Reddit vs GZ (bit of a rant/grrr)

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#312371 11-Apr-2024 08:18

Latest Reddit experience......

GeForce Experience notified me a new driver was available - so hit download, and then prompted for type of install - clicked Express as I usually do.

Windows then popped up with a driver warning saying it was not signed. Thought that was odd, so I stopped the install and thought that was the end of it..... until Defender went nuts alerting me to malware now on my system. It kept popping up even after quarantined/cleaned, so I installed MalwareBytes, which found the offending files and removed it. The files were video card driver related.

Popped onto Reddit and posted in the Nvidia sub and asked there if anyone else had the same issue with latest update...... what a mistake that was.

"You've downloaded a dodgy driver from a dodgy site"

"Stop using dodgy VPN's"

"You don't know what you're doing"

and so on......

I politely went back and said where and how the driver was obtained and thanked those that had actually given me valid things to check.

Next thing, my post has been removed and I'm removed from the sub.

Nice attitude from Reddit people and the mods....... I suspect Nvidia has some financial attachment to that Reddit because there is absolutely nothing negative about them in any fashion (inc failed drivers) in that sub.

Think I'll keep my tech requests to Geekzone, at least when I'm proven wrong, or ask a stupid question noones nasty about it (although under breath you're prob thinking "what an idiot") ;)

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#3216872 11-Apr-2024 08:20

Reddit is a cesspit. I tend to use it in read-only mode for light entertainment.

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?

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#3216876 11-Apr-2024 08:31

floydbloke:

Reddit is a cesspit. I tend to use it in read-only mode for light entertainment.

I left when they killed the Apollo iOS app in the APIcalypse. Nice to see it's improving. :-/

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#3216884 11-Apr-2024 09:09

I love Reddit, but since the went public they are scared of offending anyone. I got a week ban by reddit admin for saying a tent peg through the chest would be a solution to someone who snores in a hut.

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#3216885 11-Apr-2024 09:10

xpd:

Nice attitude from Reddit people and the mods....... I suspect Nvidia has some financial attachment to that Reddit because there is absolutely nothing negative about them in any fashion (inc failed drivers) in that sub.

Nah, that's the funny bit. They don't need to pay a cent, it's free PR white-washing to have a subreddit run by fanboys. You should see how rabid the Apple one is - say anything negative and you can almost feel the froth coming off their mouths as they pile on!

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#3216948 11-Apr-2024 10:19

netspanner:

I love Reddit, but since the went public they are scared of offending anyone. I got a week ban by reddit admin for saying a tent peg through the chest would be a solution to someone who snores in a hut.

I got a week's ban for suggesting you burn the house down, after someone posted a picture of a bunch of massive spiders in their house...apparently I was inciting violence.

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#3217023 11-Apr-2024 11:39

netspanner:
I love Reddit, but since the went public they are scared of offending anyone. I got a week ban by reddit admin for saying a tent peg through the chest would be a solution to someone who snores in a hut.

It is likely on geekzone you would get a mod warning first time initially.

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#3217024 11-Apr-2024 11:41

Handsomedan: I got a week's ban for suggesting you burn the house down, after someone posted a picture of a bunch of massive spiders in their house...apparently I was inciting violence.

Obviously you were not but it is a slippery slope and some parts of Reddit are near the bottom. Presumably whatever sub you were on has a stricter than average mod policy.

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#3217025 11-Apr-2024 11:43

gzt:
netspanner:

I love Reddit, but since the went public they are scared of offending anyone. I got a week ban by reddit admin for saying a tent peg through the chest would be a solution to someone who snores in a hut.

It is likely on geekzone you would get a mod warning first time initially.

For that? Nah, on Geekzone you'd be more likely to have a heated argument over technique. ;-)

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#3217030 11-Apr-2024 12:00

SaltyNZ:

For that? Nah, on Geekzone you'd be more likely to have a heated argument over technique. ;-)

Or a comparison of the extent of injury based on the type of peg, plastic/metal/ridged/smooth etc , :)

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#3217041 11-Apr-2024 12:20

xpd: Popped onto Reddit and posted in the Nvidia sub and asked there if anyone else had the same issue with latest update...... what a mistake that was.

In contrast NVIDIA's developer forums are slow but sensible. They seem to be well moderated.

I can understand why you would use Reddit for a quick sanity check. I would do the same thing sometimes.

At the risk of insanity 😂

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#3217055 11-Apr-2024 12:38

I think all of you spelled Twitter wrong...😜

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#3217059 11-Apr-2024 12:45

Mastodon is the new Twitter.

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#3217070 11-Apr-2024 13:13

TwiX ?

Mastodon I've seen around but not actually taken look at properly....

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#3217625 13-Apr-2024 08:52

Seems as Nvidia, instead of lowering graphics card prices.. seems to have purchased white knights to defend their failing ways! Yeah Reddit isn't a place for any normal conversation, or any support. Only people that admit to a disgusting crime or to ask random people on the internet if them being an ass to their significant other is their fault, just to get some "Karma". Weird, weird place.

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#3217702 13-Apr-2024 14:04

floydbloke:
I tend to use it in read-only mode for light entertainment.

Did anyone else immediately think of r/AITA?

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