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Agreed, Reddit is cancer. Reactionary hive mind internet at its worst. One of the biggest problems with Reddit is that Americans go on boards like /r/politics

Agreed, Reddit is cancer. Reactionary hive mind internet at its worst. One of the biggest problems with Reddit is that Americans go on boards like /r/politics or in this case /r/Coronavirus, see extreme hostility towards America and Trump and assume that this hostility is all coming from Americans themselves, when really a substantial number of Reddit users (and users elsewhere on the Internet) are not American. Not being Americans, their hostility comes more from predisposed bias against Trump and America than a careful analysis of what's best for America.

endorphone 7y ago
Reddit is 50% American, and overwhelmingly skews young. It isn't surprising that it has a "predisposed bias" against Trump: The young aren't really a key Trump demographic (Trump has a >67% unfavorability rating among those under 40). Indeed, Trump's statist media is Fox News that has an average viewer ago of 68 years old (who, ironically, will be the bulk of the victims of COVID-19). Though anyone with even the slightest hint of morality or intellectual sincerity has a predisposed bias against Trump. He has pushed it way beyond politics, and now it's whether you're a very stupid, terrible person or not.
- JaxonH 7y ago
  I’m not a fan of the man, but frankly, so many on the other side make him look like a saint that I struggle to understand the outpouring of hate against him. And it’s true Fox is just an extension of the Republican Party, but so likewise are CNN, MSNBC and (basically every other major news site) extensions of the Democratic Party. In fact I think that’s why Fox News was created, to have at least one outlet of propaganda for the Republicans given everything else was propaganda for the Democrats. The big take away from that though is that all major media is just official propaganda for a political party. What kills me though is the “if you disagree with me politically you’re obviously just a racist/homophobe/etc. That social justice agenda has to stop. And reddit is prime real estate for where they congregate. I watched a mass reddit mob harass anyone who claimed an accusation from a woman shouldn’t be automatically taken as fact, and that women NEVER lie and you are guilty the moment you are accused, and you’re a “horrible human being” if you even dare to think a single woman could EVER possibly lie when accusing someone. The internet has done a lot of good, but it’s become Ground Zero for extremist ideology like that to run rampant.
- unishark 7y ago
  The thing is Trump isn't even particularly relevant to the vast majority of the stories, even when it's the federal govt screwing up. But reddit posters are constantly making it about him. The moderators do try to prevent the worst of political posting to their credit. What's so ironic about foxnews viewers being victims? They aren't panicking appropriately enough or something? I just glanced at their website and it didn't seem particularly slanted on the topic. Looks like they have multiple coronavirus stories coming out every hour. One can easily freak out if so inclined.
  - endorphone 7y ago
    "What's so ironic about foxnews viewers being victims?" Trump has played down the potential of this and has been primarily concerned about keeping the stock market frothing and the counts artificially low. He also called it a hoax, the guy he just gave the presidential medal called it the common cold, he is an anti-vaxxer, etc. His entire administration has to spend their day doing absurd deflection to tell you how great the clothes are that the empower is wearing and to continually reframe everything to make whatever idiotic thing Trump said last not seem quite as stupid. The surgeon general - a fit man in his 40s - just went on TV to announce that Trump — a sedentary obese fast food fanatic in his 70s — is fitter than him. We've seen a parade of these absolutely depraved displays, where people who once were credible completely debase themselves to ensure the emporer's ego is massaged. These are extraordinary times and it is ironic that Trump’s hubris, ego, anti-intellectualism, and his circle of profoundly unqualified rats are going to hit the demographic that put him in power the hardest. And every time Trump talks, the market collapses. He is very close to the worst possible person to be in that position during a crisis.
    - unishark 7y ago
      I told you dude, sea lions...
hombre_fatal 7y ago
Reddit is clearly just self-hating Americans, mostly kids. I guess you assume no American would spend so much time writing anti-Trump comments on r/politics? I think the real issue is that you go to a place like r/politics or r/vancouver or r/bitcoin and think it's some canonical forum with some semblance of fairness but it's really just someone's little world with its own rules and agenda. But you can't simply start your own subreddit because you're now r/vancouver2, r/TrueVancouver, or whatever and it can never get the same traction just because it's not the official-looking r/vancouver anymore.
- tic_tac 7y ago
  I think there are a lot of Americans writing anti-Trump comments on Reddit, but I think the numbers are boosted by non Americans doing the same thing. It artificially inflates the number of anti Trump posters.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Yup. You can't think of Reddit as a single forum. A subreddit is a community. By size, shape and behavior, Reddit itself is a privately owned Web inside the public Web, with its own, centrally controlled DNS.

endorphone 7y ago

Reddit is 50% American, and overwhelmingly skews young. It isn't surprising that it has a "predisposed bias" against Trump: The young aren't really a key Trump demographic (Trump has a >67% unfavorability rating among those under 40). Indeed, Trump's statist media is Fox News that has an average viewer ago of 68 years old (who, ironically, will be the bulk of the victims of COVID-19). Though anyone with even the slightest hint of morality or intellectual sincerity has a predisposed bias against Trump. He has pushed it way beyond politics, and now it's whether you're a very stupid, terrible person or not.

JaxonH 7y ago
I’m not a fan of the man, but frankly, so many on the other side make him look like a saint that I struggle to understand the outpouring of hate against him. And it’s true Fox is just an extension of the Republican Party, but so likewise are CNN, MSNBC and (basically every other major news site) extensions of the Democratic Party. In fact I think that’s why Fox News was created, to have at least one outlet of propaganda for the Republicans given everything else was propaganda for the Democrats. The big take away from that though is that all major media is just official propaganda for a political party. What kills me though is the “if you disagree with me politically you’re obviously just a racist/homophobe/etc. That social justice agenda has to stop. And reddit is prime real estate for where they congregate. I watched a mass reddit mob harass anyone who claimed an accusation from a woman shouldn’t be automatically taken as fact, and that women NEVER lie and you are guilty the moment you are accused, and you’re a “horrible human being” if you even dare to think a single woman could EVER possibly lie when accusing someone. The internet has done a lot of good, but it’s become Ground Zero for extremist ideology like that to run rampant.
unishark 7y ago
The thing is Trump isn't even particularly relevant to the vast majority of the stories, even when it's the federal govt screwing up. But reddit posters are constantly making it about him. The moderators do try to prevent the worst of political posting to their credit. What's so ironic about foxnews viewers being victims? They aren't panicking appropriately enough or something? I just glanced at their website and it didn't seem particularly slanted on the topic. Looks like they have multiple coronavirus stories coming out every hour. One can easily freak out if so inclined.
- endorphone 7y ago
  "What's so ironic about foxnews viewers being victims?" Trump has played down the potential of this and has been primarily concerned about keeping the stock market frothing and the counts artificially low. He also called it a hoax, the guy he just gave the presidential medal called it the common cold, he is an anti-vaxxer, etc. His entire administration has to spend their day doing absurd deflection to tell you how great the clothes are that the empower is wearing and to continually reframe everything to make whatever idiotic thing Trump said last not seem quite as stupid. The surgeon general - a fit man in his 40s - just went on TV to announce that Trump — a sedentary obese fast food fanatic in his 70s — is fitter than him. We've seen a parade of these absolutely depraved displays, where people who once were credible completely debase themselves to ensure the emporer's ego is massaged. These are extraordinary times and it is ironic that Trump’s hubris, ego, anti-intellectualism, and his circle of profoundly unqualified rats are going to hit the demographic that put him in power the hardest. And every time Trump talks, the market collapses. He is very close to the worst possible person to be in that position during a crisis.
  - unishark 7y ago
    I told you dude, sea lions...

hombre_fatal 7y ago

Reddit is clearly just self-hating Americans, mostly kids. I guess you assume no American would spend so much time writing anti-Trump comments on r/politics? I think the real issue is that you go to a place like r/politics or r/vancouver or r/bitcoin and think it's some canonical forum with some semblance of fairness but it's really just someone's little world with its own rules and agenda. But you can't simply start your own subreddit because you're now r/vancouver2, r/TrueVancouver, or whatever and it can never get the same traction just because it's not the official-looking r/vancouver anymore.

tic_tac 7y ago
I think there are a lot of Americans writing anti-Trump comments on Reddit, but I think the numbers are boosted by non Americans doing the same thing. It artificially inflates the number of anti Trump posters.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
Yup. You can't think of Reddit as a single forum. A subreddit is a community. By size, shape and behavior, Reddit itself is a privately owned Web inside the public Web, with its own, centrally controlled DNS.