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Reddit is a cesspool. On every level. It's hard to figure out who is worse. The every comment has to be woke 15 year olds. The conspiracy morons. The 50% of the
by anm89 5y ago
Reddit is a cesspool. On every level. It's hard to figure out who is worse. The every comment has to be woke 15 year olds. The conspiracy morons. The 50% of the site devoted to displaying videos of people at their worst so others can feel better about themselves. The Machiavellian admins trying to lord over their little fiefdoms.
- millzlane 5y agoSounds like society.
- twirlock 5y agoSounds like a society under the western intelligentsia.
- dangus 5y agoIronically, this comment would work well as material for /r/IAmVerySmart
- anm89 5y agoI mean a perfect example. A subreddit devoted to taking stuff people said out of context so you can "dunk" on them for being dumb. I'm all for their right to exist but it brings value to no one
- nate_meurer 5y agoEven if it's not out of context, it's still just a moment of someone's life. Maybe they're normally an asshole, but maybe their just having a bad day, or they're drunk, or whatever, and their moment of foolishness is now enshrined in the most unforgiving way possible. It's also crazy addictive. I can feel myself getting high on dopamine scrolling through, one hit of outrage after another. I agree, this material is great for "engagement", but there's not much real value.
- dangus 5y agoTo be clear, I thought your comment I responded to was an embodiment of the kind of binary outrage that is so conducive to social media. That’s why is why I (hopefully humorously) compared the comment with content on Reddit itself. In other words, it’s ironic how similar your comment was to the content that you are criticizing.
- vips7L 5y agohttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hacker%20news https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hacker%20new...
- ahurmazda 5y agoIs "woke" a reference to r/redpill? Or something else in this context? In the past, I have heard of subreddits going dark for temporarily as a sign of protest. Would be interesting to know what the motivation is in this case.
- esyir 5y agoWoke is quite the opposite of the redpill. Generally, it refers to those who constantly signal for progressive causes. Lgbt activism, pronoun policing, representation, etc.
- luxurytent 5y agoThe amount of frustration across social platforms feels like it's due for a tipping point yet the value on these platforms for many is enormous. I am really curious to see what "social" looks like in a few years -- not like we'll lose interest in vanity
- ngokevin 5y agoThe deteriorating UX.
- thdespou 5y agoWhy blame Reddit? This is society 101 at its lowest.