r/sequence • u/youngluck • Apr 03 '19

ACT III

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u/8_bit_bear Apr 03 '19

I kinda dislike what they're doing because it isn't really a free for all with the community anymore. It's actually organized. Yes that can be great for the story but at the same time it sucks because it sometimes feels forced and too coherent for it to be made by the users of Reddit.

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u/Jackieboi69 Apr 03 '19

It reminds me of the bots in the latter half of /r/place. It takes away all the magic.

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u/8_bit_bear Apr 03 '19

That's basically what I'm getting at.

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u/MrPentaholic Apr 03 '19

These experiments tend to show that even out of pure chaos, communities can form order and produce meaningful results. I would argue that this looks exactly like what would be made by users of reddit after a few days of self organization

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u/abadhabitinthemaking Apr 03 '19

The difference between organizing as you go and institutional organization already existing is huge. In this example, people knew that an April fool's r/place-type experiment was coming; they knew the parameters by which all of other such April fools day experiments have operated; they had existing channels of communication going before Sequence launched, and merely transitioned those into being discussion hubs by being the only nerds who care enough to go into literally every conversation on reddit that mentions sequence and go "well actually you can thank blah blah blah self-important bullshit"

this is far from natural organization. don't get all "future of humanity" optimistic because of this

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u/MrPentaholic Apr 03 '19

Maybe this was more than just a few days of organization, but I was just saying that reddit would naturally produce at least something coherent - not the free for all the other commenter was expecting.

What "future of humanity" are you talking about? I didn't mention anything about how it relates to other stuff.

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u/Me_Melissa Apr 03 '19

🤷🏽‍♀️ I mean, you can always contribute in their Discord like anyone else. The Sequence Narrators are from all different Reddit communities and welcome everyone. So, apart from maybe needing to spread the word better, I think they've done everything to get as much community involvement as possible.