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[–]mattbedford 87 points88 points  (8 children)

TIL Reddit gives you fresh links if you upvote/downvote everything. No more purple wading for me.

[–]Hieronymus_Prime 32 points33 points  (6 children)

From /u/spidersoup: The key is to change your settings. There are two check boxes; "do not display links I downvote/upvote" (or something to that effect). If you check those boxes, links you vote on will disappear.

[–]peanutismint[S] 7 points8 points  (4 children)

This is pretty much what I did, and even then it was a big decision. If I upvote something I like, then navigate away and want to come back and share it, it sometimes takes me ages to find it again. Life is hard.

Also, there's another setting that simply reads 'show me links I've recently viewed' so I thought 'un-tick that, and clicked links will disappear', but it doesn't seem to work like that......

[–]Variatiion 14 points15 points  (1 child)

click on your username and click liked if you want to see something again.

[–]peanutismint[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pro tip! Thanks! :-)

[–]jarret_g 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also hide

[–]fathead7707 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that's right

[–]RikVanguard 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Wow, wasting time must take forever.

[–]peanutismint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an art.

[–]galironxero 25 points26 points  (1 child)

Nice confession.

[–]tkh0812 95 points96 points  (42 children)

That is exactly how you are supposed to browse. Either something is relevant or not... As long as you aren't just randomly assigning votes.

[–]peanutismint[S] 40 points41 points  (38 children)

Well this is the thing - there's no 'middle ground' on Reddit (that I can see), like a 'read' button. Sometimes I like something so it gets an up. Sometimes I don't, and it gets a down. Sometimes it's in no way related to me or I don't know what it's referencing or similar, in which case I usually just want it gone from my feed, so it gets whatever I feel like to make it go away, usually a 'down', but then I feel bad downvoting every Pokemon reference just because I don't give a crap about Pokemon....

[–]jawnofthedead 31 points32 points  (27 children)

Isn't "hide" the middle ground?

Also, sounds like you need RES for the Pokemon shit. You just tell it what subreddits you don't want to see and it will filter them.

[–]peanutismint[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Hide.

Now I see it. It was there all along, hiding in plain sight.

You just changed my world.

[–]jawnofthedead 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Hah, glad to help. And if you go to your profile page there's a "hidden" tab so you can see what's been hidden in case you hide something by accident.

[–]peanutismint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it!!

[–]tkh0812 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you're neutral but you feel like it's informative or applicable to the subreddit, than I would default to an upvote so others who might enjoy it have a better chance of seeing it.

[–]Beestonian 12 points13 points  (2 children)

I have actually been not very active with upvoting or downvoting. If It actually refreshes the page with new links then I think I just found my new habit.

[–]spidersoup 18 points19 points  (1 child)

The key is to change your settings. There are two check boxes; "do not display links I downvote/upvote" (or something to that effect). If you check those boxes, links you vote on will disappear.

[–]chaingunXD 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This changes everything

[–]godofal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

don't feel bad, if something doesnt interest you (like pokemon) simply downvote it

if there are more people that do want to read it (and therefore upvoting it) than people who don't care/want it gone, it'l be there. if there isn't, well, thats kinda the entire point of voting: getting rid of stuff the community doesnt want and getting stuff more visibility that the community dóes want

[–]TheLawIsi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's exactly what the hide button is for. Just hide it and it's gone.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Actually if you don't get the reference, downvote it. It's not some kind of justice system, it's a system designed so that you see what you are most likely to want to see, and if everyone that didn't get the reference downvoted, it means it's less likely to be what most people want to see.

If you personally liked/disliked a post, that's how you vote, it's not a matter of judging quality or effort. It's a vote of appreciation.

[–]peanutismint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good advice. Thanks. That's pretty much how I have been operating, but the good Christian boy in me says 'well hold on now youngster, YOU might not like it but that doesn't mean others won't....'

[–]mithopper2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im confused as to how this works...i upvote and downvote shit on the front page all the time and its still there, is there some kind of option to remove upvoted posts?

EDIT: hastily asking this question, i foudn my answer by reading further into the thread

[–]Dangerpaladin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you considered the 'hide' button.that is what I use it is fantastic. Everyone time I see a puffin I just his hide, its like in my own personal advice animals mod and in deleting shit posts.

[–]dropEleven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Upvotes are clearly not based on relevancy. In a perfect world, maybe, but more often than not, a half-assed pun gets top comment.

[–]Assmeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

also if you have multiple platforms for viewing you know right away if you have seen something or not.

[–]rooxo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But what if I'm just indifferent about a post. There is no "meh" button in the middle

[–]frotorious 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So brave.

[–]Xeramus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wait, if you up/downvote things, I dont get the same 45 links all day?

[–]im_a_riser 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This post is terrible.

[–]jsizzle55 4 points5 points  (4 children)

There are posts I actually feel completely indifferent about. Posts that don't quite deserve an upvote but do not deserve a downvote.

[–]zorgtron 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Exactly. If it's a reference I don't get, I can't tell if it's relevant or not.

[–]ImJustAverage 0 points1 point  (1 child)

So then just hide it instead

[–]zorgtron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good point!

[–]vereonix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wish there was an option to hide links I've viewed, the browsers turns them purple and knows I've seen them so why can't RES just hide them, it would hide reposts as well if I leave my net history right?

[–]TomTheNurse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do the exact same thing. I thought it was what I was supposed to do.

[–]Woodaroe 1 point2 points  (1 child)

my cat's toes smell like cheetos!

[–]peanutismint[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ralph??

[–]auth0r_unkn0wn 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Correctly*?

[–]peanutismint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahah, thanks. If only I could edit the title....

[–]hassenbinlaid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been doing it wrong for nearly 3 years!!!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I'm still learning too. I hide most of the stupid posts just so I don't have to look at them again.. I also find 1 out of 20 posts to be interesting.

[–]peanutismint[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I find about 1 in 10 that I feel really 'gets me', like something I find interesting or really makes me laugh out loud or say "wow!", but that's enough for me.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. I told my coworker that I love reddit but my mistake was making an account so now instead of ignoring stupid posts I can actually respond and make things worse.. :(:( lol

[–]duchovny 6 points7 points  (3 children)

What in the fuck are you confessing to?

Downvoted like it should be.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This is actually the worst confession bear I have ever seen. How the hell does it have more than two upvotes?

[–]duchovny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because /r/adviceanimals is the new cesspool of reddit.

[–]peanutismint[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm confessing to 'doing Reddit wrong'. It's right there in the title.

[–]kalizar 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Use Reddit Enhancement Suite and you'll never have to "refresh."

[–]radael 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my... I started using... now I think won´t get out of reddit anymore...

[–]Chris-P 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's definitely not how reddit works.

[–]lem0nparty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use Reddit Enhancement Suite for a better experience.

[–]MagnusRune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TIL- if you upvote-downvote a post on the front page it goes away..

[–]Dadotron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit Enhancement Suite will keep track for you.

[–]Athomeacct 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah, I've been doing this for some time. I never upvote anything, I just use RES to expand everything on the page and go Z-J-Z-J all the way down the page. New links after every refresh, and I never lose my place using something like Never Ending Reddit, which eventually crashes my browser.

The largest reason I do this, though, is just to view content that is blocked at work. Imgur is blocked by a Websense filter at the office, so I'll view content at home, then at work on my main account I read all the interesting things that maybe a handful of people said in the comments, somewhere in between the inside jokes and people getting mad at each other over God, Obama, or whatever the hell else you bright young social justice warriors think is so grand to get mad about.

My goodness, that felt good to say. You suck, Redditors. You're cool, Reddit.

[–]peanutismint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahah yeah, Reddit would be a great place if it weren't for all the Redditors. Actually no, it would be empty and boring. But I get what you mean! :-)

I must look into this 'RES' thing. People keep mentioning it. Also Never Ending Reddit, which I assume is the sequel to my favourite 80s fantasy movie.

[–]StraightDegan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How the hell is this a confession?

[–]teenytinymythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I basically upvote everything, often before looking at it, just to get it off my screen.

[–]Punker_22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now I know where my second upvote on everything comes from :'(

[–]starless73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope you used a throwaway for that.

[–]fahrnfahrnfahrn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just hide each post. Never see it again.

[–]veloci-nap-tor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do the same.

[–]Laurifish -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Isn't this the point of reddit and how reddit works?

[–]JeffBanks -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

.. wat

[–]Dollar_Bills -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Congratulations, I gave you my one upvote for the month. You make me want to be more like you. Looks like I have a lot of downvoting to do, now.

[–]peanutismint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much obliged.

[–]ohjordyn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I never knew this got rid of links.. I'm excited now!

[–]InSigniaX -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Another guy who doesnt know how to use downvotes. ...

[–]peanutismint[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Enlighten me, please, how do downvote?

[–]InSigniaX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coming from Rediquette.

Think before you downvote and take a moment to ensure you're downvoting someone because they are not contributing to the community dialogue or discussion. If you simply take a moment to stop, think and examine your reasons for downvoting, rather than doing so out of an emotional reaction, you will ensure that your downvotes are given for good reasons.

Tl;dr Don't downvote if you don't like.

[–]DynaBeast -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I rarely ever upvote or downvote anything. At most I've given out no more than 10-20 of them total in the past couple months. If reddit becomes stagnant for me, I just got to YouTube, or play videogames.

[–]pelonius30 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No one can tell you that you are doing Reddit up and down votes wrong. You can up vote how every and why ever you want... That is the beauty of this website.
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