Its hard to believe the internet has only been around for about 20 years

[snake]

I think Reddit is pretty dumb. It's a giant circlejerk where unpopular opinions are discouraged. Everything is super segregated and you pretty much have no voice.
Everyone tries to one up each other with stupid puns and sh*t. Hey if it's your thing its your thing. I just use it to keep track of news on star wars stuff.


I'm more of a 4chan guy though

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I keep hearing about how awesome Reddit is, but I've yet to find a board that I want to be apart of enough to risk descending into the pit of voles I imagine the place to be.

r/4chan is pretty good.

[Prowler]

Reddit is full of circlejerking.

Like/reputation/up-downvoting features do that.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

r/4chan is pretty good.

4chan? Yeah...no I'm good.
If I've got no interest in investigating reddit to see if the stereotype is wrong, why on earth would I want to go there?

[CyberCubed]

4chan is really only good to find leaks/scans of stuff that wouldn't be allowed on other websites, like info for upcoming movies/tv shows/videogames.

Most of 4chan is for anime weeabos who just constantly post pics of their favorite anime girls and half the site is for hentai.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

4chan? Yeah...no I'm good.
If I've got no interest in investigating reddit to see if the stereotype is wrong, why on earth would I want to go there?

I was just joking.

I like 4chan mostly for its lunacy, but also for the small kernels of human brilliance it can produce sometimes.

[CyberCubed]

If you go to 4chan stay out of any of the anime related sections, as well as any of the porn sections in general.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

If you go to 4chan stay out of any of the anime related sections, as well as any of the porn sections in general.

Wouldn't want any of us seeing the stuff you post there, eh?

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

I was just joking.

I like 4chan mostly for its lunacy, but also for the small kernels of human brilliance it can produce sometimes.

Well they do say that unlimited monkeys bashing on keyboards will randomly generate Shakespeare...

[THGhost]

Originally Posted by snake

I think Reddit is pretty dumb. It's a giant circlejerk where unpopular opinions are discouraged. Everything is super segregated and you pretty much have no voice.
Everyone tries to one up each other with stupid puns and sh*t. Hey if it's your thing its your thing. I just use it to keep track of news on star wars stuff.


I'm more of a 4chan guy though

You're acting like that's entirely what Reddit is about. It's not.

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

Reddit's a bit weird. I don't use it much, but a dude at work is always posting stuff and trying to get on the front page. He's gotten close a couple of times, but I'm more interested in the down-votes he gets. Often, when something he posts is voted down by someone, they will purposely look up his other posts and down-vote them too.

Sounds like they have an addiction.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by THGhost

You're acting like that's entirely what Reddit is about. It's not.

It kind of is.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by THGhost

Sounds like they have an addiction.

That's probably true. Every time I look at their screen... Reddit.

[THGhost]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

It kind of is.

Because one solitary subreddit means that's what the entirety of Reddit is like. There are pleasant subreddits believe it or not, plenty of them. You're just looking in the wrong places.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The reason forums are dying (not just here, everywhere), is because nowadays people just use social media like tumblr, twitter or facebook.

That's sad becuase social media is to share your social life. Internet forums are for discussion topics you're into.

Our record is at least from 30 November 2015 and will probably be broken when the 2016 TMNT film comes to cinemas. Some forums haven't posted since 2008 or so.

[CyberCubed]

Forums are dead for the most part. Even all the videogame related forums I've been visiting for 15 year since the early 2000's have all slowed in activity.

It seems like the young teens of today don't use forums anymore like our generation did. They just post to their twitter, tumblr, facebook or youtube accounts and that's it. I feel like using forums is an outdated concept now.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It seems like the young teens of today don't use forums anymore like our generation did. They just post to their twitter, tumblr, facebook or youtube accounts and that's it. I feel like using forums is an outdated concept now.

With forums there isn't instant gratification (whereas on social media you've got Likes, retweets, etc.) Also, in order to use a forum you have to read what people say. Young teens prefer to have their 120 character limit.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

This videogame forum is at least still alive.

http://www.ign.com/boards/

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

With forums there isn't instant gratification (whereas on social media you've got Likes, retweets, etc.) Also, in order to use a forum you have to read what people say. Young teens prefer to have their 120 character limit.

Also don't forget on forums there are all conflicting opinions. When you post stuff to your accounts, you usually have your friends/family who will always agree with everything you say, or at least understand you.

Forums are where all the diverse opinions come from because everyone reads everyone elses opinions. That's why forums always have flamewars in every fandom, because everyone says their own thing. But as long as people debate properly there's no problem.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Yeah. On social media you only see the popular opinion, because it's been retweeted a zillion times. On reddit all the upvoted comments go to the top.

On forums everyone sees the same thing, and it always stays in the same place, regardless of whether the post reflects a popular opinion. I think that's a huge plus, since it allows everyone to have a voice that ends up being heard.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Also don't forget on forums there are all conflicting opinions. When you post stuff to your accounts, you usually have your friends/family who will always agree with everything you say, or at least understand you.

Forums are where all the diverse opinions come from because everyone reads everyone elses opinions. That's why forums always have flamewars in every fandom, because everyone says their own thing. But as long as people debate properly there's no problem.

Actually, a lot of people air their dirty laundry on social networks.