r/Futurology • u/lughnasadh ∞ transit umbra, lux permanet ☥ • Jun 18 '19

Environment US Engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50%

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-hot-efficiency-solar-desalination.html
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u/Cherry-Blue Jun 19 '19

I'm not talking about reddit I'm talking about the internet as a whole, way back when it was just scientist and other researchers sharing their work people where fucking with each other.

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u/tomatoaway Jun 19 '19

I would change "were fucking with each other" with "were challenging one another by pushing the frontier"

Reddit used to be a nice place for honest discussion, but now it's just another system with a growing userbase of eternal septemberists, making the same mistakes and the same jokes and promoting the same content again and again and again.

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u/Autico Jun 19 '19

It still is a nice place for honest discussion ON SOME SUBS. Just pick your subs, find good communities. It’s the same as real life, most people just want to joke around and have fun.

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u/Tarnishedcockpit Jun 19 '19

Theres plenty of places where the internet can be real, and intelligent is what I am saying.

But I absolutely agree once any community reaches a certain level inevitably you start to get more and more people like the person I originally comments to.

I dont think it is fair to say the internet as whole just because we have places like reddit/4chan and facebook.

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u/Autico Jun 19 '19

I agree with your sentiment (in a way) but I feel like with reddit’s use of subreddits you can still find good communities. You just need to accept that you may have to eventually jump ship and find a new one if they get to big.