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"More diverse" is, I believe, the term you're looking for. On reddit circa 2006, everybody had the same views on everything from politics to movies to cats to
by hugh4 11y ago
"More diverse" is, I believe, the term you're looking for.
On reddit circa 2006, everybody had the same views on everything from politics to movies to cats to spiders.
Eventually it acquired a more diverse cross-section of the population. Of course, they've been doing their best over the past few months to crack down on the expression of views they don't like, so I'm not sure what the demographic looks like nowadays and how many people have fled to less censorship-happy pastures.
It's also possible that young people are becoming more conservative overall. Conservatism is looking a lot better ever since the idiocy of the Bush administration got replaced by the idiocy of the Obama administration.
- rifung 11y agoPerhaps this is not the right thread for it, but what exactly about the Obama administration is idiotic? I'm ashamed to say I don't really follow politics.
- mason240 11y agoJust one example is the "Cars for Clunkers" program, where the government bought old cars just to destroy them. It was supposed to be both an environmental and economic stimulus, but in reality was bad for the environment and is just a form of the Broken Window Fallacy.
- s1lver 11y agoIt sold a ton of kia souls, and by my figgering probably got most people 10-20 extra miles per gallon. Not that it makes up for the tragic deaths of many big engined classics....