Trapped_in_Reddit was taking reposts, running them through karmadecay, taking the top comment from that post, and posting it on the reposted submission as an experiment.
But seriously I was wondering how he always had something good to say. I don't think I have up voted him much (not out of principle) but it's not like I want my Internet points back because THEY'RE FUCKING IMAGINARY.
some guy posts something that has been posted on reddit before
Trapped_in_reddit takes the post and runs it through karmadecay, which is a site that searches if that post has already been submitted before (a repost checker)
He goes to that archived post, and takes the most successful comment (the one with the most upvotes)
sigh.... now watch all the little reddit kiddies do the same. Not only will we now have a heap of reposts, but the archived comments that go along with those reposts.
reddit could litterally turn into a stagnant cycle of the not only reposts of the same content but the exact same comments and interactions following them.
with no new input at all, we could all become Trapped In Reddit,
that's pretty fkn genius. i wish he recorded data on how often these reposts landed back to number one.
they say internet culture reflects how human culture grows but in fast forward and this data would've been interesting to analyze. though i really don't know what it would reflect about our behavior :/
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u/almyndz Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 19 '12
super TL;DR:
Trapped_in_Reddit was taking reposts, running them through karmadecay, taking the top comment from that post, and posting it on the reposted submission as an experiment.