Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on May 04, 2021, 08:21:43 AM

Jesus Christ. He's a new user asking a simple question. What's with all the hostility? No wonder Reddit is his chosen platform if this is how we treat newbies looking to learn.

To be fair, newbies on Reddit almost always get the same treatment. Those kinds of responses just gets downvoted to the bottom.

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on May 04, 2021, 08:21:43 AM

My main issue with Reddit is it is an echo chamber. The upvote/downvote system is supposed to be used on the basis of what constitutes a valuable post, but instead is used on the basis of "I agree/like this" or "I disagree/don't like this/don't understand this". Post a chart with colorful lines talking about going to the moon and you'll be boosted to the front page in no time. Post an in depth evaluation or criticism about some piece of the technology and you'll either be ignored or downvoted. Go to the front page of some crypto subreddit right now and I guarantee the top posts will be some memes about how we are all going to be rich and/or laughing at boomers or "non believers", but you'll have to dig deep to find some meaningful discussion about Lightning or Taproot.

It's almost the same with merits though, which is that it's sometimes used as an "agree/disagree" button. But yea, I agree with you mostly. You barely see actual good conversations on Reddit because what mostly matters there is "moon". And don't get me started on the huge amounts of shitcoiners on r/cryptocurrency.