[p_ing]

> the top comments are invariably hilarious,

Sadly that is all that reddit is, now. Have a serious question? Expect multiple top replies to be some sort of [un]funny joke answer.

It's a wasteland and devalues the platform when everyone competes for Internet Points.

/r/aviation is just one example of being full of this crap.

Oddly enough, I don't see it as much in gaming subreddits, even the more generic ones.

[cloverich]

reddit lacks consistent moderation and the worst is location based subreddits, where all dissenting takes are effectively hidden.

Yet one can imagine a limited set of filters that could in theory fix this:

    - eliminate obvious bots
    - eliminate low content / metoo / naysaying
    - eliminate memes
    - detect and promote high quality controversial posts equally to unilaterally upvoted ones

And perhaps let subreddits conditionally opt in or out of each of ^, but have to declare which. We know at least half of ^ is easy, and now LLMs open new doors to potentially new automations, but its likely not cost effect yet.

still i suspect the largest barrier is merely that all the popular social media sites are actively captured by ad-driven development / leaders. That cant last forever, people are sick of it.

[ageedizzle]

> still i suspect the largest barrier is merely that all the popular social media sites are actively captured by ad-driven development / leaders. That cant last forever, people are sick of it.

This is why it's a good idea to make the switch to federated alternatives like Lemmy/Piefed. The more people who do this the more people will see it as a viable alternative, making it easier to get away from the ad-driven model of social media.

[FeteCommuniste]

Retvrn to oldschool forums with chronological posting.