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Reddit brings together far more diverse communities than any other site, who then slam head on in to each other in the generic subreddits. You used to have to
by dsl 7y ago
Reddit brings together far more diverse communities than any other site, who then slam head on in to each other in the generic subreddits.
You used to have to go actively seek out the toxic parts of the internet (except for the occasional raid of your forum by a rival, but you could usually ride that out). Now because they refuse to ban the like of The_Donald, it is like a Knitting website and Stormfront trying to share a single forum.
- jarfil 7y agoI don't think that's really such a problem, it alleviates the echo chamber effect of personalized searches, ads, content, forums, etc. on most of today's internet. Some community intermingling is good, and afterwards everyone can go back to their own subreddits.
- dymk 7y agoWhy do you think "some community intermingling" is good, when the platform is fundamentally poor at encouraging thoughtful discussion? I have almost never seen a civil conversation between a Trump and non-Trump supporter on Reddit, but all the time I see nasty slapfights which simply divide the community further.
- GoblinSlayer 7y agoPossibility of a thoughtful discussion depends more on education and human factor than technology. Realistically you're not going to have with general population, reducing the echo chamber effect is the best you can do.
- ralusek 7y agoYou think Reddit's problem is that they should ban The_Donald?
- rat87 7y agoWithout question The sub relentlessly breaks the rules, raids other subs, never engages in good faith, spreads racist propaganda, serves as a breeding ground for white supremacists, is incapable of civil conversation. Like the president they worship they are toxic to community And instead of banning them the admins engage in silly games like manipulating their comments(one of the admins changed db to change one of their comments). They've poisoned many subs. For instance it's incredibly rare to see an Immigration story in /r/news without the comments making you feel like you're in the middle of a kkk gathering.
- dsl 7y agoI think Reddit's problem is they think they can allow toxic communities to co-exist beside communities filled with normal people, and expect everyone to have a positive experience. They have half admitted the issue by the new subreddit quarantine process, but members of those communities are still allowed to be toxic in the general subs.