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Humanity used to be a lot worse, you just didn't have a way of knowing that because ... reddit did not exist. Reddit and social media has generally progressive
by dustingetz 6y ago
Humanity used to be a lot worse, you just didn't have a way of knowing that because ... reddit did not exist. Reddit and social media has generally progressive effects for the same reason that increased communication between diverse people has progressive effects. Yes bad ideas spread but good ideas spread faster
- xfitm3 6y agoIt's disingenuous to say it used to be worse pre-reddit because there is no data. I will say the Reddit community is extremely toxic. I left the site about 2-3 years ago when in my opinion it got real bad.
- jshevek 6y ago>It's disingenuous to say it used to be worse pre-reddit because there is no data. It was not disingenuous to state their opinion that it used to be worse, while also noting the lack of data (to suggest that people's perceptions are influenced by the data available).