+53
Save

How have we been behaving in the last few days guys?

A few days have been gone for me since i joined over here, some of my fellow refugees joined earlier others later than me, its been a few good days for me, I am loving it here .

Now I ask you fellow snapzites the originals the guys that were here before this whole migration, how have we been doing? did we disrupt snapzu much? are we adapting well?

I would love to hear from the originals :)

8 years ago by Pockets69 with 47 comments

Join the Discussion

  • Auto Tier
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
Post Comment
Conversation 17 comments by 7 users
  • VoyagerXyX
    +28

    I'm 99% impressed with my peers, who are others from Reddit, the only thing that has kind of annoyed me is every single day I receive one downvote, just one! I've never gotten a reason and no one's ever said anything to me about it. That's incredibly frustrating. Otherwise everyone has been an absolute pleasure to talk to! I think it's really important to keep having these conversations a month, year, and even years down the road so we can continue to strive for that greatness. Really this conversation should just be perpetual.

    PS: I'd like to see less 'putting down' of ideas in /t/ideasforsnapzu. There is a difference between a BAD idea and an ideal that doesn't do anything for you. You don't need to tell OP that his idea is useless every time it doesn't benefit you. Just leave it alone! ^_^

    Nuff said, voy out!

    • oystein
      +11

      Reddit was a pretty nice and decent place in the early years. It's the influx of juvenile idiots that come with popular acceptance of a site that is the problem. Early adopters tend to be ahead of the curve in more ways than one.

      • VoyagerXyX
        +1

        I didn't come from Digg and missed Reddit early on so my only experience with is was from about three years ago to now. Perhaps things were better back when I first joined but if they were I don't remember so I have nothing else to compare to. It's like night and day here and I think the vast majority of the users here are good people and are doing a great job! :)

        • oystein
          +3

          Digg was always a shithole but Reddit was really friendly when I joined in January 07.

          • VoyagerXyX
            +3

            Yeah I only got started on Reddit in '12 so I totally missed those days and have zero context of what it was like when it was 'nice'.

            • oystein
              +3

              Well, it was more or less like it is here now. Only more light blue in color :-D

            • VoyagerXyX
              +2
              @oystein -

              You never realize these are the good old days when you're in them.

            • oystein
              +1
              @VoyagerXyX -

              we can refer to them as the 'good new days' for the time being!

          • ofest (edited 8 years ago)
            +2

            I started about the same time as you. Snapzu reminds me so much of those early days on Reddit (pre -Digg collapse).

    • Nate
      +11

      I don't know why anyone would downvote you. I feel like you're my spiritual Snapzu buddy because I see you everywhere posting the same content that I enjoy. :D

      To add a comment that isn't completely unrelated, I'm inclined to agree with you. I feel like most of the people who have accepted the invite from Reddit and don't appreciate the culture we are cultivating here, simply don't participate in it. I feel almost pressured to make worthwhile comments here while on Reddit I was typically traipsing about with no regard for discussion and this mad cash grab for karma.

      • VoyagerXyX
        +6

        That's nice of you to say :P I'll take spiritual Snapzu buddy as a compliment! :D

        Yeah, I feel like the system here works because you can be a level 50 but a very brief glance at someones profile overview will tell you very quickly what kind of user they are. There is a lot more to this place than just a users level. I know many people don't agree with me but I think the checks and balances between administration, Rep, XP, and user feedback will keep the majority in line and continuing to post quality content that people look forward to reading every day.

    • YourTaxGuy
      +4

      I'm going to copy what I wrote last night for what I think about down votes here:

      If the post that was down voted received nothing but down votes, then it would have a score of 0 or less, and would be easy to identify. If that's not the case, that means that there's someone out there that agreed with you/liked your idea/felt that you contributed something positive to the discussion. Most likely, more than one. So if you make it your goal to not make that kind of comment again, then sure, it's possible you won't be down voted, but you'll also be robbing others of a positive experience.

      TL;DR: Stop worrying about your down votes, count your up votes instead.

      • VoyagerXyX
        +3

        That's a good way to look at things and I do my best to practice this every day! :D

    • Pockets69
      +3

      seems like you have your own personal hater /u/VoyagerXyX :)

      • VoyagerXyX
        +2

        Perhaps, but I have hundreds of fans, so I'm not super worried about it. Just disappointed. :P

    • ColonBowel
      +2

      How do you know you were downvoted?

      • VoyagerXyX
        +2

        By clicking your reputation number it provides updates on the success/failure of your snaps/comments and such. I saw it was a snap that got downvoted so I backtracked through my snap list and found the one with a downvote arrow.

  • spacepopper
    +21

    The activity has skyrocketed, which is great! Not as many downvotes as I expected. Almost all the new folk are kind and many fresh members continue to welcome the zero-sec members. All-in-all I would have to say that I am very impressed with how well people have adapted to the snapzu culture. Looking forward to seeing more of you as this place grows.

    • Cesaro
      +19

      I don't want to generalise but I feel that a lot of the 'Fat People Hate' crowd have gone en masse to Voat. The schism seems to have sent them careering one way and those who want something similar to the Reddit of 2007 here. I've missed the news, coding, occasional tech news and general community feel of what was 'Old Reddit', way before the 'Old Reddit' of recent complaints.

      I've lurked on Snapzu for a while and only joined today but I like what I see. It's small scale, sensible and appears to actually be constructive instead of tiring. I know this isn't the answer to the question posed in the title but I just wanted to add my thoughts.

      • redalastor
        +14

        I'm very thankful to voat for that. It soaks up people who just want a pao-less reddit and make users join snapzu because they want snapzu's culture.

        • Pumpernickel
          +6

          Agreed. I signed up for voat, not realizing that there was a lot of the hate speech that was making reddit so unpalatable.

  • spaceghoti
    +9

    The newcomers all seem to be pretty enthusiastic and positive. I still see a handful of downvotes every day with "no reason" selected if any reason is given at all, but no comments to clarify what warranted the downvotes. I continue to ignore any hostility I see and participate in civil discussions. So it could be a lot worse, but I'm not seeing many changes. I guess we'll just have to put up with a few bad apples determined to treat the downvote as a button for "I disagree."

    • kigurame
      +2

      I concur Most of the newcomers seem to be adapting amazingly. We have however seen a influx in people trying to game or bot the xp system. But overall it's been pretty good.

    • redalastor
      +2

      I really think an explanation page or pop-up that appears when you first click on a downvote would do much to help with that.

      • spaceghoti (edited 8 years ago)
        +1

        It does, but only for snaps. And it can sometimes take a moment to appear if the server is under load. Plus, I've seen people list "no reason" from the box without clarifying in a comment, which doesn't help.

        I'm of the opinion that "no reason" and no option downvotes shouldn't count toward the votes on a snap.

        • [Deleted Profile]

          [This comment was removed]

        • redalastor
          +4

          I meant for comments.

          Maybe triggering the popup via javascript would bypass server load?

          • spaceghoti
            +3

            I agree. I would love the popup for any downvote. But since I'm not an admin I don't know how feasible that might be.

  • ClarkKent
    +7

    The atmosphere here is alot better than expected, we do have a influx of new users daily so its easy to be a veteran as of a week ago. Lol, I think the activity is growing and the discussions are growing as well..

    What more could a guy ask for?

    • imnotgoats
      +5

      The ability to fly? Or at least jump really far.

      • Wockle
        +2

        To leap tall buildings in a single bound

  • [Deleted Profile]

    [This comment was removed]

  • the7egend (edited 8 years ago)
    +5

    I think most of the 'redditors' have gone to Voat, and most of the people who want something more than a quick one line reply have stuck around here. Most comments around here are pretty thoughtful or encourage responses, so more than likely the most popular comments here will be insightful, where as with reddit/voat, your most popular comment will be the joke of the week.

  • Dattix
    +5

    I never came from reddit but the environment around here seems a lot friendlier and less toxic even before the drama. Although I'm certainly afraid of this changing.

  • [Deleted Profile]

    [This comment was removed]

  • Yawgmoth
    +4

    I haven't been here long, but I've noticed that the comments tend to be very inclusive. I'm still a little fuzzy on the interface, but that's normal for when you join a new site.

    • double2
      +4

      All due respect to the admins, I think much of this is due to the "work in progress" nature. The difficulty is that as a whole, everything looks so polished and great it can be confusing when certain elements misbehave or are missing vital features. I guess you just have to look forward to the future and enjoy things as they are for now. It's idiosyncratic in parts, but all in all a great community and a solid core interface.

  • picklefingers
    +3

    It seems that our fears in the beginning were unfounded. The new members have adopted the snapzu culture amazingly and even made positive improvements. Plus it is more active so there is more constant content. Overall, the site has been very much improved by the "AMAgeddon"

  • Csellite
    +3

    I have not had a single problem with anybody on this site! I don't plan on it either! I have also been doing everything I can to be kind and polite to my other snapzuers! I have a good feeling this site will stay this way. This website promotes openmindedness and I think that some people will start to change how they act on the web. The internet is something that connects us all and should not be used for trolling or cyber bullying but for learning and sharing! I'm excited to see where snapzu goes from here and my expectation is that it only gets better.

  • bogdan
    +3

    I sometimes felt like I was a cog in the machine and needed to actively produce content / set the community in motion.

    Nowadays, when more people have the time / creativity to produce content, I stick more to just browsing snaps and reading comments. I was never a proactive kind of person.

    I can say things changed somewhat, and I feel like in the long term it is better this way for everyone.

  • Qukatt
    +2

    I'm not really a refugee myself, when i was catching up on the gossip i saw the site mentioned and fell in love when i clicked through.

    I'm a veteran of the gifting and women silly subs over there so never really affected by the whole reddit dramamill. And now here I can shed even that small contact though i'll be there for my schadenfreude of /r/britishproblems and my gifting sub friends :D alllthoooough kinda hoping to see some gifting tribes here. I'd start one but it's too much responsibility! I know the mods for them work crazy hard xD

  • tjackson81
    +1

    A lady at work told me that I've been quite frisky lately. I think she meant playful and energetic and not the way my 20 year old mind interpreted it.