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The political subreddits are almost a weird case study of trends and tactics right now. If you pay close enough attention to /r/politics over the last month or
by TheCapn 10y ago
The political subreddits are almost a weird case study of trends and tactics right now. If you pay close enough attention to /r/politics over the last month or so you saw general tones of the stories being raised to the top: "Trump is being manipulated like a puppet", "Trump is too stupid to be president", "Trump is sabotaging ____".
And neither title is all that surprising withing the context of the echo chamber that exists there, but for a little while you'd see the same types of posts just circulating the page for days when suddenly the entire direction went to the next phase or tactic, there was actually quite little variety in my opinion.
- dmix 10y agoThis might just be a reflection of the media echo chamber? Reddit is largely regurgitated news stories. The news entities are all famously easy to manipulate and care more about speed and quantity over quality. A lot of news organizations are shamelessly partisan too, more so than ever. I avoid the political subreddits even when they align with my political ideology because they are mostly filled with controversy driven stories rather than any useful political debate. You can't fill 24hr news cycles without filling it up with useless drama, so it's better to not get caught in that trap and just wait for the actually good stories float to the top.