Comment on One major issue with social media is that it operates on a first come, first served basis. This essentially rules out the possibility of well-considered, well-researched content being successful.

• sanderium@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That makes sense

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What kind of slob gets their opinions from the comments sections of a local news outlet?

  Hell, do major publications even have comments sections anymore? I’m lucky to see the first paragraph of a story, nevermind getting all the way down to the bottom of the article to see what some random assholes think about it.

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  • Bassman1805@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean…

    [Gestures broadly at the state of the world]

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  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Web 2.0 was such a nice idea on paper.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was great when they’d tricked investors into giving users an ecosystem with no (obvious) ads.

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• ogmios@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That same problem still exists even when sorting by upvotes, because the earlier a comment is posted the more people will see and be able to vote on it, pushing it higher.

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  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s a very good point. Also, the later comments don’t get seen by many people, and that’s why they don’t get many votes either.

    Obviously, sorting changes all that, but I don’t think many people sort posts and comments by new. If you don’t touch the settings, things are sorted by hot.

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