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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Ironically, the beginning was then England left and divided the land between them. Then all the surrounding countries attacked the Jews and as they defended themselves, created the borders.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I think the point is that the field should be left alone. Let players of both genders rank wherever they do. Seems odd to separate the genders for a non-physical sport.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh. Sigh. Phew. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The answer that humanity has come up with, which is, of course, imperfect, but the best we seem to be able to do is democracy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

True -- at that point you're paying reddit for the privilege of helping them succeed, and you wonder was it worth it? After all the lies you were told, you're not so sure, but as their foot presses down on your hands you go back to work, ignoring their long shadows as sunset falls and they murmur to each other, "type faster, monkey."

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many sites have lost their core audience, and move towards a lowest common denominator, and died. But I’ve never heard of that helping them take off, can anyone think of any examples? Lowering quality won’t help.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Things like this always fall into a power law distribution, so it will fall off very quickly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

... but this time with SO MANY opportunities to say sorry and reverse course. This one is ... kinda crazy to watch.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Oh, I think it's hurt Reddit more than it seems on the surface. Of course they will say "it's not working" but reading between the lines of this Engadget article [1], the number of ad impressions would be down rather significantly. Note the difference between time spent on site (seeing ads) and "visits" -- many of which were likely people checking on the site rather than participating in the site. I think this is taking a toll, and am hopeful this situation will serve as an example of poor leadership for the next generation (Digg being a previous example).

  1. https://www.engadget.com/reddits-average-daily-traffic-fell-during-blackout-according-to-third-party-data-194721801.html