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If you were a frequent visitor of r/politics in 2015 and 2016 you will have noticed something very strange in the front-page posts and top upvoted comments, whi
by fareesh 6y ago
If you were a frequent visitor of r/politics in 2015 and 2016 you will have noticed something very strange in the front-page posts and top upvoted comments, which seemingly happened overnight during the days of the DNC Primary. It was like watching a mask slip.
As an experiment I'm going to leave this comment ambiguous because I want to see if this description alone is relatable to users who were frequent visitors at the time.
- nerdponx 6y agoYup. I wasn't a frequent visitor, but r/politics always seemed like a level-headed intellectual political forum. After the 2015-2016 election the tone totally changed. For the most part, it changed to favor politics that I prefer, but it's hysterical and anti-intellectual and not a place I want to get information from or be associated with.
- irishcoffee 6y agoIt was never level-headed or intellectual.
- cragfar 6y agoIt pretty much turned into a hivemind where you would be suddenly be assaulted 300 people with the a new opinion you would never have seen before. Sunday mornings seemed to be when the information was disseminated. It was most blatant when Hillary basically collapsed in front of the van. First wave was it was hot everything is fine, second was that she was feeling a bit under the weather due to the heat, and then it just a one off thing she's perfectly fine now look at the cute girl who greeted her. You would see hundreds of posts saying this exact thing and then change within 5 minutes.
- xster 6y agohttps://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?disbursement_purpose_categories=other&data_type=processed&committee_id=C00578997&two_year_transaction_period=2016&min_date=01%2F01%2F2015&max_date=08%2F05%2F2016 https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?disbursement_purpose... I'm going to leave this ambiguous too :)