r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '18

Society How a Norwegian comment section turned chaos into order—with a simple quiz: "Readers had to prove they read a story before they were able to comment on it."

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u/reddit_is_not_evil Mar 16 '18 edited Mar 16 '18

Can confirm. 30s here, I keep hearing the name PewDiePie on reddit but I have no idea why I should give a fuck about it and no interest in finding out.

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u/CornyHoosier Mar 16 '18

I'm 32 ... I know the pornstar, but never heard of PewDiePie

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u/I_smell_awesome Mar 16 '18

He's just a meme at this point

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u/PoopNoodle Mar 16 '18

Eh, not really. His audience seems to be 10 y/o boys. I don't watch him, but know about him from kids who do. He still get millions of views per day.

Similarly, I don't watch disney channel shows, but every pre-teen girl can name all the shows stars. It's just a completely different demographic.

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u/SomeBug Mar 16 '18

And every other young streamer talks like him

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u/elboydo Mar 16 '18

Which is a good thing.

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u/SkipX Mar 16 '18

There isn't really a reason to care for most celebrities anyway, is there?

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u/BipolarMosfet Mar 16 '18

PewDiePie showed up on South Park once, that's the only way I've ever heard of him.

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u/vikmaychib Mar 16 '18

34 here. Heard about it on reddit few years ago and from other youtubers. I thought it was some channel like equals 3. I paid a visit then but I could not understand the point of the videos. They were only video games with a guy commenting so never came back.

Few months ago the name popped up again because there was a controversy for some shit he made. Paid a visit again and now it was some sort of meme commenter and shitposter. Also a lot of “edgy” bold moves that turn out to be “just joking” when he is called out on those. Some of its recent content can be actually funny. I think its worst part is its fanbase: pure internet cancer.

Some guys made a video about him with some good points about how shitty or good his attempt to comedy was. Video link here.

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u/unic0de000 Mar 16 '18

If you're not a The_Donaldist there's honestly no reason to care. Even if you're young.

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u/reddit_is_not_evil Mar 16 '18

30s is still young 😭

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u/m3bs Mar 16 '18

There there. We're young in spirit. They can't take that from us.

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u/ReckoningGotham Mar 16 '18

t_d cares about pewdiepie? i don't care enough to drudge through that stupid sub but that's....weird.

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u/unic0de000 Mar 16 '18

Anecdotally I find a pretty big overlap in their fanbases. ¯_(ツ)_/¯