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In the past five years or so, reddit has really become a very hateful and bitter place. More than ever before are dissenting opinions met with snark and vitriol
by honkdaddy 5y ago
In the past five years or so, reddit has really become a very hateful and bitter place. More than ever before are dissenting opinions met with snark and vitriol, and positive, charitable discourse has generally disappeared. I ultimately felt much better after deleting my account.
- m-p-3 5y agoIt highly depends on the subreddits you subscribe to. The defaults and many big subreddits are a cesspool of vitriol, but some others have a great community.
- honkdaddy 5y agoDefinitely agreed. Any particular favourites these days? Would love to find some current events or general interest type subs. /r/TrueReddit used to have some good discussion, but I find it similarly snarky and uncharitable these days.
- 100011_100001 5y agoWhat are you interested in?
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- jfengel 5y agoI feel like the US has become a very hateful and bitter place. One could say there was an inflection point in that about five years ago, though it has been going on much longer. I suspect that Reddit is reflecting that, rather than driving that. But it seems to happen to almost all sites eventually, unless they go to great lengths to avoid it.
- Ekaros 5y agoI would put it 7 years ago, at least with media and aggressive narrative crafting against certain groups.
- sixothree 5y agoI would say it started with the tea party protests. Everything about them was a protest looking for an excuse.
- krapp 5y agoThe Tea Party was hijacked by the Republicans, who attempted to galvanize American racial, xenophobic and anti-leftist fears against Obama in predictable race-baiting fashion. They failed to prevent a second term, but Trump's populism capitalized on the seeds of white rural discontent, reactionary fear and paranoia that they planted. I think all of this is the result of the presence of a Black liberal (not even a leftist, mind you, but Stalin incarnate as far as the right was concerned) in the White House causing a cascade failure in American culture, and it's kind of beautiful to see.