Twitter vs Reddit

I find myself crawling little by little into the online tools of this course , and ive been feeling more comfortable with Reddit much more than Twitter. I was wondering what exactly is making feel that way. I think that the privacy setting without a biography helps, perhaps Twitter is more of a social networking service and Reddit is more of discussion service with ratings. I still dont know why content needs to be rated though, why contributions has to be valuable to get Karma, knowing that each and every member is different and how valuable is the content differs form one member to the other. But i do get how the more upvoted a posts gets, the more valuable the post is to that community .

Ive noticed that you dont need to follow the person to see his posts while on Twitter you have to follow that person in order to see his posts or tweets. Posts are viewed depending on how posts are upcoted ( rated)  and not by trending tweets.

I will definitely try and look more into those tools, perhaps i will come around Twitter one day , or maybe not, who knows ?:)


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  1. Omer ArslanMay 29, 2021 at 8:31 PM

    It's great to hear that you're exploring different tools and coming up to terms with what you enjoy on the internet. It definitely takes time to settle down on a specific tool and sometimes just one tool may not be enough to reach out to different audiences. I'm more visible on Twitter than Reddit as a user actually but I get what you're saying with the sense of anonymity on Reddit.

    I enjoy seeing tweets in our hashtag #eme6414. So just stop by and maybe leave a like time to time. :)

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  2. AlejandroMay 30, 2021 at 6:59 PM

    Hey Rula! I think you hit the nail on the head with why content on reddit needs to be rated or voted on. Upvotes are a direct indication that a community finds a post valuable or interesting in some way. An upvote is a little mark of appreciation, and by giving an upvote you are tipping your hat to the creator/submitter and helping other redditors find and enjoy the submission. Upvotes also signal agreement with a post or a comment. Many people, especially those who participate lightly in reddit, will give an upvote to a comment they agree with instead of typing up their own comment.

    Downvotes are tricky. Redditors should use downvotes for comments that are not relevant to the discussion or helpful. The intended result is that comment sections are full of helpful, relevant comments. Sometimes though, people use downvotes to signal disagreement and without offering a counter response. It's a bit passive-aggressive. If you upset someone, they might go to your reddit user page and downvote all of your comments and submissions! This doesn't happen too often, though. The whole reddit karma thing is way overrated. In some subreddits, you need a certain karma threshold to post in the community. This is to filter out spammers and karmabots (computer bots that are programmed to post previously highly-rated or popular submissions...reposts [popular posts that are resubmitted over time] are a big issue with reddit...)

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