digitalmars.D - Reddit: bot disabled - please post manually
- Seb (10/43) Aug 12 2016 In short idea is that bot kills active discussions as it creates
Just a short annoucement for the people who lost track r/d_language due to the bot:As an attempt to increase activity in this subreddit we want to try it without the bot for a while. Please announce relevant stuff from the forum (or blog or elsewhere) here manually from now on!In short idea is that bot kills active discussions as it creates ghost threads that are seldom commented on or watched. For a longer explanation see either [2, 3] or below:In fact it would be great to see the forum use reddit more actively for heated discussions as everyone can judge the value of a comment/thread and off-topic threads (or threads with low-values) get down-voted very quickly. It might also help to avoid such 50 pages threads (like auto-decoding) as the most-important thread stays on top and newcomers to the discussion don't have to read everything to get the gist and reduce the constant noise of off-topic comments or personal attacks on the NG. Another advantage is that discussions are sorted after their current important and not after the latest post. Of course there are some disadvantages too (e.g. 1) not all D members might like reddit, 2) it puts reddit "out-of-sync", 3) one can't repost outdated topics, and 4) we have to trust reddit that they accidentally delete our discussions), but I believe 1) isn't a big concern as we usually have active discussions on the reddit thread of announcements and this just about disabling the bot, 2) (out-of-sync) the NG is an essential part of the D language and as thus many people check it daily. Yes disabling the bot might put the people on reddit "out-of-sync" with the main NG, but I argue that they check the NG anyways and don't post here, because they know it's a dead copy - not the original thread. 3) (no ghost posts) is a good thing as it requires the reposter to think about reviving a thread from the dead & summarizing the gist, 4) (data security) reddit is a lot more unlikely to crash their servers. After all it's a company with full-time developers working on it - no offence to all the great people keeping the NG and it's forum interface up & running.[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/ [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/4wr8v2/meta_bot_disabled_please_post_manually/ [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/4vel7m/can_we_kill_the_dlang_bot_and_its_ghost_threads/
Aug 12 2016