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Sure, but every community has a set of norms. You get a sense of what's not OK to say if you've been around for a while. On Reddit, I can immediately tell when
by archagon 11y ago
Sure, but every community has a set of norms. You get a sense of what's not OK to say if you've been around for a while. On Reddit, I can immediately tell when going from a default sub to a nicer, more inclusive sub, because I see comments that would get absolutely eviscerated in the defaults used in regular conversation with no apparent controversy, pile-ons, or swearing. Sure, most people on Reddit probably aren't racist or misogynistic, but the community can still feel that way.
- doyoulikeworms 11y agoI think that the best way to describe Reddit with regard to misogyny, racism, and other forms of bigotry is that Reddit is not a safe place for everybody. If you don't curate your subreddits well, you'll probably end up trudging through a lot of awful comments and/or submissions. I view this to be more of a reflection of society as a whole rather than the Reddit community specifically. Subreddits show a marked decrease in quality once they become large. Becoming a default subreddit is, in some ways, a death knell for the community.