by "VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely" (vajazzlemcdildertits)
Published 01/01/2017 at 15:07
by "VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely" (vajazzlemcdildertits)
Published 01/01/2017 at 15:07
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I’ve been fiddling with Kinja and kinja accessories while reading what’s left of Gawker Publishing for a good long while - years. Commenting and occasionally shitposting on Oppo, and I have found that in the comment threads it’s usually a problematic mess of incoherent statements with occasionally an interesting conversation breaking out.
I am all for humor and the random wackiness by the way. Never change, Oppo. <3
However! I think that improving reading comprehension and written clarity on the internet and holy shit especially on Gawker comments would really improve the quality of life on the tubes in general.
So, in the scope of just improve reading comprehension on the internet, what do you suggest would be a good way to do so? Or even an extremely small way of improvement? Would you rather burn it all to the ground? For example, when TL;DR statements were invented I think it helped a lot of people get the gist of a message before they got mired in the murk of text.
Let me start the ball rolling. My suggestion? A IEEE standard RFC sarcasm font, established and accredited and taught in school.
Now tell me why my idea is a shit idea and why yours is so much better. I’m keeping an open mind.
"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
01/01/2017 at 15:15, STARS: 1
I am against sarcasm font, as it makes the author lazy by not needing to use nuanced wording and actual skill.
I would liken this to people not needing to learn advanced courting skills because all they have to do now is swipe right on their phone.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
01/01/2017 at 15:15, STARS: 7
Ban all news websites that aren’t Oppositelock
"VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely" (vajazzlemcdildertits)
01/01/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 0
God, could we? That, for lack of a better word, would be baller.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
01/01/2017 at 15:28, STARS: 3
Wait, people swipe right on your profile? What’s that like?
"VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely" (vajazzlemcdildertits)
01/01/2017 at 15:33, STARS: 0
The problem is that the average skill level seems low enough that at this point we’re just encouraging miscommunication by not enforcing any kind of standard. What do you suggest as an alternative? Supplemental education? I’m genuinely curious about your thoughts.
Also, please tell us more about this swiping right stuff. Even Cyrano de Bergerac would have an online profile at this point.
"yamahog" (yamahog)
01/01/2017 at 15:40, STARS: 2
and then
BAN EVERYONE
(••)
"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
01/01/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 0
I learned to court, got a wife, made babies. No need for Tinder (Tindr?) at this time.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
01/01/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 1
Look at the great men of history, JFK, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump. If you don’t have a side piece, you won’t make history.
"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
01/01/2017 at 16:01, STARS: 0
Trial and error is the first steps to learning. If someone doesn’t learn with this process, that’s their problem. We already have the “/s”.
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
01/01/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 1
The internet is a reflection of the people who use it. Since people are garbage and always will be, “fixing” the internet is sadly just a fantasy at this point without starting over and instituting a system of
EXTREME VETTING
to screen people from websites with known toxic commenters: Youtube, Twitter, 4Chan, etc.
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
01/01/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 0
I’m all for a sarcasm font as well, because I love sarcasm but people are generally too stupid/rageified to get it.
"VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely" (vajazzlemcdildertits)
01/01/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 0
Right. The crux of trial and error is learning from said attempts. Right now there does not seem to be incentive to learn. The goal is improvement. “That’s their problem” is arguably a legitimate point, but it’s polluting the communal cookie jar. What do you suggest?
"VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely" (vajazzlemcdildertits)
01/01/2017 at 16:10, STARS: 0
Would you say then, that there is no hope at all? Should we propose another new internet with blackjack and hookers?
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
01/01/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 0
And the Gawker sites generally have quality comment sections. Read the comments on a random Youtube video and then go to a random Jezebel article.
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
01/01/2017 at 16:18, STARS: 0
I’d say trying to fix general shitshows like Twitter & Youtube is a hopeless endeavour, yes.
However
. What you can do is curate quality comment sections and keep constructive, polite comment sections as polite and constructive as possible.
"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
01/01/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 0
If a commenter won’t use “/s”, or won’t learn to be more witty, is there anything else to suggest within reason? If they won’t type two extra characters...
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/01/2017 at 17:26, STARS: 0
just use Comic Sans for sarcasm maybe.