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I'm surprised to see all the reddit hate here. The open, free-wheeling nature of that forum is far and away superior (in the sense of, more in the spirit of int

• mapcar 12y ago
  There are many great things about the open nature but it also leads to a very diverse experience, depending on which subreddit and thread you visit. Discussions range from asinine to profound, and casual visitors are often quick to generalize their limited evaluation to the whole site.
• cbd1984 12y ago
  > I'm surprised to see all the reddit hate here. I'm not. This place was spun off of Reddit and needs to define itself in terms of being Not-Reddit even now, apparently. The best way to do that is to play up how horrible Reddit is, and, implicitly, how we're not like that at all.
• pjc50 12y ago
  Which bits of reddit? It's certainly more unregulated. That has massive downsides; generally subreddits have a high tolerance for profanity, including in usernames. Most are tolerant of various sorts of nastiness, racism and sexism.
  • pitay 12y ago
    That is still far far better than a forum site controlled by a few moderators. In those sites anything said that contradicts the moderators interests is deleted. Those places are terrible, especially if they are a main site for that topic. This does not describe this site, to avoid any confusion.
  • Houshalter 12y ago
    Yes reddit is not a place for people who are easily offended, but what on the internet is?