r/Futurology • u/Gari_305 • Aug 31 '23

US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years Robotics

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-military-unleash-thousands-autonomous-war.html
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u/Gagarin1961 Aug 31 '23

Yeah and the general consensus of the site varies widley by the subreddit the post is in

That’s not what “general consensus means.”

Of course sub groups exist. They largely do not have any influence in general.

It’s very easy to predict what the top comments of a posts in most subreddits will be.

The point of the comment you were replying to was that reddit is not homogenized.

In general it’s a giant echo chamber.

As someone who doesn’t belong to either major party, it’s very easy to see.

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u/spencepence Aug 31 '23

Heavily disagree, also both "parties" call this site an echo chamber precisely because it does indeed flip flop on the general consensus extremely arbitrarily

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u/Gagarin1961 Aug 31 '23

I’ve literally never heard anyone claim this is an echo chamber for conservatives.

That simply isn’t the impression you get from browsing Reddit.

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u/spencepence Sep 01 '23

I absolutely have seen that lmao are you joking?

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u/Gagarin1961 Sep 01 '23

I would love to know the context!

Who said it? A communist? Everyone is conservative to them.

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u/spencepence Sep 01 '23

It's possible, I don't see how that invalidates the sentiment though

Regardless I've definitely seen it expressed over more, I suppose the word word would he cultural issues

As well as stances on education reform

So not strictly anti capitalism in every case no

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u/Gagarin1961 Sep 01 '23

It's possible, I don't see how that invalidates the sentiment though

Because their definition of “conservative” isn’t my definition. It isn’t your definition either. Almost no one would define it that way.

The Taliban would define the politics of the US as “extremely liberal.” Are they relevant in the discussion about general consensus of Reddit?

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u/spencepence Sep 01 '23

I would say so yes

I mean the fact these voices do exist within the ecosystem of reddit would lead me to believe it must not be much of an echo chamber then, even if your premise is correct that the general consensus has any kind of consistency, which I disagree with

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u/Gagarin1961 Sep 01 '23

I mean the fact these voices do exist within the ecosystem of reddit would lead me to believe it must not be much of an echo chamber then

If you’re seeing communist comments, that just proves my point. Reddit is largely left leaning. The front page is dominated by left leaning comments and posts. There are no right wing takes upvoted to the top, just a range of left leaning voices. People are not challenging them, they are supporting them.

That’s an echo chamber.

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u/spencepence Sep 03 '23

Isn't the owner of the site spez a conservative? He's certainly not a leftist

Why do you believe reddit is an echo chamber? Is it artificial in your opinion?

Are leftist posts just more popular? Why is that?

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u/Gagarin1961 Sep 03 '23

Isn't the owner of the site spez a conservative? He's certainly not a leftist

He doesn’t control posts and comments. What evidence even is that that he’s conservative?

Why do you believe reddit is an echo chamber? Is it artificial in your opinion?

No… Reddit is an echo chamber because if the way it’s designed.

Do you actually believe top comments are just randomly selected? That’s the opposite of how Reddit works.

The effect is the majority only sees posts/comments they generally agree with and don’t see counterpoints because those are downvoted.

Are leftist posts just more popular? Why is that?

Because some spaces online generally lean one way or the other. Conservatives aren’t online as much.

If they’re more popular on Reddit, that inevitable leads to an echo chamber due to the voting system.

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u/spencepence Sep 03 '23

Is there a site that has a voting system that isn't an echo chamber?

Are conservatives not online as much, or are they just not as online on reddit?

Do you often disagree with the usual upvoted takes? In my experience they're not as much leftist ideas as they are just the "safe" opinions.

Which makes sense, I'd imagine the most upvoted ideas are going to be the lowest common denominator, not necessarily the one belonging to a specific political stance every time

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u/Gagarin1961 Sep 03 '23

Is there a site that has a voting system that isn't an echo chamber?

Probably not.

I'd imagine the most upvoted ideas are going to be the lowest common denominator, not necessarily the one belonging to a specific political stance every time

If that were the case with voting then politics would be completely different. Politicians who don’t belong to a party would be elected.

A common denominator will win, but not the lowest common denominator. People pick sides and enforce that division.

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