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Controversial opinion Reddit is toxic and hostile.
Anyone else seen this become more proment lately?
1 month ago · 👍 jaxx, mediocregopher, cobradile94
@softwarepagan I’m in plenty of forums that aren’t toxic at all. I don’t know what you’re talking about… · 1 month ago
@shrockwell You're looking at it. A lot of people are trying new things in an attempt to salvage what has been lost. Reddit is particularly pernicious because it gobbled up alll the specialist forums. Thankfully forums are simple technologies and we can take back what was taken from us. The only challenge is reconstituting the communities. That will take time and effort, and that's a reason why we should all make the effort to show up and make our contribution. · 1 month ago
Are there any new alternatives that folks like? · 1 month ago
Not controversial. I'm pretty radicalized against Reddit. I found it toxic and biased and stopped using years ago, the Google search tampering thing is probably related to some people getting money in the recent IPO or something, the continue intrusion of Reddit content on X and the AI-generated bs quality of clickbait posts are signs that some sort of automated promotional campaign is in place. Here's a controversial take. (: · 1 month ago
IMO Reddit hasn't been good since 2012 or so. I remember when I first saw a 10k+ thread. I think that was 2014 or something. I knew it was over, and it was over. But I continued to check it for news and some online culture. I stopped using it to get the headlines about 4 years ago. Now I only visit when a search directs me there. From my perspective, you're saying the food rotting in the fridge for the past 10 years smells bad. · 1 month ago
That's a controversial opinion? xD · 1 month ago
When the entire clearweb turns every forum into a completely ideologically homogenous circlejerk, yes, it gets very toxic. · 1 month ago
I think this is true of most platforms these days, and is a sign of a wider social disease. People are more reactive, volatile and intolerant. Sure, there was always toxicity on the Web, but it's become more mainstream than just a subculture of trolls.
I really hope the trend reverses; the world needs more sanity. · 1 month ago
not controversial, imo. I'm curious why such things happen... it can't simply be a function of the quantity of web bloat on the site. Maybe the architecture of the medium can throw a lot of accellerant on the fires of controversy. But ultimately it takes people to start/maintain that kind of hostile culture. · 1 month ago
I'm not sure that's all that controversial an opinion. It's more the trend anymore. So, tale from the way back. In the 90's when I was getting my ham radio license there was more of an unspoken etiquette in place that kept the medium civil. We used to say it was what seperated us from CB operators. Then it crept into the ham bands, mostly in voice so morse code (CW) was a better place. Infact most women hams operated CW to not be harassed. What I've observed is that some barrior to entry that requires skill, not just purchasing power, means you're more likely to value your accomplishment and uphold that sense of community standard. · 1 month ago