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Anecdotally, Facebook seems relatively tame these days compared to the firehose of doom & gloom, violent videos, outrage porn, and outright misinformation that

Anecdotally, Facebook seems relatively tame these days compared to the firehose of doom & gloom, violent videos, outrage porn, and outright misinformation that fills Reddit and Twitter. Browsing Reddit’s default feeds or popular posts is a wild experience these days.

racheltanks 4y ago
Twitter is poison
- Bakary 4y ago
  What I find odd about Twitter is that the toxicity level is off the charts. It's not as bad as say, the wilder 4chan boards or Kiwifarms, but it's worse than almost anything else.
- nightski 4y ago
  I have a love/hate relationship with it. I follow many statistics & data science professionals and it's a great way to discover new books, resources, and content. But you have to wade through a lot of crap, even with a heavily curated feed. It feels like it is getting worse to the point where it isn't worth it anymore.
tmpz22 4y ago
I'd ad Youtube to that list. I turned off personalized ads and oh boy a whole lot of sexualized Flow Ads and other weird stuff came up, including ads for Newsmaxx. Absolutely gross that those are the apparent defaults.
viridian 4y ago
It's to the point where I, as someone who has used reddit for over a decade now (somewhat regrettably), will never, for any reason, ever click the snoo/homepage link in the top left corner. The thought of doing so reminds me of the nuclear waste repository warning: This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
CSMastermind 4y ago
Completely agree, Reddit at this point seems detached from reality. It's hard to believe it's the same site I was on 10 years ago. I scan Facebook once every few days for updates from family members and frankly I find the experience entirely pleasant. Cutting out Twitter and Reddit is one of the best decisions I've ever made for my mental health. For me it's Hackernews and the Wall St. Journal.
- tayo42 4y ago
  Outrage on reddit is so ridiculous in the last year. I think its so insane that I don't even feel like I need to disconnect from it, its just that unrelatable. r/all is just all outrage topics all the time. The political stuff, the antiwork stuff, white and black ppl twitter, the woe is me crap. I cant believe these are real people. Just angry all the time?
  - aintmeit 4y ago
    When you point a finger at someone, three fingers point back at you. In other words, you're throwing stones in a glass house.

racheltanks 4y ago

Twitter is poison

Bakary 4y ago
What I find odd about Twitter is that the toxicity level is off the charts. It's not as bad as say, the wilder 4chan boards or Kiwifarms, but it's worse than almost anything else.
nightski 4y ago
I have a love/hate relationship with it. I follow many statistics & data science professionals and it's a great way to discover new books, resources, and content. But you have to wade through a lot of crap, even with a heavily curated feed. It feels like it is getting worse to the point where it isn't worth it anymore.

tmpz22 4y ago

I'd ad Youtube to that list. I turned off personalized ads and oh boy a whole lot of sexualized Flow Ads and other weird stuff came up, including ads for Newsmaxx. Absolutely gross that those are the apparent defaults.

viridian 4y ago

It's to the point where I, as someone who has used reddit for over a decade now (somewhat regrettably), will never, for any reason, ever click the snoo/homepage link in the top left corner. The thought of doing so reminds me of the nuclear waste repository warning: This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.

CSMastermind 4y ago

Completely agree, Reddit at this point seems detached from reality. It's hard to believe it's the same site I was on 10 years ago. I scan Facebook once every few days for updates from family members and frankly I find the experience entirely pleasant. Cutting out Twitter and Reddit is one of the best decisions I've ever made for my mental health. For me it's Hackernews and the Wall St. Journal.

tayo42 4y ago
Outrage on reddit is so ridiculous in the last year. I think its so insane that I don't even feel like I need to disconnect from it, its just that unrelatable. r/all is just all outrage topics all the time. The political stuff, the antiwork stuff, white and black ppl twitter, the woe is me crap. I cant believe these are real people. Just angry all the time?
- aintmeit 4y ago
  When you point a finger at someone, three fingers point back at you. In other words, you're throwing stones in a glass house.