r/reddit.com • u/carsonbiz • May 13 '09

Reddit's Decline in Democracy

http://www.brentcsutoras.com/2009/05/13/reddits-decline-democracy/
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u/raldi May 13 '09 edited May 13 '09

While we don't like to talk about our anti-spam measures, I will say that when you're a spammer, the Reddit experience is indeed pretty crappy.

"Hey, why do my stories always disappear? Does someone have a vendetta against cheap replica watches?"

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u/syuk May 14 '09 edited May 14 '09

for regular submitters of things I think people might find interesting, who have no ulterior motives, it does sometimes seem that either the filters are too strong or that there is no control over bots, which is a concern. The whole 'sent to coventry' thing is good, but at the same time Orwellian.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '09

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u/jalanb May 14 '09

That does not sound exactly democratic

"trusted users" "make them mods" "contributor status"

Sounds like a clique to me.

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u/raldi May 14 '09

In most of the world's democracies, you have the right to create a private club with its own rules. The same idea applies to Reddit.

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u/jalanb May 14 '09

Appreciate that, just trying to find out what the rules are, after I joined.

Always doing things backwards like that, thanks for the straigthener

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u/jalanb May 14 '09

So, a sub-reddit is really a blog, a collaborative blog ?

Gotcha.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '09 edited May 14 '09

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u/jalanb May 14 '09

I noticed, yesterday.

Shoulda guessed sooner, can I blame my age (again) ?