Would you be opposed to SE implementing a program to scan for addons/parsers?

[VelKallor]

Reddit :

Bad choice:

Has a downvote feature that is MASSIVELY abused, which also has a cute little timout mechanism that SILENCES you whilst you are dogpiled. HOW DARE YOU disagree with me??? Ill downvote you until it shuts you up

Reddit is a hivemind, dare to have a contrary opinion and that cute little centre of "enlightened discussion" will slap a gag on your mouth that wont allow you to respond whilst you are reviled, belittled, insulted and sworn at. The mods that run the subreddits arent any better and run their areas like dictators.

Fair? Balanced? REDDIT??

NO.

and Discord are far better communities.

Run by mods who will silence, kick and ban you for spurious reasons.

Sorry, no.

[Kaurhz]

Reddit :

Bad choice:

Has a downvote feature that is MASSIVELY abused, which also has a cute little timout mechanism that SILENCES you whilst you are dogpiled. HOW DARE YOU disagree with me??? Ill downvote you until it shuts you up

Reddit is a hivemind, dare to have a contrary opinion and that cute little centre of "enlightened discussion" will slap a gag on your mouth that wont allow you to respond whilst you are reviled, belittled, insulted and sworn at. The mods that run the subreddits arent any better and run their areas like dictators.

Fair? Balanced? REDDIT??

NO.



Run by mods who will silence, kick and ban you for spurious reasons.

Sorry, no.

See,

I would be inclined to agree, but the reality is that the Official Forums can be just as bad, if not worse than Reddit and Discord in many occasion, especially with 'General Discussion'. People on many threads seem far more inclined to engage in meta-discussion rather than actually address a debate or post directly. Further, many threads tend to devolve into accusatory remarks, to where the thread deviates from the original intention of the topic. Unironically, forums would benefit from having a downvote system, and would similarly benefit from proper moderation, too many threads fester far too long before they're moderated, if at all.

[ForteNightshade]

Reddit :

Bad choice:

Has a downvote feature that is MASSIVELY abused, which also has a cute little timout mechanism that SILENCES you whilst you are dogpiled. HOW DARE YOU disagree with me??? Ill downvote you until it shuts you up

Reddit is a hivemind, dare to have a contrary opinion and that cute little centre of "enlightened discussion" will slap a gag on your mouth that wont allow you to respond whilst you are reviled, belittled, insulted and sworn at. The mods that run the subreddits arent any better and run their areas like dictators.

Fair? Balanced? REDDIT??

NO.



Run by mods who will silence, kick and ban you for spurious reasons.

Sorry, no.

How tight is that tinfoil hat you're wearing?

I certainly won't deny Reddit isn't without its faults, especially the mainsub, but on the whole both it, the discussion variant and general purpose discords are not really different than the OF. The one benefit of downvoting is it does prevent conversation derailing like this thread was long subjected to as responses aren't buried under a mire of useless back and forths. Is it abused? Absolutely. Just not to the extent you're implying.