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I would not identify Reddit as having a healthy social component. Everything that has been said here about Instagram is also largely true of Reddit, and then yo

• existencebox 11y ago
  So let me ask a provacative question. What makes a social component healthy/unhealthy? I generally found myself nodding to posts until I read yours, which made me think quite a bit harder. Can a community with questionable moral value (neo nazis) have a healthy social community? I certainly think those two are not mutually exclusive, and to tie them together may detract from a complete understanding of what "unhealthy" means. (To answer the question myself, "healthy" vs "unhealthy" in my eyes is whether the community is a self perpetuating echo chamber, (for which many parts of instagram this certainly holds true, content regurgitation and mindless browsing, but I'm apt to believe not ALL of it) and similarly an ISIS forum may have more of a tendancy towards "unhealthy" social content, I don't believe it necessarily dictates it; I've read some fascinating discussions even on HN (linked to other sites) between extremist Muslim/European religious experts that would be a fit for the most cultured discussion boards, even if context of one sides subject matter is far darker.)
• dexterdog 11y ago
  That depends on the sub. Many are quality groups. Most that have very large subscriber bases like the default subs are not.
• maus42 11y ago
  I don't use Instagram, but I understand that you go there with your real life persona, but the usual reddit handle is a quite unidentifiable nick? And subreddits are different. I really don't see much connection between Instagram and /r/polandball