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It would have happened more slowly at least, delaying the increase in populism, nihilism and depression in the Western world, the anglosphere in particular.
by energy123 7mo ago
It would have happened more slowly at least, delaying the increase in populism, nihilism and depression in the Western world, the anglosphere in particular.
- toyg 7mo agoThat's mostly imputable to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Reddit is a footnote in the mainstream, which is dominated by those 3.
- energy123 7mo agoGiven the number of Reddit users across the Anglosphere, I disagree that Reddit is not a major contributor.
- Zak 7mo agoWhat traits specific to Reddit as opposed to a hypothetical generic alternative forum platform do you think are major contributors to those social trends?
- energy123 7mo agoRecommendation engine pushing users into ideological bubbles, public voting mechanism creating incentive for conformity which then creates purity spirals, lack of moderation.
- Zak 7mo agoEarly Reddit had a recommended tab, but that didn't last long. The current recommendation features are relatively recent - this decade at least. It would surprise me if the winner in that space didn't have a public voting mechanism. Digg, Reddit's early major competitor had one, and heavy-handed moderation surrounding the HD-DVD decryption key leak was one of the major inflection points that drove users from Digg to Reddit. Stricter moderation during that time period would have been a losing strategy.