• Pyro@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Other than the better discussion and nicer people that other commenters already mentioned, I’ve also seen a lot less of the same boring memey replies that permeate every post on Reddit now.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’m sadly guilty of bringing some of that meme-reply bullshit here, and I’ve decided I’m going to stop. I wish there was like a patch or a pill I could take, like they have for smoking. Maybe just downvotes to meme-replies would suffice for me.

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        1 year ago

        Those replies have their place when used infrequently, the repetition is when it gets annoying. Also, with subreddits hitting millions of users, it just becomes a feedback loop when those replies keep getting thousands of upvotes, and other people start parroting it.

        Don’t beat yourself up though, a lot of times you just grow out of it.

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        1 year ago

        If we could convince devs/ make a fork that would enable to add a “haha funny” reaction instead of general upvote it could split comments into meme comments and helpful comments