Comment by tasartir on 26/05/2019 at 09:39 UTC

337 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)

View submission: Article from October 2011 where the admins announced their locking of /r/reddit.com - the decision that paved the way for Reddit not having this central community, and instead having topical subreddits.

r/atheism was default sub? Things changed a lot when Reddit decided to grow.

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Comment by UnholyDemigod at 26/05/2019 at 10:21 UTC

294 upvotes, 3 direct replies

An extraordinarily large number of accounts were made for the express intention of unsubscribing from it.

Comment by justarandomshooter at 26/05/2019 at 20:09 UTC

24 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Honestly it got pretty low quality for a couple of years or so. It was a whole lot of memes and shitposting. Getting kicked from default status was a really good thing for that sub in the long run.

Comment by NicholasPileggi at 26/05/2019 at 14:21 UTC

35 upvotes, 4 direct replies

So was r/trees.

Comment by aStapler at 13/10/2019 at 17:39 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Atheism was fine until Elevatorgate. Since then it all went to shit.

For a while it was about supporting people who actually were in danger of being disowned or hurt if they "came out". Then people pointed out that women weren't being treated very well at conventions or online at all and atheists had a meltdown. I had to leave at that point, not what I was there for.

Comment by koavf at 01/06/2019 at 18:56 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yes, it was a huge pain. I didn't like the idea of having subreddits in the first place and this really reinforced it for me.

Comment by 230flathead at 30/05/2023 at 04:50 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Remember faces of atheism?