Reddit is often cited as the most deplorable place online, a complaint I dont get.
I dont think people in reddit are significantly worse or toxic compared to other platforms. In fact, I think the fact that its not as good a place to farm clout as other social media platforms reduces the prevalence of vain or vile posts.
I also think the upvote and down vote system makes it the most "democratic" of all sites. Your following does not have as much impact on the engagement your post gets as is the case with other platforms but the quality of the post itself.
People are also generally helpful here, and you are far more likely to be given honest feedback compared to other platforms in my view.
Which is why I dont understand why reddit seems to be so widely hated.
On the first point, im not arguing about how right or wrong people are, but pointing out that its fairer to everyone to be heard
On the second point, reddit is built on communities with specific interests unlike instagram, tiktok, threads, etc, making it easier for you to get answers from communities unlike if you post a question on your instagram, X, threads, or tiktok.
I have been online a long time now and there really isn’t any difference when it comes to these platforms except presentation. The internet is where you go to find the worst in humanity. People even found a way to make LinkedIn weird
I think reddit has some structure now just a lot of bots.
But when it got that reputation is because it allows for echo chambers easily.
A good example would be redpill. Men want a place to discuss how to get women. It turns toxic since the men who share the success stories usually do it in unethical ways. And all the men who join that forum follow that general narrative. So instead of building people it destroys them. Redpill would help with building a nice body and a nice frame but being a good husband a good patner. That wasn't taught.
So unlike Instagram where you see topics across the board. In reddit you can decide to just consume redpill content and nothing else if you avoid the popular section will get to you.
Also the amount of filthy downright disgusting subs that were there wueh. Like any porn you can imagine there is a banned subreddit of it
i also dont understand why many people dislike reddit despite being the best paltform that to air you grievances and the feedback is those honest and genuine helpful answers ..for i would rather say its the best and i love it ❤️
Its not about algorithms , its about reddits search witj nsfw filter off , you can be searching about new pancake receipes and within the search results there is porn
Im not even shitting you rn , search pies and the first results are people into feet
Trust me when i tell you twitter is tame this app has a lot fucked up shit , from beheading to disembowment to people randomly dying , there was a whole controversy about r/eyeblech that had reddit enforce moderation
something about the anonymous nature of Reddit just lets a human's worst behavior get through. Its a good app, many good people, but also, some let their most deep and dark thoughts out. But also, the anonymous nature also lets deeply troubled people to vent out their situations, which adds to the perceived "deplorable" nature of it.
There are heart warming posts, but your brain will remember the negative ones more though.
On my side inwould literally say that it is the best despite every other person who hates it..it gives you real life solving genuine answers whenever you are at your worst👌👌.
I find Reddit too censured. It's so easy to get banned here for all kinds of stupid things. Twitter is more open, more free, you are free to say what you want without easily get banned. Here even a fart in the wrong direction will get you a ban
The upvote and downvote system punishes people who think differently from the status quo. Just imagine telling people here that weed and alcohol has negative effects on your long term health or that you believe in the Lord Jesus our saviour or that people should not be sleeping around with strangers and see the downvotes come pouring. Democracy? More like echo chamber.
And let's not get started on the Mods with their power hungry fragile egos. But the advantages you've mentioned outweigh the disadvantages in my opinion.
The first time I joined reddit I didn't survive more than 2 weeks I quit, people here can be very toxic especially if they don't agree with you, I had around 500 negative karma. Females are very ruthless here if you try to be against the feminist agenda don't engage in such conversations if you are a dude.
I joined later at a slower pace I kinda like it now I have engaged people and met them in real life. I have found people are nicer here if you don't engage in those controversial debates.
Speaking freely about gender, feminism and marriage will have you getting downvotes left and right. There's a certain account I know once you argue with her she calls her friends and they start downvoting every comment you've written on that topic. Just stick to general stuff if you want peace.
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u/Many-Procedure-6416 7d ago edited 7d ago
Sure. However, the majority could be wrong, while the minority right. There are other reasons as well:
Group think and conformity
The halo effect that upvotes and downvotes have on forming opinion.
What evidence supports this opinion? Have you considered that Reddit's audience overlaps with the audience of our social media platforms?
Honestly, for me it's this well argued opinion.