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which is incidentally why the entire place is a barren content wasteland these days, full at first glance but quickly becomes apparent it is just astroturfed to

which is incidentally why the entire place is a barren content wasteland these days, full at first glance but quickly becomes apparent it is just astroturfed to shit, with every comment thread being bombarded by various companies and political groups' pr goons or LLM powered bots trying to sway public opinion.

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smcl 3y ago
I never had a great deal of love for reddit but "the entire place is a barren content wasteland" is a pretty sweeping generalisation that you cannot possibly be in a position to make. I only hang out on a couple of subs and they're lively, full of nice characters, and well-moderated. I'd be very surprised if I have somehow discovered the only oases of normality in a barren content desert. I have noticed that any time I encounter a post from an r/{placename} sub, it appears to be full of the most irritating, racist shit-stirrers but I just steer clear of those subs altogether.
- Grimblewald 3y ago
  The problem is you need to wander from oasis to oasis, as oppose d to circumnavigating shitholes. To me that seems like a wastelnd.
  - smcl 3y ago
    This metaphor is getting a bit tortured and depends on me - having stumbled randomly into a few subreddits that are cool - being a statistical anomaly. I dunno, enjoy the site or don’t - no skin of my nose either way - but your experience is certainly not universal.
brandall10 3y ago
I only use it for either enthusiast related things (audio/fashion/sports discussion/tv shows) or for general research, like travel planning. I've never noticed this type of activity, so it's definitely not the "entire place". I assume this is largely relegated to the top level subreddits? I have mixed feelings about all the crap going on behind the scenes with this company. For the most part, it's been the only place I can get relatively unbiased takes and info outside of more specialized enthusiast forums.
- Grimblewald 3y ago
  I also appreciate the niche subs, but sweeping generalisations generally only fit the sweeping general no? Of course reddit has its communities, my concern is the site you get before you put a lot of effort into curating your feed is largly at the mercy of lobbying groups which reddit doesnt combat but actively facilitates despite pretending to present community / real people opinions / poaitions. It leads to accounts spamming the same popular content and comments to farm up karma and build credibility for accounts that are later to be used to sway public opinion. Its misleading and drives away genuine interactions.

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smcl 3y ago

I never had a great deal of love for reddit but "the entire place is a barren content wasteland" is a pretty sweeping generalisation that you cannot possibly be in a position to make. I only hang out on a couple of subs and they're lively, full of nice characters, and well-moderated. I'd be very surprised if I have somehow discovered the only oases of normality in a barren content desert. I have noticed that any time I encounter a post from an r/{placename} sub, it appears to be full of the most irritating, racist shit-stirrers but I just steer clear of those subs altogether.

Grimblewald 3y ago
The problem is you need to wander from oasis to oasis, as oppose d to circumnavigating shitholes. To me that seems like a wastelnd.
- smcl 3y ago
  This metaphor is getting a bit tortured and depends on me - having stumbled randomly into a few subreddits that are cool - being a statistical anomaly. I dunno, enjoy the site or don’t - no skin of my nose either way - but your experience is certainly not universal.

brandall10 3y ago

I only use it for either enthusiast related things (audio/fashion/sports discussion/tv shows) or for general research, like travel planning. I've never noticed this type of activity, so it's definitely not the "entire place". I assume this is largely relegated to the top level subreddits? I have mixed feelings about all the crap going on behind the scenes with this company. For the most part, it's been the only place I can get relatively unbiased takes and info outside of more specialized enthusiast forums.

Grimblewald 3y ago
I also appreciate the niche subs, but sweeping generalisations generally only fit the sweeping general no? Of course reddit has its communities, my concern is the site you get before you put a lot of effort into curating your feed is largly at the mercy of lobbying groups which reddit doesnt combat but actively facilitates despite pretending to present community / real people opinions / poaitions. It leads to accounts spamming the same popular content and comments to farm up karma and build credibility for accounts that are later to be used to sway public opinion. Its misleading and drives away genuine interactions.