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Reddit has general problem with everything. For example yesterday the front page and /r/all were both having an /r/bestof conspiracy theory post that the police

Reddit has general problem with everything. For example yesterday the front page and /r/all were both having an /r/bestof conspiracy theory post that the police directly planting bricks near the protests to insitagate violence https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/gv4xds/umetamaoz_provides_evidence_that_the_police_are/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/gv4xds/umetamaoz_pr... The general Reddit hivemimd is basically: - If you are not with us you are against us - Whatever doesn't fit my view on the world is a big part of some kind of hidden agenda against the things I care about That's the site. Also fueled by the downvote upvote system which makes everything worse.

aspaviento 6y ago
And don't forget: - do and say everything needed to get karma points.
bmarquez 6y ago
Yup. Another thing that's common is that people will look at your posting history in order to discredit you, according to that "if you're not with us you're against us" principle. I've seen this happen with political views, operating systems, and even city subreddits.
- aestetix 6y ago
  This is a big reason why I don't comment on reddit.
ornornor 6y ago
It feels like if you’re using Reddit for politics and news you’re doing it wrong. It’s a dumpster fire in that respect. I still find Reddit has some relevance for more “niche” interests. For instance bikewrench To help with anything bicycle maintenance related. Or woodworking where there are many knowledgeable and friendly users. If you’re blocking ads and not playing the Reddit gold game, you’re not really giving Reddit any money. In an ideal world we’d get rid of Reddit altogether but that’s already a step. Wait until they disable old.reddit.com and restrict the api to their official app only and they’ll lose all their users I reckon except the people arguing about politics.
- bzb3 6y ago
  It's always the same argument: "if you don't use Reddit the way .00001% of their users do, you're using it wrong". Yeah, no.
  - ornornor 6y ago
    Well then I don’t know what to tell you. Enjoy your dumpster fire? Parent'spoint was that Reddit is unusable. I’m bringing a counterpoint that it’s ok if you stick to niche/specific subs and avoid the default subreddits and politics/news. It’s my opinion. You may not agree with it.
    - bzb3 6y ago
      I didn't want to sound dismissive, but: >It feels like if you’re using Reddit for politics and news you’re doing it wrong. It’s a dumpster fire in that respect. 99.999% of Reddit users use it for that (just look at the front page). If you invent a tool and when you start testing it you see an overwhelming amount of the testers use it wrong, you can hardly blame the testers. The problem is your tool.
      - majewsky 6y ago
        I see a lot of people wearing face masks on their mouth only, not covering the nose as they should. Should we conclude that the current mask design is broken?
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fit2rule 6y ago
In times of mass insanity, I find comfort in the esoteric. Groupthink, the mob-mind, is really a thing. There is a flipping point for all of us as individuals, where we become a greater unit of life. Theosophy has an interesting word for this phenomenon, as it plays a part in the human world, in surprising ways. https://theosophy.wiki/en/Egregore https://theosophy.wiki/en/Egregore Reddit is a purveyor of esoteric thought-forms, but is unfortunately run by materialists. This begets a great deal of turmoil for all involved - among, what has to also be respected, mass agreement. If you're "not one of them", reddit is a place to find others, just like you.

aspaviento 6y ago

And don't forget: - do and say everything needed to get karma points.

bmarquez 6y ago

Yup. Another thing that's common is that people will look at your posting history in order to discredit you, according to that "if you're not with us you're against us" principle. I've seen this happen with political views, operating systems, and even city subreddits.

aestetix 6y ago
This is a big reason why I don't comment on reddit.

ornornor 6y ago

It feels like if you’re using Reddit for politics and news you’re doing it wrong. It’s a dumpster fire in that respect. I still find Reddit has some relevance for more “niche” interests. For instance bikewrench To help with anything bicycle maintenance related. Or woodworking where there are many knowledgeable and friendly users. If you’re blocking ads and not playing the Reddit gold game, you’re not really giving Reddit any money. In an ideal world we’d get rid of Reddit altogether but that’s already a step. Wait until they disable old.reddit.com and restrict the api to their official app only and they’ll lose all their users I reckon except the people arguing about politics.

bzb3 6y ago
It's always the same argument: "if you don't use Reddit the way .00001% of their users do, you're using it wrong". Yeah, no.
- ornornor 6y ago
  Well then I don’t know what to tell you. Enjoy your dumpster fire? Parent'spoint was that Reddit is unusable. I’m bringing a counterpoint that it’s ok if you stick to niche/specific subs and avoid the default subreddits and politics/news. It’s my opinion. You may not agree with it.
  - bzb3 6y ago
    I didn't want to sound dismissive, but: >It feels like if you’re using Reddit for politics and news you’re doing it wrong. It’s a dumpster fire in that respect. 99.999% of Reddit users use it for that (just look at the front page). If you invent a tool and when you start testing it you see an overwhelming amount of the testers use it wrong, you can hardly blame the testers. The problem is your tool.
    - majewsky 6y ago
      I see a lot of people wearing face masks on their mouth only, not covering the nose as they should. Should we conclude that the current mask design is broken?
- deleted 6y ago
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fit2rule 6y ago

In times of mass insanity, I find comfort in the esoteric. Groupthink, the mob-mind, is really a thing. There is a flipping point for all of us as individuals, where we become a greater unit of life. Theosophy has an interesting word for this phenomenon, as it plays a part in the human world, in surprising ways. https://theosophy.wiki/en/Egregore https://theosophy.wiki/en/Egregore Reddit is a purveyor of esoteric thought-forms, but is unfortunately run by materialists. This begets a great deal of turmoil for all involved - among, what has to also be respected, mass agreement. If you're "not one of them", reddit is a place to find others, just like you.