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Reddit also gets it wrong. They blamed a completely unrelated person (who had killed himself) for the Boston bombing, which is now a meme ("We did it Reddit!"),
by rangibaby 10y ago
Reddit also gets it wrong. They blamed a completely unrelated person (who had killed himself) for the Boston bombing, which is now a meme ("We did it Reddit!"), and even today a photo of a black man in army camo and holding an M16 was falsely claimed to be a shooter.
- ben_jones 10y agoAbsolutely it can be dangerous, such as the use of police scanners (which will often broadcast uncorroborated information).
- eterm 10y agoThat photo today was published by the Dallas PD, it wasn't a reddit thing. https://twitter.com/DallasPD/status/751262719584575488/photo/1 https://twitter.com/DallasPD/status/751262719584575488/photo... Besides, you're mixing up reddit the platform/company and reddit the commentariat.
- fennecfoxen 10y ago> mixing up reddit the platform/company and reddit the commentariat The sane way to use Reddit is to log in, unsubscribe from everything that's by default, and add only things you are very interested in. Also go into your Settings and turn off all the suggested subreddits (and the outbound click tracking, surely). Do that, and you can browse your niche technology news and computer game and magical-girl-anime subreddits in peace -- otherwise it's just a losing fight against clickbait popularity contests and flash mobs for justice.
- Noseshine 10y agoAnd do subscribe to /r/cats to get your daily dose of cat. http://i.imgur.com/f1yeHVO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/f1yeHVO.jpg
- cocotino 10y agoCompletely off-topic here