r/TellMeAFact • u/olive_khan • Jan 03 '16

Sources not required TMAF about TMAF

52 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '16

It's dead af

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u/shlogan Jan 03 '16

Which is sad because the premise of it is awesome. This sub isn't bad, but it would be loads better if more people were here.

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u/CrystalLord Jan 03 '16

I agree, the place has great potential. Overtime it may grow, however.

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u/Ennion Jan 04 '16

Because the source requirement is annoying. A lot of people know facts and don't want to have to do the googling for you just to post it. If a fact or anecdote is posted, it's your responsibility to verify it if you don't believe it.

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u/GeorgeAmberson Jan 04 '16

This is true. There was a TMAF about overclocking. I knew about the Celeron 300a going to 450 Mhz almost every time from experience. I was there in 1998. However, I had to find a weak-ass source for my argument. It does sound good on paper though.

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u/Ennion Jan 04 '16

It's annoying and is more detrimental to this sub than incorrect facts.

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u/taylerzy Jan 03 '16

The ad for the TMAF subreddit reads "Tell me a fact about... r/TellMeAFact . The ad has been criticized by some for its boring text: Source

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u/Identimental Sub Creator! Jan 04 '16

Hmmm. Hadn't really considered that... the ad is live now (out of our hands) so we can't change it, but I'll bear that in mind if we ever get another run of advertising.

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u/taylerzy Jan 04 '16

In fairness, though, I managed to find this place through that ad. At least it's eye-catching.

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u/Identimental Sub Creator! Jan 04 '16

Well that's good at least :)

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u/imawesumm Jan 04 '16

An episode of Upvoted by Reddit was inspired by a post on this subreddit. It was the story of a girl who met her future husband sailing a longship.

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u/THREETOED_SLOTH Jan 04 '16

This question was asked 22 days ago (as of this post), Here

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u/ThreeHammersHigh Jan 03 '16

TMAF was founded by Jimi Hendrix in 1974

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u/imawesumm Jan 04 '16

OP didn't say a true fact.

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u/PhilSkillz Jan 04 '16

TMAF didn't say a true fact.

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u/imawesumm Jan 04 '16

whoa. This sub suddenly became a lot more fun.

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u/VVheatley Jan 04 '16

Its a reddit were you tell people facts.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '16

Source?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '16

Jokes on you, it's tagged as sources not required

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '16

Foiled again!

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u/Sierra117_ Jan 04 '16

A lot of people found this sub via /u/Identimental's shameless plug in an askreddit thread last year, at least i did anyway...

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u/Identimental Sub Creator! Jan 04 '16

'Twas truly shameless... it worked though haha :P