Well, whenever I try to create a interesting discussion post, it just never appears on the subreddit, even though it’s in my history, so Idk, I’ve just given up at this point.

The biggest galaxy brains just post some well thought out analytical posts and never read the comments.

You mean it literally doesn't show up or just doesn't get likes?

I had the same issue where my post wasn’t visible until it was about 17 hours old. I contacted the mods but I never heard from them.

This is coming from an account that’s 5 years old with 48k karma.

It makes me not want to post at all, or put a lot less effort in if next to no one will see it.

Well, that tells me they just *think* they're the biggest galaxy brains and try to present themselves as such. I've seen plenty of posts that use the most convoluted wording and obscure references, yet amount to absolutely nothing in the end. It's much easier to *sound* smart than it is to say something that actually carries value and will be digested by the minds of its readers.

Do you ever get any comments? I'm fairly new to posting on Reddit, so I'm not sure why that would be.

Lmao I’m not that egotistical, I logged into another account and it literally doesn’t show up.

It doesn’t have to be some egoistic xD. Well, maybe you’re shadow-banned by some spam filter or something.
It happened to me, but I know a moderator who fixed it.

In fact, now that I see your last posts on this subreddit, they were removed by Reddit’s spam filters. That explains it. Send a message to the moderators telling that.

Yeah, sorry apinkphoenix - you're an approved user now, that should fix that problem.

The thing is, our mod team is a bit unactive save for me, and thus if I get sick (like what happened), stuff like that can't be really handled properly.

Can I be an approved user too? I’ve made different contributing commentary on this subReddit before etc.

Yes! I think many wannabe intellectuals miss that last point. Look at the people who helped advance throughout history. Do you think they just used the biggest words in the most convoluted ways a sentence can possibly be in an effort to appear intelligent?

People get excited about the Singularity. I started reading about it over a decade ago and I still get excited about it. That's a good thing. Let people be excited. Let them post here and ask stupid questions and theorize with other excited people. This doesn't have to be Stack Overflow.

Yeah. Yesterday, after having an argument with someone who thinks there will be almost no advancement in medical technology between now and 2040, I decided I'm just going to read comments and threads here much less frequently than before. I'm done. I know what I believe the future will be like, and I don't want anyone to take shits on that vision. I'm just tired of skeptics and cynics and self-proclaimed realists who think that there's never anything worth being happy for or excited about, that the suffering and misery in the world will never be removed to any meaningful degree whatsoever. It's time to just distance myself from these people as much as I can.

I'll be right there with you, friend.

You either misunderstood or misinterpreted this post. I've been perpetually excited about it for half my life. But when people start steamrolling an entire subreddit with misinformation, disinformation, or outright ignorance, the conversation ends up devolving into a dumpster fire rather than something that helps people understand the implications of the most critical milestone humanity has ever faced.

If you need help modding I've modded around 200 active subs. Hmu

I would also suggest keeping this tool handy:

A Life Preserver for Staying Afloat in a Sea of Misinformation

I just saved it and started to read it, but I'm already loving it! Thanks so much for the resource!

I feel ya. The problem is that the Singularity is probably on the other side of the largest dumpster fire in history.

There's a lot of people without hope out there. They can't see the progress and how much things are better now than they were just a short time ago in history (for most people). I am scared of what could go wrong or be abused, and I don't think it will be an easy path. But, I have hope and faith in humanity making a better future through technology. It feels right, and it doesn't do much good to feel or act otherwise.

I try to only join the discussions that interest me, more so than the ones that are, well, stupid. Sometimes I find myself in a long drawn out pointless argument with someone, but usually I only keep the debate going if they make reasonable arguments instead of just focusing on one dumb little thing that they think gives them the upper hand.

This goes for all discussions really. Join in, but try to recognize when you're wasting your breath. I struggle with it sometimes, but ultimately it's still nice to engage with similarly minded people.

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I think it is a wise decision, but at the same time a pity. I see a tendency in this subreddit to criticise others‘ dreams, hopes and opinions, taking shits like you said, and that from a high horse (just had a self-proclaimed „PhD student“ squeeze out a big one on the whole subreddit for being basically not professional enough while disguising it as a sceptic post, lol) .

I hope you reconsider and continue to write here. Hopeful and dreaming people are so much more pleasant than pessimists - and I have been one myself, but tbh it just makes one unhappy in the end ;)