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The default/popular subreddits are toxic. The smaller, niche subreddits are rarely toxic and usually good communities. As for the Russiagate stuff, the front

The default/popular subreddits are toxic. The smaller, niche subreddits are rarely toxic and usually good communities. As for the Russiagate stuff, the front page is riddled with it because it's a very important subject in the US, Reddit's user base is primarily people from the US, and there are bombshells dropping every day.

notMick 9y ago
Still a nothing burger, it's paid political propaganda on those default reddits, paid teams pushing bs and noise. Share blue for example was given a budget of 40+ million a year to do just that. (Over 100k a day) The other paid campaign is 'deplatforming' (their term). They do your best to silence opinions which don't match the paid script.
- vuln 9y ago
  There was also Correct the Record - CTR. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_the_Record https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_the_Record
- streb-lo 9y ago
  I'm sure it's being brigaded by both sides for political points/fire control. But you'd have to be willfully blind to describe the events up to now as a "nothing burger."
  - notMick 9y ago
    There is nothing, except a large paid hoax propaganda campaign. With the same team we could make mother Teresa seem like an imperialist religious nut. But anyway, let's agree to disagree. Because the world is nicer that way.
    - streb-lo 9y ago
      I think you need to consult some neutral coverage and apply Occam's razor.
    - chillwaves 9y ago
      Over a dozen indictments say otherwise.
      - pathseeker 9y ago
        How so? None of those seem to imply anything about a Trump/Russia connection so far. If you start a fishing expedition for the Loch Ness monster, you're bound to find some fish but that doesn't prove the existence of the Loch Ness monster.
        chillwaves 9y ago
        Why does Trump keep hiring people who are implicated with Russia? Why did his son meet with a Russian agent @ Trump Tower? What is the deal with Trump "special" relationship with Putin and why did he secretly meet with Putin for hours without a translator? Why do we often learn of US policy from Russian media before the White House? Canceled sanctions on Monday is the latest example. These questions are not nothing.
    - scrollaway 9y ago
      Your attitude of batching everything not matching the "side" you happened to pick and calling it a "large paid propaganda campaign" is dangerous and the world is certainy not "nicer that way". This attitude is something you find everywhere because it's simpler for people who believe something strongly, to also believe that anyone who disagrees has been paid to do so. So it's attractive to dismiss anti-trump articles as "paid propaganda", and dismiss people like you as russian bots. But you're going to have to wake up from that attitude at one point or another because it's going to catch up with you. As others have said, arrests and indictments aren't a "nothing burger". You won't get to the truth by dismissing sources you've been told not to like.
      - pathseeker 9y ago
        > As others have said, arrests and indictments aren't a "nothing burger" Arrests and indictments for things unrelated to illegal dealings with Russia, except for maybe failing to renew registration as a foreign agent but that's a stretch.
    - DavidVoid 9y ago
      >With the same team we could make mother Teresa seem like an imperialist religious nut. Wouldn't be too hard considering the amount of valid concerns regarding her practices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
  - praha14 9y ago
    What do you think that Trump did, and why?
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bhandziuk 9y ago
City specific subreddits are really hit or miss. Often it's people complaining about newcomers and how the drivers "here" are the worst drivers anywhere ever. Sometimes a good news story comes through. Some are better than others but that kind of discussion/complaining bores me.
pathseeker 9y ago
>As for the Russiagate stuff, the front page is riddled with it because it's a very important subject in the US, Not really. Describe how each news articles has impacted your day-to-day life. It's only important in that it keeps readers coming back who are excited about a big conspiracy taking down the president they don't like.
- rockostrich 9y ago
  The most recent example? It was revealed in a court testimony that Cohen has Sean Hannity as a client (after Hannity explicitly denied being a client on twitter) which raises a ton of questions regarding Fox News and Hannity as a source of "news" and not just state-run propaganda. It's probably the other way around (media-run state) considering how much Trump watches Fox and Friends, but it's still a pretty big bombshell. If you go onto subreddits that mostly focus on non-US news whenever Trump comes up it's pretty obvious that the majority of the world views Trump's White House in a negative light.

notMick 9y ago

Still a nothing burger, it's paid political propaganda on those default reddits, paid teams pushing bs and noise. Share blue for example was given a budget of 40+ million a year to do just that. (Over 100k a day) The other paid campaign is 'deplatforming' (their term). They do your best to silence opinions which don't match the paid script.

vuln 9y ago
There was also Correct the Record - CTR. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_the_Record https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_the_Record
streb-lo 9y ago
I'm sure it's being brigaded by both sides for political points/fire control. But you'd have to be willfully blind to describe the events up to now as a "nothing burger."
- notMick 9y ago
  There is nothing, except a large paid hoax propaganda campaign. With the same team we could make mother Teresa seem like an imperialist religious nut. But anyway, let's agree to disagree. Because the world is nicer that way.
  - streb-lo 9y ago
    I think you need to consult some neutral coverage and apply Occam's razor.
  - chillwaves 9y ago
    Over a dozen indictments say otherwise.
    - pathseeker 9y ago
      How so? None of those seem to imply anything about a Trump/Russia connection so far. If you start a fishing expedition for the Loch Ness monster, you're bound to find some fish but that doesn't prove the existence of the Loch Ness monster.
      - chillwaves 9y ago
        Why does Trump keep hiring people who are implicated with Russia? Why did his son meet with a Russian agent @ Trump Tower? What is the deal with Trump "special" relationship with Putin and why did he secretly meet with Putin for hours without a translator? Why do we often learn of US policy from Russian media before the White House? Canceled sanctions on Monday is the latest example. These questions are not nothing.
  - scrollaway 9y ago
    Your attitude of batching everything not matching the "side" you happened to pick and calling it a "large paid propaganda campaign" is dangerous and the world is certainy not "nicer that way". This attitude is something you find everywhere because it's simpler for people who believe something strongly, to also believe that anyone who disagrees has been paid to do so. So it's attractive to dismiss anti-trump articles as "paid propaganda", and dismiss people like you as russian bots. But you're going to have to wake up from that attitude at one point or another because it's going to catch up with you. As others have said, arrests and indictments aren't a "nothing burger". You won't get to the truth by dismissing sources you've been told not to like.
    - pathseeker 9y ago
      > As others have said, arrests and indictments aren't a "nothing burger" Arrests and indictments for things unrelated to illegal dealings with Russia, except for maybe failing to renew registration as a foreign agent but that's a stretch.
  - DavidVoid 9y ago
    >With the same team we could make mother Teresa seem like an imperialist religious nut. Wouldn't be too hard considering the amount of valid concerns regarding her practices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
- praha14 9y ago
  What do you think that Trump did, and why?
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bhandziuk 9y ago

City specific subreddits are really hit or miss. Often it's people complaining about newcomers and how the drivers "here" are the worst drivers anywhere ever. Sometimes a good news story comes through. Some are better than others but that kind of discussion/complaining bores me.

pathseeker 9y ago

>As for the Russiagate stuff, the front page is riddled with it because it's a very important subject in the US, Not really. Describe how each news articles has impacted your day-to-day life. It's only important in that it keeps readers coming back who are excited about a big conspiracy taking down the president they don't like.

rockostrich 9y ago
The most recent example? It was revealed in a court testimony that Cohen has Sean Hannity as a client (after Hannity explicitly denied being a client on twitter) which raises a ton of questions regarding Fox News and Hannity as a source of "news" and not just state-run propaganda. It's probably the other way around (media-run state) considering how much Trump watches Fox and Friends, but it's still a pretty big bombshell. If you go onto subreddits that mostly focus on non-US news whenever Trump comes up it's pretty obvious that the majority of the world views Trump's White House in a negative light.