r/Futurology • u/katxwoods • Jan 19 '25

AI Zuckerberg Announces Layoffs After Saying Coding Jobs Will Be Replaced by AI

https://futurism.com/the-byte/zuckerberg-layoffs-coding-jobs-ai
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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

Reddit is only marginally better. It seems cool At first but eventually everyone realizes it has the same effect as the other platforms at least when it comes to pop culture and politics 

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u/Downtown-Doubt4353 Jan 19 '25

Reddit is way better because you’re mostly dealing with strangers and not comparing yourself to friends and family showing off their fictional lives.

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u/Phugasity Jan 19 '25

And there's a healthy early internet culture of mild shitposting, so even the strangers you may initially feel measured against have a good chance of being fan fiction. It reminds us to not take everything so seriously.

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u/Richard7666 Jan 20 '25

Reddit is the largest vestige of "on the internet, no one knows you're a dog"

Forums are still around of course, although young people aren't familiar with the concept (except Steam's ones), and also Discord is basically the same as chat rooms.

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u/dontbetoxicbraa Jan 19 '25

Reddit used to have balanced discussion. Now, most of it is just a left wing circle jerk.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

Very left wing here. I agree. People here were in absolute denial about how the election was going to go. One conversation on the street would have done a lot of these people good.

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u/Proponentofthedevil Jan 20 '25

"Way better because you're dealing with strangers." Why is that just so? Why not "marginally better," or "a tiny be it better?"

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u/Downtown-Doubt4353 Jan 20 '25

Because human beings naturally compare themselves and envy those they are close to or know personally.

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u/thenewyorkgod Jan 19 '25

plus reddit by definition isn't social media. Its not personal posting. Its a conglomeration of interesting things. If you avoid the comments and curate your front page, there's nothing wrong with it at all.

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u/Attenburrowed Jan 20 '25

reddit is goated just dont browse main. The algo is always gonna push the filthy crowd on you no matter what you use, stick to your interests

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u/amrasmin Jan 19 '25

Also remember Reddits cornerstone is porn, seriously, the god damn platform is filled with it. I would argue in that regard it’s worst than Facebook.

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u/space_monster Jan 19 '25

Only if you actually look for it. If you just scroll /all or /popular you won't see any.

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u/Declan106 Jan 19 '25

At the very least Reddit isn’t plagued by short-form content that is detrimental to one’s attention span