Which forum has the better level of discussion, reddit or datalounge?

I've never taken the time to figure out how Reddit works.

It seem very confusing to me, while DL is more intuitive.

Datalounge.

Reddit is the pits these days, unless you like being up- and down-voted by extremely earnest 20-year-olds. Most DLers would have to bubble-wrap their tongue over there.

I'm not a Reddit poster, but I have read some of the threads. Depends on the topic, I guess. The DL format is simpler (linear, instead of like a tree with branches). DL is probably funnier.

I'd like to post on Quora, but they require you to use your real name. Some long-winded posts on Quora as well.

DataLounge. I post on both, and the gatekeepers here are good about keeping topics to single threads and not rehashing the same shit in different posts every single day (r/gaybros and r/askgaybros now exist solely to validate bottoms and small-dicked tops).

Also, the downvotes and ability to view past posts creates an echochamber. Here I say whatever I want, regardless of whether people disagree. I also don’t care if I’m ignored by people...whereas I hate getting downvoted on Reddit.

This should’ve been a poll.

I feel relieved to return to DL if I’ve been to Reddit, it’s like preferring your moms cooking. You can’t have another opinion over there or you’ll get downvoted and cyber flogged.

DL. Reddit is too censored and too PC and is ruled by the mob mentality.

[quote] This should’ve been a poll.

Yes! Two choices, maybe more! How hard would that have been?

Datalounge has FAR better discussions for entertainment value, information, humor, gay life, gossip, politics, sex.

Reddit has a better format though and it is way easier to track your old activity on it, and I find it far easier to use.

Plus if you want information on a specific subject, reddit is probably better due to it being divided up into thousands of sub-forums

Reddit can be difficult to use. For instance you can be reading a thread and then it has a link that says “continue reading thread”. You press it and it takes you to another page. But the thread you were reading initially is not right in front of you. You have to scroll upwards till you find it. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? It’s very frustrating! Maybe I’m doing it wrong.

Reddit is great for consumer reviews and tips/tricks. For those who are a little intimidated to navigate the site, I typically just Google search what I want and preface the search with "reddit". So for example, I wanted a quick refresher on what tax software I should use, so I googled "reddit best tax software" and went from there.

I do the same thing R11. There’s a lot of useful information on Reddit. You just need to sort through it.

Reddit is the same fucking jokes over and over again. At least on DL, the jokes have a new spin. Like the Patsy Ramsey jokes may get old, but at least they always have a new context. On reddit, it is literally the same joke again and again. And God forbid you quote a song, the next 20 post will be people posting the next line in the song, and the next one, ect.

Reddit is good for some nitch communities, like the Duggar Snark is really funny. But any mainstream sub is just horrible.

^On some subs, heaven forbid you try to discuss anything pre-2005. You'll get cross-eyed looks like you're discussing medieval antiquities.

Film discussions are better in Reddit.

reddit has semi-accountable accounts, so it will always have more Real News and quality discussion.

DL is all trolls, Fake News and sport hatred.

Reddit is swamped with Chinese and Russian bots.

Reddit is lame. Why are the first Five hundred comments in every news article always completely off topic? It's obnoxious. Their ESTs are mildly entertaining though,I will give them that.

DL is better.

Discussion, an exchange of ideas, thoughts and observations, is obsolete. Berating, hectoring, shrieking, scolding, disparaging, denigrating and woeful ignorance are the only games on the forum elementary school playground.

I don’t use Reddit for gay content because it skews towards twinks. I don’t use Datalounge for Cats Are Assholes just because.

R1 Thank you. The layout on Reddit is a mess and looks like something from 2002

[quote] only games on the forum elementary school playground.

You're not kidding about this part. One of my favorite [totally non-political] subs feels like a McDonalds playhouse now. I might as well be the recess aide there now.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who isn't a big Reddit guy. I can't get into it's user experience. I can't find anything and then get lost down some rabbit hole. It's not terrible. But there's something nice and familiar about DL. It feels more prive.

I like both but much prefer DL.

I prefer the format of DL (except that you cannot edit your posts). I find Reddit a bit difficult to use. I do like, though, that Reddit has a thread on just about everything.

But I like the humour here more. The "Dead to Me", the Darfur Orphan, the Liza translations, the "has Susan Dey commented?"

It really is like comfort food.

Reddit is pedo tranny admin territory. DLer wouldn't manage to stay on there for more than a week if they spoke their mind even a little bit.

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R26 I agree. I like that I can say whatever the fuck I want on DL. So many people here are hilarious with rapier sharp wits. It's like how playing tennis with someone a bit better than you makes it more fun.

Reddit is full of teenager. It's pointless getting into discussions there because arguing with 15 year old is futile. Pay sites do filter 90% of the riff raff and children.

I miss google plus

I look in on Data Lounge daily. I go to Reddit when I have a specific enquiry or interest - which rarely overlaps with anything gay or DL content. I've spent very little time in Reddit's gay zone. Typically I'm pleased to find a thread specific to an interest but the pleasure wears off quickly as I see that a seemingly long thread has two good posts and the rest far off topic or attempts to police the posters. Mostly though the navigation is a chore: you have to look for something very specific and the I never get pulled into the "I don't give a shit about this subject, but the OP is so insane I have to see what it's about." Reddit is much more anti-serendipitous.

All those teens killed Reddit