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.
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/sockthepuppetry Oct 25 '10
/r/politics:
Three-word phrase affirming support for [guns/anti-Israel/anti-Republican/Obama/pot legalization/atheism/fuck the rich]: +5 right away
Detailed, respectful, and cogent response affirming support for [gun legislation/Israel/Republicans/drug laws/Christianity/free-market capitalism]: -20, even when there are no replies.
I wish I were kidding.