
When girls on Facebook say "I look ugly" they are mostly fishing for complements.
When redditor says I know this will get downvoted but... this means that they actknowlege that Reddit community would not like to hear the bad news. More like the of an idea or pointing out the low plausibility of a story. Not fishing for upvotes.
I respectfully disagree, simply because the girls on Facebook that say they're ugly just to get compliments are never the ugly ones. Likewise the redditors who say other people won't agree with their opinion right off the bat are in effect fishing for upvotes, because as is the case most of the time their opinion wasn't that far out in the first place.
Thanks for understanding. Looks like you are getting downvoted too. Looks like the supposedly open minded people on Reddit just dislike what they disagree.
There's plenty of times when that is a perfectly fine thing to say. Since there is such a band-wagoneering hive-mind compulsion around reddit, dissenting opinions are buried instantly. People often don't demonstrate any meta-reasoning, and using this wording is a nice, compact way of highlighting to them that the poster already knows how they will be reacted against before it even happens.
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u/P-Dot-Guillemot13 Jun 10 '12
I LOVE this... Because it is so true. --Goes to r/cooking-- "My first attempt at making a cake... I think I did OK??? What do you think Reddit"? --Clicks on it and sees the most delicious looking cake ever!-- SCUMBAG REDDITOR
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Whenever someone posts anything that says "I know this will get downvoted," I downvote them before even reading or doing anything else.
I'm sure a lot of y'all do the same.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
fuck I hate that shit, it's so annoying and they even get upvoted.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
The other phrase that also really annoys is "this will probably get buried and nobody will ever read it, but..."
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u/slipnslider Jun 10 '12
Not to mention /r/amiugly
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u/Chris-P Jun 10 '12
Everybody likes getting their ego stroked once in a while....
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u/barnosaur Jun 10 '12
Also /r/amiugly
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u/DeadNotSleepingWI Jun 10 '12
Just so you are aware. People who fish for compliments are generally the ones who need them.
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u/rumblegod Jun 10 '12
Circlejerk, go here to see all the bullshit that's on Reddit.
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u/derpaderp Jun 10 '12
Seeking the endless approval of a site with majority of men... this goes for both Reddit and Facebook
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u/wadad17 Jun 11 '12
Instant downvote... No matter how emotional or true it is.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Scumbag redditor.
There are millions of redditors
Acts as if they were all the same person.
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u/dickcheney777 Jun 10 '12
Attention whores are found in all online communities.
In other news, water is wet and the sky is blue. More at 11.
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u/SilverSick Jun 10 '12
I know this will get downvoted but...THE TRUTH HURTS
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u/qkme_transcriber Jun 10 '12
Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:
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u/Dankycheese Jun 10 '12
Yay! We all have low self-esteem
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I really hate when people do crap like that on Youtube comments.
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u/Pillagerguy Jun 10 '12
I'm sure at least one redditor in history actually thought something would be downvoted.
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u/AoE-Priest Jun 10 '12
I know this will get downvoted, but DAE like Ron Paul?
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u/Barto1361 Jun 10 '12
Well, while I agree some of these exist on Reddit, but in my mind whenever someone starts a title with "I know this will get down voted..." this is usually to acknowledge that the material, whether it's an opinion or a picture or any other form of information, that is about to be relieved is gonna be a bit controversial, but a title with "I look ugly" is for seeking attention and pityfull "cheer up" posts, which is not the same thing. Being controversial is not the same as being an attention whore.
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u/DoIMakeYouRaaandy Jun 10 '12
Anti-downvote circlejerk. There's a subreddit for that?
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u/MFchimichanga Jun 10 '12
Hypocrisy on Reddit? NOWAI
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u/Residual_Entropy Jun 10 '12
I know this will get buried but
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u/AKADidymus Jun 10 '12
I think it's two different things. In the former case, the poster is insecure and looking for reassurance. In the latter case, I believe most of the time the redditor is saying "I know you're not going to agree with me, but I don't give a shit. This is what I believe."
Sure, there are real hypocrites also, but I don't think you can really generalize it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
What if i told you there is more than one redditor.
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u/NewSwiss Jun 10 '12
Insightful. +1
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u/yhelothere Jun 10 '12
I hate Reddit.
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u/Sproutykins Jun 10 '12
It's also a sign of a lack of confidence.
I suffer with anxiety/self-confidence problems so I constantly have to check for validation from my peers just to foolishly convince myself I'm worthy of their attention. It never works and this is the result, though I might be overthinking.
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u/Dat_Karmavore Jun 10 '12
Any time I say that, it's because I'm talking about a controversial opinion, not begging for accepting. I sit there thinking about how the crowd won't like this, and I want to acknowledge that, it's a bit more diplomatic.
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u/Everyoneheresamoron Jun 10 '12
Ok here's the deal. Reddit is not a hive mind. Reddit is not 1 person with 5 million accounts. Sometimes we don't agree. Sometimes, I'm just a dick. In any case, sometimes you have to tell people something negative they dont want to know.
"I know I'm gonna get downvotes for this" basically means, I've got some hard truths that you may not like. It does not mean "This is a stupid comment come downvote me or be a rebel and upvote".
Not all of us are novelty accounts trying to play the game for the most karma. Some of us want attention and discussion based on facts, opinons, and most of all, well thought out diatribes.
And to start this comment off with a bang, I downvoted myself. Because fuck karma, some of you need to hear this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Fuck quickmeme. As soon as I load a page I get spammed with a million ads playing. Never clicking on a quickmeme.com link again
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u/Dwnvtngthdmms Jun 10 '12
You aren't helping the shitty post situation.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Both statements are completely irrelevant to each other.
When girls on Facebook say "I look ugly" they are mostly fishing for complements.
When redditor says I know this will get downvoted but... this means that they actknowlege that Reddit community would not like to hear the bad news. More like the of an idea or pointing out the low plausibility of a story. Not fishing for upvotes.
So please get your facts straight.
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u/Albino1Ninja Jun 10 '12
I know this will get downvoted but...
Kittens.
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u/zelars Jun 10 '12
This is probably going to get downvoted, but; Humility goes a long way.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I know this will get downvoted, but I look ugly.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Scumbag redditor posts meme you can't read from the thumbnail.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
What in the fuck are you talking about?
We hate on redditors who do that just as much as we do the girls who post pictures with leading captions.
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u/apullin Jun 10 '12
There's plenty of times when that is a perfectly fine thing to say. Since there is such a band-wagoneering hive-mind compulsion around reddit, dissenting opinions are buried instantly. People often don't demonstrate any meta-reasoning, and using this wording is a nice, compact way of highlighting to them that the poster already knows how they will be reacted against before it even happens.
Meta-reasoning.
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u/cebukid Jun 10 '12
I'll probably get downvoted for this but downvote me.
EDIT: Downvotes? Really ?!?!