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Have you used Reddit or Twitter recently? They're basically open air insane asylums. You should spend 0% of your life talking about being a "Based Alpha Male."

Have you used Reddit or Twitter recently? They're basically open air insane asylums. You should spend 0% of your life talking about being a "Based Alpha Male." You absolutely should not use the same website as a "Based Alpha Male" influencer. I can come up with left wing equivalents if you're more into that?

d1str0 3y ago
You’re comparing internet communities with real life institutions. You do realize there is a difference between real life and the internet?
- local_crmdgeon 3y ago
  Elevating extremism is harmful, and when it's this large it's an emergency. However, this comment doesn't make a ton of sense but you're not engaging in Good Faith so I'm done with this thread.
  - rvz 3y ago
    You are totally correct. What I can say is that there are some extremists on both Twitter and Reddit on both sides and as also found in other communities. Unfortunately, the commenters you are replying to choose to pretend that it is not the case with ridiculous anecdotes such as 'on my feed', 'not for me though' to dodge and as another question without answering yours. As soon as one uses an anecdote, it is safe to immediately dismiss their comment.
TwoNineA 3y ago
I don't see any of that crap you are talking about on my feed. I am subscribed to tech, news, soccer, some linux subreddits, a few game subreddits like Dyson Sphere Program, Diablo and finally programmer memes. I browse "home", ignore "all" or "popular". It's a really nice tool that is being destroyed by incompetence.
- rootusrootus 3y ago
  That's a smart strategy. If you allow your feed to have things from whitepeopletwitter, blackpeopletwitter, politics, news, damnthatsinteresting (and other similar things), then you get a really awful experience. Every bit as bad as some people claim. But if you filter all those out and go for smaller, targeted subreddits in your interest area, you might as well be on an entirely different site, it isn't the same at all.

d1str0 3y ago

You’re comparing internet communities with real life institutions. You do realize there is a difference between real life and the internet?

local_crmdgeon 3y ago
Elevating extremism is harmful, and when it's this large it's an emergency. However, this comment doesn't make a ton of sense but you're not engaging in Good Faith so I'm done with this thread.
- rvz 3y ago
  You are totally correct. What I can say is that there are some extremists on both Twitter and Reddit on both sides and as also found in other communities. Unfortunately, the commenters you are replying to choose to pretend that it is not the case with ridiculous anecdotes such as 'on my feed', 'not for me though' to dodge and as another question without answering yours. As soon as one uses an anecdote, it is safe to immediately dismiss their comment.

TwoNineA 3y ago

I don't see any of that crap you are talking about on my feed. I am subscribed to tech, news, soccer, some linux subreddits, a few game subreddits like Dyson Sphere Program, Diablo and finally programmer memes. I browse "home", ignore "all" or "popular". It's a really nice tool that is being destroyed by incompetence.

rootusrootus 3y ago
That's a smart strategy. If you allow your feed to have things from whitepeopletwitter, blackpeopletwitter, politics, news, damnthatsinteresting (and other similar things), then you get a really awful experience. Every bit as bad as some people claim. But if you filter all those out and go for smaller, targeted subreddits in your interest area, you might as well be on an entirely different site, it isn't the same at all.