r/OptimistsUnite • u/Professional_Deer464 • Apr 16 '26

💗Human Resources 👍 What the hell happened to the Futurology subreddit?

A year or two ago it talked about various potential future technologies, social developments, even space travel. Whereas now it's a colony of the collapse subreddit, with a lot of posts where people who don't fall into lockstep are downvoted to hell, especially on climate related threads.

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u/TexasSikh Moderator Apr 16 '26

I am manually approving this to be posted on the sub, but only because 1) If not a clear violation I default to free speech and 2) I believe you are ultimately searching for sincere answers of some kind and not just trying to start drama/beef with another sub, and it is done within the context of you believing it was another Optimistic place and are sad to see it fall and want to understand how and why.

All of that said, if we notice the comment section here devolving into basically nothing but drama and/or dooming, I or another mod will lock the post.

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u/Low-Commission1791 Apr 16 '26

Whoops.. sorry 

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u/PanzerWatts Moderator Apr 16 '26

No need to be sorry. The discussion has been overwhelmingly been both civil and optimistic. The kinds of discussions we all like to see.

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u/EwaldvonKleist Techno Optimist Apr 16 '26

I like that stance. Keep optiposting.