I'm an avid redditor, and while there certainly are douchebags on reddit, I would surmise that the ratio is roughly similar to the number douchebags on the Inte

I'm an avid redditor, and while there certainly are douchebags on reddit, I would surmise that the ratio is roughly similar to the number douchebags on the Internet as a whole, or in the real world. I'm going to use a term here that I rarely use, but I think fits this sort of conversation: butthurt. You all probably know what I'm talking about when I say that, and if you don't you can probably figure it out. Anyway, it seems like there's a certain population of reddit[1] that very easily gets butthurt about a great many things. There are entire reddits devoted to butthurt, and the reality is that the subreddit system doesn't really cater to contrary opinions - if you disagree, you get downvoted. If you disagree often enough and get downvoted often enough, you just unsubscribe from the subreddit because there is literally 0% chance that your argument will be recognized as anything but trolling. This creates an incentive for communities to be relatively one dimensional, which leads to groupthink. In this particular instance, we have biased parties on both sides of the equation saying that there is/isn't a problem, but the entirety of the evidence is anecdotal, and one side is being exceeding inflammatory (even for the Internet). Are there misogynists on reddit? I'm certain of it. Are there feminazis on reddit? Certainly. Do either of these populations make up even nearly an appreciable percentage of the site's population? Almost definitely not. [1] I don't want to be one of those 'I have a four digit UID' guys, but it seems as though, as time goes on, the general maturity, intelligence, and acceptiveness of reddit goes down. I believe this is simply a testament to its popularity, but certainly not a positive one.