For everyone who complains about reposts making the front page, here's a tip.

zingzong70 · 2012-11-12T17:01:08+00:00

It's funny cause this is a repost.

AOEUD · 2012-11-12T18:04:51+00:00

http://code.reddit.com/wiki/help/reddiquette

Please don't: Complain about reposts. Just because you have seen it before doesn't mean everyone has. Votes indicate the popularity of a post, so just vote. Keep in mind that linking to previous posts is not automatically a complaint; it is information. Votes indicate how the community values information, so just vote.

Bodie1550 · 2012-11-12T18:31:04+00:00

I've been here for 5+ years and I've seen A LOT or reposts and it's never bothered me. With millions of redditors it's impossible for it not to happen.

dietotaku · 2012-11-12T17:20:39+00:00

what if i told you the people who upvote a post are different from the ones who comment?

stanleyaccrington · 2012-11-12T18:24:42+00:00

Hey guys - the reason a repost makes the front page is because loads and loads of people haven't seen it before and think it is good. You know, this is how jokes work - you tell a friend a joke, and they tell a friend who tells a friend. Eventually the joke will get back to you, and you might shrug and say, 'heard it', but you don't bad-mouth the person who told you. Do you? And actually, once in a while I quite like to see a good posting again. After all, they're almost impossible to find again when you really do want to. It seems to me that the only issue here is people who actually set out to 'steal' karma. But surely we're among friends here, so let's try thinking the best of people, not the worst. Each repost only costs about a couple of seconds of your (boss's) time.

L4cer8 · 2012-11-12T17:32:20+00:00

That's not what votes are for at all!

BendTime · 2012-11-12T18:11:22+00:00

Look people, it's on the front page not because people are up voting a repost, a repost is on the front page because that many people HAVE NOT seen it before. I don't know what you all don't understand, just because something has been posted here ONE time doesn't mean EVERYONE that browses this website has seen it. Try to remember that will you.

2012-11-12T17:25:21+00:00

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SirAuron · 2012-11-12T18:36:42+00:00

Yeah, but the people not complaining it is a repost will upvote if they like it, so your argument is invalid.

boredlike · 2012-11-12T18:41:56+00:00

Why post this to /r/funny?

Devildog_Dan · 2012-11-12T16:41:42+00:00

But if someone hasn't seen it, it isn't a repost to them...

RabbitSong · 2012-11-12T18:34:00+00:00

How about just ignoring reposts so that people that don't browse reddit every living moment can see them too?

BunnehZnipr · 2012-11-12T18:21:26+00:00

"Amnesia dust!"

MichaelJayDog · 2012-11-12T18:24:12+00:00

Things should only be seen once, ever. If you're not lucky to be there too bad because it is now gone forever, never to be reposted again.

sharpiefairy666 · 2012-11-12T18:34:17+00:00

Welcome to r/funny:

You may only post if you are funny.

JangSaverem · 2012-11-12T18:55:37+00:00

ENG Wrong. Once people SEE a repost it tends to be because it is back on the front page after a day or even a week. A downvote will NOT affect it at that point especially from a small minority while people lurking around will upvote it. Your idea, though a repost in itself, is impracticable.

Ichiban572 · 2012-11-12T20:58:54+00:00

Exception for the stop girl. Everybody loves the stop girl

stugots84 · 2012-11-12T22:37:50+00:00

just the tip?

-IS_OP_A_FAGGOT- · 2012-11-12T22:41:12+00:00

THAT'S NOT HOW IT FUCKING WORKS YOU ASS!

aliengoods1 · 2012-11-12T17:55:18+00:00

It's so crazy it might actually work.

kaisawheel · 2012-11-12T18:50:29+00:00

I am so tired of the complaining about reposts on fucking Reddit. It's probably my 3rd least favorite part of the Reddit community.

If something is on the front page, a great number of people all enjoyed it, many of them likely for the first time. Why is this so awful? Don't like it? Downvote it or hide it.

borkedddd · 2012-11-12T17:20:03+00:00

unfortunately i'm just one man. a man who's been on the internet for far too long. if only new redditors knew how to use the upvote/downvote button responsibly...

t_hab · 2012-11-12T18:55:34+00:00

That's how it's supposed to work, but given the amount of reposts on the front page, it clearly doesn't work that way... Oh well.

jewboselecta · 2012-11-12T17:41:09+00:00

Annoyingly, most of the people that complain about reposts only look at the front page

Coolbreezy · 2012-11-12T18:10:56+00:00

And obviously it's on the front page from upvotes due to people seeing it for the first time. So Yes.

Nukewar · 2012-11-12T18:28:02+00:00

I think what upsets a lot of reddditors, and what makes them complain about reposts, is that they don't feel the people who browse /new are being responsible enough with their upvotes. Obviously you can go there and do your part, but I feel that's where the issue comes from.

mortal_rombat17 · 2012-11-12T18:33:04+00:00

Some people just like to watch the world burn

cislum · 2012-11-12T18:40:14+00:00

Even here I have to live in a two party system.

apullin · 2012-11-12T18:48:45+00:00

A lot of reposts reach the front page because the reposter controls an account swarm, and that's how they get there. So downvoting doesn't do much.

1leggeddog · 2012-11-12T18:55:48+00:00

But those arrows are really for things i agree and don't agree with it...

MammothMan34 · 2012-11-12T19:05:41+00:00

What about those of use who have only wasted THREE years of our lives, and the content from before that is lost to us and would therefore not recognize it as a repost? WHAT ABOUT ME?!

2muffins · 2012-11-12T19:10:03+00:00

Your vote doesn't matter by the time it gets to the front page. If you want to help clean up, browse new. The first 10 votes matter the most.

Karmanoid · 2012-11-12T19:27:44+00:00

One man's repost is another man's OC. If it really bothers you so much to waste 5 seconds seeing something another time you may want to re-evaluate your life.

bitchskank2012 · 2012-11-12T19:31:28+00:00

Real live experience reports that this does not actually work.

ebbv · 2012-11-12T19:41:09+00:00

For everyone who complains about people complaining about reposts here's a tip: use the downvote button, don't make another shitty post which is itself a repost.

acrowsmurder · 2012-11-12T19:41:09+00:00

I've been on reddit for 2 years now, and I haven't seen everything yet. So sometimes I don't know if it's a repost or not.

Reddit should have a "I've seen it already" button that would hide all further instances of that link coming up again, kind of like RES, but permanent.

Ninja Edit: I know there is a "hide" button already, but we need one that covers all links, not just that post.

TigerWylde · 2012-11-12T19:42:05+00:00

So if this post is neither original or funny - do we just hunt you down and stab you or something?

Or you could be helpful and just slit your own wrists or something.. fire - fire is good. two separate fires - be thorough.

vaginarox · 2012-11-12T19:42:55+00:00

Some people think reposts are good oc

schattenteufel · 2012-11-12T19:43:58+00:00

Just because you've seen it before doesn't mean everyone has.
Here's a better idea: instead of complaining about a repost, just keep on scrolling. That way, everyone's happy.

hackysack · 2012-11-12T19:47:07+00:00

Ah yes, the daily bitching contest.

carthoris26 · 2012-11-12T19:47:10+00:00

You're also supposed to up vote things that foster discussion even if you disagree. Ask /r/politics how often that works out.

franklymydeer · 2012-11-12T19:50:27+00:00

There are other options; if I see a repost that's still particularly funny, I'm gonna upvote it. Why the fuck not? Why not give the new Redditors a chance to enjoy it?

I'm never gonna stop upvoting that "OMG it was you it was you the entire time" cat gif.

ILoveAMp · 2012-11-12T19:55:38+00:00

Meta-Complaints about reddit.

HAHAHAHAHA

SIMPLY FUCKING HILARIOUS!!!

ThatSmile · 2012-11-12T19:56:39+00:00

"If I haven't seen it, it's new to me!" - Repost

Grungus · 2012-11-12T19:57:07+00:00

I don't get why reposts are so offensive. just because you have seen it doesn't mean everyone else has.

palparepa · 2012-11-12T19:57:44+00:00

I don't remember where this happened, I think it was on a Perl-related chatroom on IRC. They had a bot running that remembered every single line ever uttered in that chatroom. If you post a duplicate, you are kicked out. It became a problems some years later, even the moderators were being kicked out.

_readit_ · 2012-11-12T20:00:00+00:00

The real reason why people call out reposts: They want others to know that they know it already.

"Repost", essentially means "Look at me, I know so many things, even this post..."

sexyhamster89 · 2012-11-12T20:04:08+00:00

I love me dat OC

this_sort_of_thing · 2012-11-12T20:09:24+00:00

I consider myself a reasonably heavy reddit user, but even I come across a lot of new shit that I've never seen. Yet I go to the comments and it's chock full of butt hurt redditors complaining about reposts. I've now resorted to reporting the most serial offenders (karmadecay posts, mainly). I seriously can't be fucked reading through thousands of unoriginal comments complaining about reposts.

You notice how subreddits such as /r/wheredidthesodago have already died down because they are so strict on reposts. Apparently over there you can only post OC, which means unless we spend our entire waking lives there we're going to miss out on tons of shit. Banning reposts is not always the way forward, eventually people get tired of your bullshit and just go elsewhere. Places like that subreddit which is supposed to be cheap laughs mocking informercials really take their shit so seriously you have to wonder about the types of people that run it, whether they literally have anything else better to do other than swing their dick pretending they have power.

Scaredpork · 2012-11-12T20:13:24+00:00

But people don't see them posted the first 4 times, so on the 5th post they still upvote it. I see this happen nearly every day on here. One mans down vote is not capable of quelling the masses. They MUST be informed.

thebodymullet · 2012-11-12T20:17:52+00:00

Yes but some reposts are my first encounter with the material being reposted. True, it would be better if the reposter were to self.post it, but I can appreciate being able to see it at all. Just read the comments and choose to vote one way or the other, or not vote to at all.

Asterisk007 · 2012-11-12T20:19:41+00:00

What if i told you that Reddit isn't only for Original Content

anonymousHacker · 2012-11-12T20:20:14+00:00

Actually that's not how the up/downvote system works.

tonyacunar · 2012-11-12T20:21:45+00:00

I propose this: Reddit knows how old my account is. Perhaps a checkbox in my preferences that will not show me reposts based on the age of my account.

erryday_IAm_rustling · 2012-11-12T20:27:21+00:00

You know what's funny? Not this.

AnyTwoWillDo · 2012-11-12T20:29:47+00:00

*if you are a douchebag

lemmysdaddy · 2012-11-12T20:34:17+00:00

But it's still OK to automatically downvote all FB posts, right?

newloaf · 2012-11-12T20:39:04+00:00

Here's another tip: for everyone who complains about people who complain about reposts, you're not helping.

Hypohamish · 2012-11-12T20:43:19+00:00

Yeah but now we just have a wave of people who complain about people complaining about reposts...

Majil229 · 2012-11-12T20:54:01+00:00

Reposts make the front page because they're OC to some people

jaygibby22 · 2012-11-12T21:10:44+00:00

but if you have already seen it, the downvote does not change the fact that you have seen the exact same post 20 times before

timz45 · 2012-11-12T21:10:46+00:00

just because something is reposted does not mean it is not the first time a lot of people have seen it. just sayin'

testhellban · 2012-11-12T21:10:58+00:00

For everyone that complains about complaints about reposts, go fuck yourself.
PS - Your tip doesn't work when there are a million little assholes filling the front page with dog and cat pictures every fucking day, shithead.

lemoncholly · 2012-11-12T21:14:45+00:00

How about I do whatever the fuck I want and you deal with it.

xRaptorJesusx · 2012-11-12T21:16:35+00:00

The amount of people that actually use upvotes and downvotes correctly probably makes up about 10% reddit. Source: idk

Marko343 · 2012-11-12T21:20:38+00:00

I would venture to guess that if it makes the the front page again, the majority have not seen the content.

willywoj · 2012-11-12T21:28:34+00:00

I clicked on it expecting something clever. I don't know what I was expecting... but something crafty.

MilesColtrane · 2012-11-12T21:30:11+00:00

i just hate general complaining about reposts. it's new to some of us!!

squaids667 · 2012-11-12T21:31:20+00:00

This is Reddit, don't expect OC, its all reposts.

VashT_S · 2012-11-12T21:33:03+00:00

I never vote on anything, If I see a repost I just hit the back button and click something else. Fuck me, right

captainsauer · 2012-11-12T21:35:55+00:00

But I can't, in all good conscience, upvote this. It's just...not funny.

Joke_Getter · 2012-11-12T21:40:20+00:00

Shut the fuck up already, faggot. What a whiny little bitch.

Rauol_Duke · 2012-11-12T21:47:11+00:00

You must be new here.

ThePr0 · 2012-11-12T21:47:14+00:00

If I haven't seen it, then it's new to me.

32Dog · 2012-11-12T21:52:29+00:00

This isn't funny.

siilver · 2012-11-12T21:58:16+00:00

So...what about bad OC?

Sircumalot89 · 2012-11-12T22:01:01+00:00

Thats clearly not how it works

Tend_to_agree · 2012-11-12T22:08:05+00:00

Works in theory, not in practice.

FreeThinkerLee · 2012-11-12T22:11:07+00:00

I tag repeat offenders, not like it will ever help.

SlashStar · 2012-11-12T22:17:41+00:00

And then you set the downvoted ones to not appear. Problem solved.

HankMcCoy7410 · 2012-11-12T22:27:52+00:00

The thing is that not everyone has seen images that others have seen. So it's kind of hard for every 2,733,739 person in this subreddit to know what's a repost and what's not.

Aztecius · 2012-11-12T22:33:16+00:00

Let's face it - OC is almost non-existent nowadays.

lolsols · 2012-11-12T22:39:30+00:00

itt: a hundred idiots saying the same thing

RockTripod · 2012-11-12T22:43:03+00:00

I promise you the people complaining are downvoting

dubdubdubdot · 2012-11-12T22:48:08+00:00

I downvote everything, even the stuff I like, it hurts but I do it because I have my RES set up so it hides posts I've downvoted, only posts I want to see again when I refresh are upvoted. I think RES needs a hide button that hides posts when you refresh.

Material_Defender · 2012-11-12T22:54:09+00:00

Pretty pointless if the majority upvotes the piece of shit anyways. I'd complain more about the community then the submission itself.

MeinCrouton · 2012-11-12T23:01:23+00:00

That's how it should* work.

thePOOPiseverywhere · 2012-11-12T23:43:12+00:00

i've been using a new tip in accordance with this one: not viewing reddit every single day unless it's niche subreddits.

the less i view reddit the more i am pleased with original content. i know everyone gets upset about the same old content but if you limited your reddit time i believe you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised. reddit is really saturated with users at this point in time and the actual original content of the site has suffered because of it, there's like a lag in OC of about 24-36 hours.

trust me, browse reddit every other day and it will be pretty sweet. you just can't browse it every 30 minutes like you used to anymore and that's fine if you're willing to be a bit patient.

LimeAided · 2012-11-13T00:22:48+00:00

Way to tell everyone how to break rediquette.

19115162093 · 2012-11-13T01:04:01+00:00

Or a better solution, don't be on Reddit 24/7. Of course you're going to find reposts, and not everyone has seen them before. Fuck, it's possible you've seen posts for the first time that you enjoyed that were in fact reposts. So don't be a bitch.

Ginvent · 2012-11-13T01:21:43+00:00

All my OC gets buried by reposts :(

siltfilter · 2012-11-13T01:28:39+00:00

No. No that is not at all how it works. ^ = I feel this contributes to the community (ie, it's posted in /r/funny and it is funny, it is posted in /r/bacondicks and it's a dick of bacon). V= I feel that this does not contribute to the community (ie, it's posted in /r/funny and it's another jackoff whining about how /r/funny isn't wat it used to be, it's posted in /r/bacondicks and it's bacon from dicks)

Ruleof2 · 2012-11-13T01:36:19+00:00

I should repost this...

slingshot8907 · 2012-11-13T01:59:05+00:00

For everyone who complains abo... Fuck you

ccsizzle · 2012-11-13T02:04:55+00:00

Here's the thing, that's not how it works. If every repost was downvoted then everything on the front page would be OC!

SackFulloApplez · 2012-11-13T02:12:58+00:00

But, I'm a nice person. I just wan't people to stop being repost faggots.

MineCraftJunkie2 · 2012-11-13T02:32:00+00:00

Funny OC = upvote Funny repost = upvote

the_poodleo · 2012-11-13T03:31:40+00:00

But it doesnt WORK

iLuVtiffany · 2012-11-13T05:15:01+00:00

Fucking hilarious, OP. Well deserving its place in /r/funny

/s

totallypossible · 2012-11-13T05:28:48+00:00

Would something like a repost filter be feasible? It would allow users to vote as a repost and have it only affect users who have turned on the filter reposts option.

RockyCoon · 2012-11-13T06:04:22+00:00

Sadly, this stopped working a long long while ago. :-/

Kazu215 · 2012-11-13T07:22:06+00:00

Oh thank you. And here I was upvoting reposts because they were reposts. What was I thinking. Thank you OP for opening my eyes

NueDumaz · 2012-11-13T08:02:25+00:00

Another option would be to get a life.
Or even go outside for a few minutes.

GoogleIsMyJesus · 2012-11-12T17:46:38+00:00

Please don't call it that...OC

whattheheckreddit · 2012-11-12T17:50:44+00:00

That's not how it works at all.

HairyButtCheeks · 2012-11-12T18:07:15+00:00

You need to catch up on your Reddiquitte.

TranquilLunacy · 2012-11-12T18:16:50+00:00

FALSE.

Tminus60years · 2012-11-12T19:01:43+00:00

This is the biggest load of shit. In large subreddits, especially r/funny, it is not uncommon to see reposts on the front page everyday.

Elshar · 2012-11-12T19:12:14+00:00

I'll repost this tomorrow so noone forgets.

JSlayerz · 2012-11-12T19:14:13+00:00

But then I can't get my comment karma for saying it is a repost

Tunis1jp · 2012-11-12T19:15:48+00:00

And those that down-vote something, but still see it rise to the top, it means that probably most of the people that up-voted it haven't seen it yet.

fieroturbo · 2012-11-12T19:19:12+00:00

Reddit users' typical reaction to reposts

KingsUsurper · 2012-11-12T17:43:52+00:00

Or, you know, upvote it so people who haven't seen it can enjoy it too. Bloody karma hipsters.

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