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> For one thing, it made me realize how similar people all over the world are. For me, it made me realize how similar redditors all over the world are.. =)
by dualogy 10y ago
> For one thing, it made me realize how similar people all over the world are.
For me, it made me realize how similar redditors all over the world are.. =)
- H4CK3RM4N 10y ago4chan(/pol/ and /int/ in particular) is what did it for me. An Indian complaining about Pakistanis looks an awful lot like a German complaining about the French, or an Aussie complaining about Kiwis.
- perilunar 10y agoI don't know about that. There's a long history of bloodshed between India and Pakistan, and between Germany and France. Australia and New Zealand have always been close allies. We only complain about each other in jest.
- kerbalspacepro 10y agoI think that's the point. If two allies complaining about each other in jest is indistinguishable from two enemies complaining about each other in sincerity, then what's do the enemies complaining about each other really mean?
- kbody 10y agoTrue, in a sense some subreddits are echo-chambers.
- mrweasel 10y agoThe issues that seems to trouble the majority of users on Reddit, or at least the more vocal users, seems pretty fare removed from the average persons life. You sort of end up with the impression that the average users for the "mainstream" subreddits are pot smoking, male-to-female transgendered, bacon-eating vegans, 14 year old hippies with college degrees. If anything I believe that Reddit have shown me that people across the world are much more diverse than I would have imagined. Similar in many many ways, but with vastly different priorities and problems. In the more niche subreddits people communicate extremely well, despite their differences, simply because they share a common interest.