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View submission: /u/MRItopMD loses patience with reddit pedantry
Yes and no. I've been on various social participation websites for many years, and I think Reddit does have it's own set of characteristics, and pros and cons I haven't quite seen elsewhere.
For example, 'I hate Reddit and I love it' was an interesting statement I've rarely heard others use about such sites. I can really feel him on that one, and I think part of it comes from the fact that this site captures so many different niche-interests and groups of people and kind of awkwardly smashes them together for better or worst.
Comment by creepyredditloaner at 01/07/2018 at 13:16 UTC
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I have seen the love/hate sentiment about sites and other forms of internet congregation for over 20 years now. In the days of IRC it was stuff like "I hate EFFnet. But I won't go anywhere else. " I have seen this sentiment on Slashdot, Fark, 4chan, Digg, Something Awful, Tumblr, and even Usenet and BBS's.
Unless reddit is your first true dive into social media I don't know how you missed it.