Comments on: Aftermath http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/ (noun, Rare.) A lover of learning. Fri, 07 May 2010 18:54:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nazzdeq http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-15006 Nazzdeq Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:55:52 +0000 http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/#comment-15006 You should start using http://www.subbmitt.com instead. It is a new site, but hopefully will be better than Reddit & Digg. You should start using http://www.subbmitt.com instead. It is a new site, but hopefully will be better than Reddit & Digg.

]]> By: Netter http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-14965 Netter Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:42:25 +0000 http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/#comment-14965 I'm from India too, like another commenter above. I like the concept of Reddit too much to stop using it. It's so simple and so easy to submit and vote on, and also to find articles that the community's less than ideal behaviour seems, on the whole, only slightly painful. Why can't you use both RSS and Reddit? Just stop investing as much time on it as you used to, instead of quitting entirely. Re: printed word, newspapers everywhere are facing dire prospects and have to perforce rely on the internet to generate ad revenue. So, the morphing of NYT and WSJ into web media outlets will make social-news more important, not less. I’m from India too, like another commenter above. I like the concept of Reddit too much to stop using it. It’s so simple and so easy to submit and vote on, and also to find articles that the community’s less than ideal behaviour seems, on the whole, only slightly painful.

Why can’t you use both RSS and Reddit? Just stop investing as much time on it as you used to, instead of quitting entirely.

Re: printed word, newspapers everywhere are facing dire prospects and have to perforce rely on the internet to generate ad revenue. So, the morphing of NYT and WSJ into web media outlets will make social-news more important, not less.

]]> By: CinVida http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-14964 CinVida Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:28:51 +0000 http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/#comment-14964 Much respect, gave me goosebumps. In my mind, I want to step away from habits of surfing the internet and particularly digg, fark, slashdot, and other sites similar to reddit. For my self, I find the time sync pulls away from things that are more enjoyable. The constant bombardment of articles feel as though your interacting and socializing, but in reality it pushes your walls up and you close out the world as you analytically judge and become... insert something... self defensive partially... sitting in angst... Shrugging instead of hugging... I'm tired of this bug. Much respect, gave me goosebumps. In my mind, I want to step away from habits of surfing the internet and particularly digg, fark, slashdot, and other sites similar to reddit.

For my self, I find the time sync pulls away from things that are more enjoyable.

The constant bombardment of articles feel as though your interacting and socializing, but in reality it pushes your walls up and you close out the world as you analytically judge and become… insert something… self defensive partially… sitting in angst… Shrugging instead of hugging… I’m tired of this bug.

]]> By: B-Con http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-14963 B-Con Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:15:14 +0000 http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/#comment-14963 > That said, someone please e-mail me if we attack Iran. Best one-liner of the day so far. :-) By the way, I share your angst. I've been trying to convince myself to leave Reddit as well. I kept thinking that if only I chose the *right* subreddits, it would all be better. Right now I'm only subscribed to the Math, Linux, and NetSec sub-reddits. They tend to be much less popular and the articles tend to be very on-topic and usually decent. I think I'll keep checking in on them (I like all the interesting math links) but my Reddit front-page days are over. Send me an e-mail if you find a withdrawal patch. > That said, someone please e-mail me if we attack Iran.

Best one-liner of the day so far. :-)

By the way, I share your angst. I’ve been trying to convince myself to leave Reddit as well. I kept thinking that if only I chose the *right* subreddits, it would all be better.

Right now I’m only subscribed to the Math, Linux, and NetSec sub-reddits. They tend to be much less popular and the articles tend to be very on-topic and usually decent. I think I’ll keep checking in on them (I like all the interesting math links) but my Reddit front-page days are over.

Send me an e-mail if you find a withdrawal patch.

]]> By: Scott http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-14962 Scott Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:32:41 +0000 http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/#comment-14962 I have had the same feelings but without the intestinal fortitude to do anything about it. I have gotten proficient at skipping the more pedantic or pejorative reddits but still get sucked in. I think reddit has become more juvenile and so theres less wheat in the chaff to glean. That said, my alternate sources are teh Major MSM especially foreign sites e.g. BBC, London Times, IHT, Al Jazeera, Tokyo Shinbun........ The paucity of international coverage in the American MSM is the major criticism I have. Whether I can follow in your steps is problematical; it's a hard habit to kick. Thanks for the distillation of my own reddit angst and for the incentive to try to cold turkey. Need to learn how to use RSS. Cheers, Scott I have had the same feelings but without the intestinal fortitude to do anything about it. I have gotten proficient at skipping the more pedantic or pejorative reddits but still get sucked in. I think reddit has become more juvenile and so theres less wheat in the chaff to glean.
That said, my alternate sources are teh Major MSM especially foreign sites e.g. BBC, London Times, IHT, Al Jazeera, Tokyo Shinbun…….. The paucity of international coverage in the American MSM is the major criticism I have.
Whether I can follow in your steps is problematical; it’s a hard habit to kick. Thanks for the distillation of my own reddit angst and for the incentive to try to cold turkey. Need to learn how to use RSS.

Cheers,
Scott

]]> By: Glen http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-14961 Glen Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:32:02 +0000 http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/#comment-14961 I do have to agree on everything you've said (in this post and the last). I wish there was a community of NPR listeners and New York Times readers from where I can get my news and commentary instead of reddit. Perhaps when I finish the current phase of my research (in July) I'll put one together, but in meantime, please let me know if you find a reddit-like site without all the idiocy... At the very least, I'll keep an eye on this blog... Excellent commentary. I do have to agree on everything you’ve said (in this post and the last). I wish there was a community of NPR listeners and New York Times readers from where I can get my news and commentary instead of reddit. Perhaps when I finish the current phase of my research (in July) I’ll put one together, but in meantime, please let me know if you find a reddit-like site without all the idiocy…

At the very least, I’ll keep an eye on this blog… Excellent commentary.

]]> By: wowmir http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-14960 wowmir Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:31:06 +0000 http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/#comment-14960 Hi I too decided to get off not only reddit but aimless web surfing in general. I used the time to take up my guitar practice. Slowly though I have been sucked back and I am not even an American ( an Indian engineer ). Youtube is another time sink. I have kicked the drinking habit I picked up in college and the smoking habit I picked up in school before that. This net surfing thing also appears difficult but the above two were tougher. Yours wowmir Hi

I too decided to get off not only reddit but aimless web surfing in general. I used the time to take up my guitar practice. Slowly though I have been sucked back and I am not even an American ( an Indian engineer ). Youtube is another time sink. I have kicked the drinking habit I picked up in college and the smoking habit I picked up in school before that. This net surfing thing also appears difficult but the above two were tougher.
Yours
wowmir

]]> By: david http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-14959 david Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:26:47 +0000 http://www.philonoist.net/2008/03/15/aftermath/#comment-14959 "That said, someone please e-mail me if we attack Iran." Very funny. Please forward me this email if you get it. “That said, someone please e-mail me if we attack Iran.”

Very funny. Please forward me this email if you get it.

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