I am not sure everyone uses/used reddit like that. 99% of the time, when I use reddit, I type in the subreddit I want to visit, I am very rarely (typically only when I click the URL) on the main page or on things like /r/all. So for me, the main benefit of using reddit is that I don't need to log in multiple times. RSS readers are also a way to combine news from various sites.
RoboticMask
joined 2 years ago
I think there should be archives available until march: https://archive.org/details/pushshift-reddit-2023-03/
EDIT: https://academictorrents.com/details/7c0645c94321311bb05bd879ddee4d0eba08aaee has others (from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36038684), then there is https://academictorrents.com/details/c861d265525c488a9439fb874bd9c3fc38dcdfa5 and https://academictorrents.com/details/9971c68d2909843a100ae955c6ab6de3e09c04a1
IMHO the best way is what Blizzard did with Diablo 2, where players simply had every choice: Want to play alone? You can, just play offline. Want to play with people in your house? You can, using LAN mode. Want to play with people online with your own single player character? You can, using open Battle.Net. Want to play with people online with a server-stored character to prevent cheats? You can, using closed Battle.Net.
There is IMHO no technical reason blizzard couldn't offer exactly this with Diablo 4 Also, I haven't bought Diablo 4, one of the reasons is it being online-only. Would it be playable offline, I might have had bought it.
Codes in physical editions are one of the most useless goods in the world, purely offering something in physical stores which does not need to be bought there.
Some years ago (actually probably a decade or so), I fell for a game like that. My internet speed wasn't great at that time, but the game was pretty large, so I wanted to buy it on disc. However, when I opened the box at home I saw that nothing was included except a code. It wasn't fraud as it was clearly labeled on the box, but unsuspecting me didn't even know codes in physical boxes would exist.
While I don't condone DDoS attacks, the only reason for D4 to be online-only is monetization IMO: Blizzard wants to sell cosmetics, so people have to see other people wearing them. There is little gameplay benefit from being an MMO-lite.
IMHO the final conclusion that consuming deepfake porn is wrong mainly because deepfakes of men are rarely produced is unsatisfying as I don't see behaviour which is different between genders necessarily as evil. Men consume more porn and are usually early adopters and indeed, all the deepfakes of male actors I found were gay porn.
Downstream effects like sharing deepfakes are unfair because it show people in situations they never have been. However, there is even a subtle difference in consuming deepfake porn others have made and fantasies: Consuming other people's porn may shape one's fantasies, while having fantasies or creating deepfakes yourself just reproduce your own ideas. I am not sure if it is a meaningful difference, but it is certainly one you could base consistent morals distinguishing both actions on.
Why would many people downvote a rule-breaking post/comment, but nobody would report it?
They aren't exactly worth nothing. If you have too low karma (in a subreddit), your comments will be hidden etc. I uttered an unpopular opinion in a sub once, got downvoted to oblivion for it, and since then every single one of my comments is hidden. You always need to carefully judge how many unpopular opinions you can say in a subreddit until your karma falls below the threshold.
Well, usenet also had groups --> subgroups, forums have subforums, ... so these terms predated reddit.
Yeah, I created an account on a difference instance just because I didn't know how to post in a community from a different (but federated) instance in this instance.
you can watch subs with age restricted content on mobile browsers, but you have to log in. But now you even have to login on desktop for age restricted subs.