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And of course they use a measure of toxic which means "is a republican". Go on the front page of reddit and count how many posts from subs like /r/insanepoeple
by konjin 6y ago
And of course they use a measure of toxic which means "is a republican".
Go on the front page of reddit and count how many posts from subs like /r/insanepoeplefacebook, /r/publicfreakout, /r/idiotsincars, /r/trashy, and the like there are, right now it's at 15/25. On most days I've done this is close to 20/25. Today there are 5 posts about the TX appeal not being heard by the SC which has pushed some of the usual garbage off the front page.
5 years ago there were none (or maybe one if you squint hard enough): https://web.archive.org/web/20151212085428/https://www.reddit.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151212085428/https://www.reddi...
Reddit has become a more mean-spirited place the more subs have been banned, and every time the increase in vitriol is used as an excuse to run the next set of bans. People cheer this on until they get banned and then act surprised it happened.
- trident1000 6y agoReddit had a bipolar shift around 2015 before the election. Thats when the main subs were astroturfed and gamed like I had never seen before.
- konjin 6y agoI've heard the same thing about 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2019. It's not different this time either. Bad decisions from the top are the reason why the site is getting worse.
- trident1000 6y agoI think its a combo. Ive also been on reddit since the early days and never witnessed a tectonic shift like that.
- TeeMassive 6y agoYou make a really good point. The toxicity really was upped a notch ever since Tencent got that sweet Chinese money and I think those sub makes sense if you think about it from the point of view of a Chinese Nationalist making fun of White and Black foreigners and the worse stereotypes about Americans and Westerners in general.