Sick of OW Reddit

Franko

i don't know if anyone else here reads the onewheel subreddit, but i think i'm finally done with it. it's so acrimonious and rage-filled these days, and i'm just sick of it -- sick of the "FFM" thing, sick of the conspiracy theories about Future Motion, sick of the negative attitude there. The OW community there used to be like it is here -- people supportive and positive about this thing we all love, but now it's devolved into a horrible place. i'm done reading it.

TLDR, i really appreciate this forum. Thanks for being awesome, everyone ❤️🤙

Lia

@franko I agree completely. I've sort of stopped visiting and posting on the sub :(

Really miss how it used to be. I enjoyed posting but now I feel like every post is an invite for an argument or just snide comments one way or the other.

Grateful we've managed to keep this place chill and welcoming 💜

OneDanGTS

The saddest part is that it's the same people over and over that just seem so full of hate. I mean, it's typical of large forums and I know other Reddit subs have similar issues and I know you can just "scroll past", but when 90% of the posts devolve into just mindless dribble and conspiracy theories, it's just no longer useful or fun.

Just get out and ride whatever you ride however you want to ride it, I say!

Franko

@Lia @OneDanGTS agree, 100%!

biell

@franko r/wheel was supposed to draw the VESC, ReWheel, et al away so it could go back to being more friendly. But, nobody ever posts there. My last post on r/wheel (admittedly purposely a little obtuse) got no discussion and exactly one upvote.

OneDanGTS

Is it just me or has the drama over on the reddit sub calmed down in the last few days? I wonder if the mods are intervening maybe.

Lia

@onedangts Might just be things blew over. Nothing stoking the flames so everyone moved on.
That said there's a post laying into a recent addition of a bot that's just commenting on everything.

OneDanGTS

@lia Yeah, saw that. A forum is no place for an advanced bot trying to act like a human, IMO. Irks me so much, I sometimes report such posts as they can confuse and influence people that don't realize it's not a person behind the post. Linking to relevant information and correcting grammar is all I'd expect in such an environment. Last I checked, it had dozens of down votes, so hopefully that will be the end of it.

Sirgu

I'm reading all this above and I just can't relate to it.
Think I've actually logged in few dozen times to Reddit and overall made handful posts ever.

Other than that ... as a "fun fact" .. that place was an access key on getting contact with Lia (after FM community forum shut-down) and eventually getting aware & involved into this forum here. So there lies my only importance of Reddit.

LOAFFETTE

@franko I would say it reminds me of the reddit deticated to Starbucks workers

I used to work at starbucks, and I often looked at the starbucks reddit after shifts
It quickly became apparent that people either A) complained about customers, B) complained about corporate, C) complained about working there or, D) making posts about quitting

The posts I made about funny things that happened at work or interesting things that happened quickly got filled with people crapping on corporate and customers, when it was supposed to be a light-hearted post

I can't add more to the topic than this, but it really sucks that communities easily turn to anger. People probably just prefer to be angry and hateful rather than trying to find the good in things nowadays

Franko

@loaffette yeah, you're probably right. maybe it's just the life cycle of subreddits, shrug.

NotSure

@loaffette most ppl dont know that the internet is made of tubes, and those tubes are filled with salt...

TheAdman

@notsure "the internet is a playground, and I wouldn't have it any other way" - David Thorne (the Aussie bloke who tried to pay a bill with a drawing of a spider)

OneDanGTS

@onedangts said in Sick of OW Reddit:

Is it just me or has the drama over on the reddit sub calmed down in the last few days?

I was wrong, it was just a lull! :D :D :D