Saidit's level of discourse seems to be back

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[–]ANIKAHirsch 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (13 children)

I'm a new user here, so I don't know how it was before. But I think the discourse here will naturally improve as Saidit gains more users.

[–]bobbobbybob 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

the discourse was great and THEN we got more users.

Bigger is not necessarily better, as the cancerous growth and decline of reddit has shown

[–]ANIKAHirsch 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Well I just think that more users could lend more balance.

Reddit went downhill for other reasons. Namely, they sold out to the Chinese government.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Reddit went downhill for other reasons. Namely, they sold out to the Chinese government.

Matter of opinion. The gross leftists circle jerking (yikes!) and development of reddit-tier speech / response patterns (that make me a little ill) grew all on its own, due to large numbers of manlets.

[–]ANIKAHirsch 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Not opinion, a well-reported fact.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/11/reddit-300-million/

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/11/18216134/reddit-tencent-investment-deal-memes-amount-winnie-the-pooh-tank-man-china

https://gizmodo.com/reddit-banned-in-china-is-reportedly-set-to-land-150-1832375439

https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/02/08/tencent-invests-social-platform-reddit.aspx

https://www.thestreet.com/technology/tencent-invests-150-million-in-reddit-14863248

https://time.com/5526128/china-reddit-tencent-censorship/

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/aoj17w/reddit_just_got_a_150_million_investment_from/

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47194096

https://fortune.com/2019/02/08/reddit-is-blocked-in-china-but-may-land-a-massive-investment-from-tencent/

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Reddit went downhill for other reasons

Is the part I was contesting, not that they sold out. You have not shown causation.

[–]ANIKAHirsch 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Uh-huh.. 150 million is causation enough.

[–]bobbobbybob 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

before all that money rolled in, much of the cancerous groupthink processes were in place. those stupid thread patterns u

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what i mean

plus the retarded language. like, yikes! sweetie, let's just stop a moment and unpack this

etc.

it was a shithole long before it sold out, which is why there are OLD red-it alternatives for everyone tired of that shit

[–]ANIKAHirsch 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That stuff came over from Tumblr, when Tumbler sold out and killed itself..

There's no doubting Reddit got a lot worse after the deal with China.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

There's no doubting Reddit got a lot worse after the deal with China.

Almost made it to good faith debating.

[–]forgottenpasswordguy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's a good point. Quality over quantity. We only need enough people to start talking about more niche topics than politics IMO. I don't think we're quite there yet but we don't need to be anywhere near as big as reddit for that.

[–]forgottenpasswordguy 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hopefully we attract the right crowd. It seems like the most extreme are the first to migrate from other sites as they get banned, then the rules tighten up again and start to push out the normal people. I consider myself pretty moderate, but I'm big on supporting free speech and platforms that are friendlier towards that ideal.

[–]ANIKAHirsch 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes I think that's true. In my opinion, this site is the best alternative to Reddit right now. So I expect to see a lot of refugees from there soon, as the censorship is getting worse every day.