Mark Nuzzolilo wrote on 27 August 2012: [...] > 1) Reddit is where the masses (at least in my part of > the world) go to talk about things. > > 2) Comments are artificially moved by a computer algorithm. > People influence the movement by clicking on buttons to > approve or disapprove of something that is said. It's often > done without much thought or >care, just a first impulse. > > 3) The voting tends to favor a strong bias toward certain > patterns, which are not directly designed or programmed > by Reddit, but are rather an emergent consequence > indirectly resulting from the site's >design. > > 4) The results in the voting determine who has a stronger > voice. The stronger the voice, the more people see it. > > 5) Based on these votes, the site gives people rewards > for being popular, and punishes them for being unpopular. > People who might have slightly opposing cultural beliefs > could become assimilated and become thinking more similar > to those who earn the most votes. People who disagree with > those who carry the most votes may find themselves without > many people to talk to, since people don't use forums anymore, > they use Reddit more. Less people to talk to means these > people do not get to share their ideas quite as much. [...]
I take a lot of flak (Fliegerabwehrkanone) for my AI ideas, but I persist in "Redditing" because of useful sub-Reddits: http://www.reddit.com/r/artificial is the sub-Reddit on artificial intelligence. See also: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming http://www.reddit.com/r/technology Mentifex (Arthur) -- http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/AiMind.html ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
