by "Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
Published 01/29/2017 at 14:29
by "Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
Published 01/29/2017 at 14:29
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STARS: 2
Sometimes, comments on the Front Page aren’t bad, but they add nothing to the discussion at all and consist of shitty speculation, like this one:
"StoneCold" (StoneCold)
01/29/2017 at 14:35, STARS: 3
But bad stars are negativity and negativity means unhappiness and unhappiness is less clicks which is less money. It’s why Facebook doesn’t have a thumbs down and actively takes down web tools that track people who unfriend you.
"The Ghost of Oppo" (gohstoklasa)
01/29/2017 at 14:35, STARS: 1
This is why I like reddit
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/29/2017 at 14:36, STARS: 0
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 0
Do they really take down web tools just for that?
Here on Kinja I don’t see how that would lead to less money. When the shitty comments are downvoted it helps enhance the experience. When I see a really downvoted comment on Reddit, I’m more tempted to read it.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
01/29/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 2
I remember one time I made a comment complaining about journalists excessively bitching about interiors on entry level compact cars. I said something along the lines of “I’m gonna go crazy if I read another review complain about the lack of soft touch materials in a Nissan Versa.”
Some commented after that.
“You’ll wish it had soft touch materials if you ever roll over though.” Except he was more of an asshole about saying it. I just left him in the greys so he wouldn’t get embarrassed by other commentators.
True story.
"Nerd-Vol" (Nerd-Vol)
01/29/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 1
That’s a scorching hot taek.
"jimz" (jimz)
01/29/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 0
The most you can do is “dismiss” someone, but only if their comment is a reply to yours (or you’re the article author.)
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
01/29/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 0
-1 star
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 14:43, STARS: 1
Now that the grays aren’t such a huge deal, any cruddy commenter who got followed by the Gawker blogs has a voice. Which includes me, but I rarely comment unless I have something to say that can make the discussion improve.
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 1
True. But I believe the dismiss feature exists to really eliminate the worst comments. Not comments that simply happen to be crappy.
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 0
True. But I believe the dismiss feature exists to really eliminate the worst comments. Not comments that simply happen to be crappy.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
01/29/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 5
It’s a well known fact that companies live and die by the money they spend in the themed model name department.
Also negatives stars are called “smartass comments”
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
01/29/2017 at 14:47, STARS: 2
Kinja’s “recommendations” are also precisely why Reddit’s system sucks too lol. The upvote/downvote system encourages enforcing the echo chamber.
I didn’t last long at r/Cars at all before I just said “fudge it” and went somewhere else. For “car enthusiasts”, they’re just as fake as FP commenters are. lol
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 14:47, STARS: 0
I’d do it for free man.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
01/29/2017 at 14:47, STARS: 1
Yeah, the whole “pending approval” thing can be really handy. (But sometimes it can take a lot of restraint to avoid responding to a deservedly grey reply.)
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
01/29/2017 at 14:48, STARS: 1
Or just reply and suggest to them that they are full of crap.
"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
01/29/2017 at 14:49, STARS: 6
On Gizmodo it would devolve into a war of Trump haters vs. people sick and tired of seeing anti-trump posts on articles having nothing to do with politics. It would be brutal.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
01/29/2017 at 14:49, STARS: 2
Yes. And not to dismiss replies that happen to disagree with you.
Better is to post a reply with a thoughtful rationale as to why the original comment was misinformed or absurd.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
01/29/2017 at 14:50, STARS: 1
I prefer comedy, less likely for flames of rage or more funny if/when it does
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/29/2017 at 14:50, STARS: 4
Moral of the story: people are dicksacks.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/29/2017 at 14:50, STARS: 1
You’re a mean person.
"The Ghost of Oppo" (gohstoklasa)
01/29/2017 at 14:53, STARS: 1
I stay away from the big subreddits, but I think a private Oppo sub would do well.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
01/29/2017 at 14:55, STARS: 0
(I don’t spend a lot of time on Reddit, so correct me if I’m wrong, but) it looks like their points system doesn’t actually show positive vs negative stats the way that YouTube does. I prefer being able to see how many “dislikes” are countering the “likes”.
"The Ghost of Oppo" (gohstoklasa)
01/29/2017 at 15:00, STARS: 1
Yeah it doesn’t show total up and down votes, it just shows what the current score is.
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 15:04, STARS: 6
“Show more replies”
You click that button, you’ll never make it to the bottom on scrolling alone.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
01/29/2017 at 15:07, STARS: 1
That’s a shame. Were Kinja to adopt a “negative star”, I wouldn’t want to take away someone’s upvote with my own opinion. Especially on subjective matters like whether a car is ugly or not.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
01/29/2017 at 15:17, STARS: 0
I comment all the time because I have nothing better to do.
(Cries)
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 0
LAZY, LIBERAL, ART HISTORY MAJOR SCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET A JOB!!!!!!!
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 0
LAZY, LIBERAL, ART HISTORY MAJOR SCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET A JOB!!!!!!!
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
01/29/2017 at 15:40, STARS: 1
The sad thing is I’m at work right now. The charmed life of a college kid.
"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
01/29/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 1
@Hammerhead Fistpunch
“I prefer comedy, less likely for flames of rage or more funny if/when it does”
True that.
It’s a demontrated fact that the people who could most benefit from a sense of humor, also are always the people with the least sense of humor lol
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
01/29/2017 at 16:57, STARS: 1
The worst comments are the ones whining about politics on Jalopnik/Gizmodo/FA.
Instead of just, ya know,
not reading the article
, you gave them your click and then wasted everyone’s time by whining about it.
"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
01/29/2017 at 16:59, STARS: 2
And then you do get to the bottom and it says “show more replies” a second time.
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/29/2017 at 18:29, STARS: 1
I remember some subreddits require that downvoting only be used legitimately and not just all willy nilly, a rule that resembles the reason we use ‘dismiss’ on Kinja.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
01/30/2017 at 08:24, STARS: 0
I hope not. I like it better where if you say something dumb you either suffer in silence or get called on to defend your position.
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
01/30/2017 at 13:22, STARS: 0
People who return to defend their position = total idiots, slight chance it is a troll
People who don’t return = definitely trolls
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
01/30/2017 at 13:27, STARS: 0
OK, defend their position/admit defeat. Whatev. Either way, a call-out comment is better than hiding behind a downvote.