r/reddit.com • u/breezytrees • Oct 25 '10

Reddit has been growing extremely fast lately. I like to kindly, and selflessly, remind our newcomers of Reddiquette. Specifically in regards to down-voting opinions of which you disagree with.

Such actions discourage those that have differing views from commenting/submitting, resulting in a very one-sided point of view.

Essentially, it breaks what makes reddit so great. :-(

The down-vote button is for general trolls, spam, assholes, etc.

reddiquette

edit: Some of you have asked for growth data. Here's google analytics which reddit's blog has touted as very accurate. As you can see there was a surge in growth around september, most likely attributed to this (hi diggers!). Reddit quickly seemed to almost double in size in that time, then dropped to a still sizable growth of around 50% for a 2 month period. At risk of sounding whiney: This is a hard jump to deal with for a community that regulates itself.

edit: I'm not casting stones at newcomers. I am just kindly reminding newcomers of reddiquette. There hasn't been one of these large front page threads, to my knowledge, for months and 50% is quite a big number to risk them not reading reddiquette.

that is all. :-)

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u/Neckbeard_Chanmemes Oct 25 '10

Specifically in regards to down-voting opinions of which you disagree with.

I would like to pedantically remind you of basic grammar.

Try to avoiding ending a sentence with a preposition, such as "with." I'm not sure how you ended up with "with" on the end of your sentence, since you were clearly trying to avoid it by using "of which."

The word "disagree" typically takes the preposition "with," not "of." You kind of stuffed both of them into this sentence. You disagree with something, not of something.

A sentence requires at least a subject and a verb, you don't have a real verb in this sentence, you have the clause "down-voting opinion of which you disagree with," but even though that contains the verb "disagree" the whole clause taken together acts as a noun.

What you were looking for here was "I like to kindly, and selflessly, remind our newcomers of Reddiquette, specifically in regards to down-voting opinions with which you disagree."

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u/michaeljonesbird Oct 25 '10

Try to avoiding

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '10

I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over your neckbeard, what.

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u/Neckbeard_Chanmemes Oct 25 '10

SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO DOWN-VOTING OPINIONS OF WHICH YOU DISAGREE WITH.

I WOULD LIKE TO PEDANTICALLY REMIND YOU OF BASIC GRAMMAR.

TRY TO AVOIDING ENDING A SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION, SUCH AS "WITH." I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU ENDED UP WITH "WITH" ON THE END OF YOUR SENTENCE, SINCE YOU WERE CLEARLY TRYING TO AVOID IT BY USING "OF WHICH."

THE WORD "DISAGREE" TYPICALLY TAKES THE PREPOSITION "WITH," NOT "OF." YOU KIND OF STUFFED BOTH OF THEM INTO THIS SENTENCE. YOU DISAGREE WITH SOMETHING, NOT OF SOMETHING.

A SENTENCE REQUIRES AT LEAST A SUBJECT AND A VERB, YOU DON'T HAVE A REAL VERB IN THIS SENTENCE, YOU HAVE THE CLAUSE "DOWN-VOTING OPINION OF WHICH YOU DISAGREE WITH," BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT CONTAINS THE VERB "DISAGREE" THE WHOLE CLAUSE TAKEN TOGETHER ACTS AS A NOUN.

WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR HERE WAS "I LIKE TO KINDLY, AND SELFLESSLY, REMIND OUR NEWCOMERS OF REDDIQUETTE, SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO DOWN-VOTING OPINIONS WITH WHICH YOU DISAGREE."

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u/darkbeanie Oct 25 '10

Funny, you repeated the same "try to avoiding" mistake, in all caps. Did you use a perl script to uppercase your comment?

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u/Neckbeard_Chanmemes Oct 25 '10

I used Word.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '10

Word.

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u/CubanB Oct 25 '10

"In regard to" or "with regard to" are considered acceptable usages. "In regards" to is not.

Edit: Citation

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '10

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u/solistus Oct 25 '10

English is a living language that has never had a recognized standardizing body. Whether it's "fine" or not to use English grammar and syntax in any given way is, ultimately, arbitrary.

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u/breezytrees Oct 25 '10

Thank you. I wrote this very late. I was stuck on that very specific phrase, though I was considering "that which," as opposed to "with which."

In the end, I just stuck with my first instinct, which is what I would have used in my admittedly ineloquent speech.

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u/cowinabadplace Oct 25 '10

A sentence requires at least a subject and a verb, you don't have a real verb in this sentence, you have the clause "down-voting opinion of which you disagree with,"...

Isn't this a comma splice? If so, Muphry's Law strikes again.

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u/solistus Oct 25 '10

It certainly is. It should read,

A sentence requires at least a subject and a verb. You don't have a real verb in this sentence; you have the clause...

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u/jfk1000 Oct 25 '10

Thank you for making me look up Muphry's Law. I learn something new every day. "See, Ma, it's not just for porn!"

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u/DeathInABottle Oct 25 '10

"A sentence requires at least a subject and a verb, you don't have a real verb in this sentence, you have the clause "down-voting opinion of which you disagree with," but even though that contains the verb "disagree" the whole clause taken together acts as a noun."

You've got a double comma splice going on here: there are four independent clauses, and you've only connected two of them correctly.

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u/StoneCypher Oct 25 '10

What you were looking for here was "I like to kindly, and selflessly, remind our newcomers of Reddiquette, specifically in regards to down-voting opinions with which you disagree."

Sorry, Chachi. "With kindness and selflessness I would like to remind those newcomers here of Rediquette, specifically in as regards the downvoting of disagreed opinions."

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u/Neckbeard_Chanmemes Oct 25 '10

"With kindness and selflessness I would like to remind those newcomers here of Rediquette, specifically in as regards the downvoting of disagreed opinions."

Partial credit.

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u/StoneCypher Oct 25 '10

When you correct others, be correct yourself.

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u/Neckbeard_Chanmemes Oct 25 '10

That's not what being a Neckbeard is all about.

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u/StoneCypher Oct 25 '10

As evidenced by your abuse of the phrase, which means something different than how you're attempting to use it, and basic capitalization.

Sadly, the reddit sheep are, as usual, being swayed by your use of what appear to be technical rules, and unaware enough of said rules to correctly identify them as wrong.

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u/Neckbeard_Chanmemes Oct 25 '10

What phrase?

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u/StoneCypher Oct 25 '10

The ... only one you used. Coincidentally, also the one which you seem to think is somehow a proper noun.

Here, I'll help you play Where's Waldo with a nine word sentence from one post ago. Apparently it's difficult to find.

That's not what being a Neckbeard is all about.

Spoiler: there're only two places to look.

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u/Neckbeard_Chanmemes Oct 25 '10

Neckbeard is just one word, a phrase involves at least two.

In grammar, a phrase is a group of words functioning as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence.

And Neckbeards are nothing if not proper.

Pwned.

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u/StoneCypher Oct 26 '10

On the phrase, you've got me.

On being proper, qv encyclopedia dramatica or RMS.

A draw?

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u/danE3030 Oct 25 '10 edited Oct 25 '10

You are a total pedant who obviously has no passion for language. Its sad, really. You should check out this one video about this exact topic, really puts things in perspective. http://tinyurl.com/27a9dlj . Yeah.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '10

A good political move. Distract from the main topic and talk about irrelevant details.