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What is it about Reddit's userbase that makes them so insufferable? - "Edit: Thanks for the upvotes and the gold!"
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kadoink
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Reddit is all about pushing a narrative based on "the right opinion", and for all its dedicated faggoty towards science and research, they buckle like bitches on the Magic the gendering nonsense among other progressive bullshit.
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It's a combination of different stuff that a lot of people already mentioned
The Subreddit system is built on making an echochamber for the Mods and anyone who disagrees is quickly b& and shoahed. The upvote system encourages hivemind opinions and anyone who disagrees is instantly dogpiled.
The Userbase is either Normies who don't really go deeper than /r/aww or incredibly smug retards who have a superiority complex towards everyone else and think they're God's gift to intelligence. Reddit is full of these types who think they are literally the smartest person on Earth and that everyone who disagrees with them is a horrible person who needs to be killed by the thought police.
The Moderators are mostly the same as the previous but amplified, same with Powerusers like /u/gallowboob (who sent nudes to underage redditors that the admins promptly memory holed any mention of) If you look at the modlist of any sub with more than 100,000 users chances are you're gonna find a Powermod who's moderator of like 50 different subreddits. These tend to be the kings of the site as the users suck their assholes and they are the most smug out of anyone.
People always tell you to go to smaller subreddits or subreddits about innocuous things but the problem is that the users take their smugness and political views wherever they go. Reddit has the same problem as Youtube where the most inoffensive post becomes a playground for users to sperg out about their political views, I got in an argument with someone on fucking /r/tf2 a first person shooter with hats.
To call back to the userbase they also think they're a lot more witty than they really are which leads to those comment chains of literally the same joke over and over again with shit like "Anne Frankly I did nazi that coming" and other overplayed unfunny shit. This makes reddit offensive to anyone with a sense of humor.
Then you have the subreddit groups like BadX for example, filled with the same people who sniff their own farts and think anyone with a different opinion is literally Hitler.
Then you have the political subs, ground zero for autism. Shit like /r/the_donald /r/politics /r/worldnews /r/chapotraphouse /r/socialism /r/latestagecapitalism /r/kotakuinaction and other sperg factories. On these types of subreddits there is literally no middle ground, no compromise. You have to be either to the right of Adolf Hitler or to the left of Joseph Stalin. And God forbid if you aren't you get b& instantly by even more thin skinned mods.
The Admins are the typical silicon valley lefty "I am the senate" types who wanna police the Internet, which is why you notice dumb shit like /r/fatpeoplehate get banned before you see /r/latestagecapitalism which calls for armed violence against those they disagree with. The only reason /r/the_donald is still around is because it's donny's official sub so they literally can't ban it.
tl;dr Reddit is a very obnoxious site and most of it's obnoxiousness comes from the user's unwarranted self importance.
The Subreddit system is built on making an echochamber for the Mods and anyone who disagrees is quickly b& and shoahed. The upvote system encourages hivemind opinions and anyone who disagrees is instantly dogpiled.
The Userbase is either Normies who don't really go deeper than /r/aww or incredibly smug retards who have a superiority complex towards everyone else and think they're God's gift to intelligence. Reddit is full of these types who think they are literally the smartest person on Earth and that everyone who disagrees with them is a horrible person who needs to be killed by the thought police.
The Moderators are mostly the same as the previous but amplified, same with Powerusers like /u/gallowboob (who sent nudes to underage redditors that the admins promptly memory holed any mention of) If you look at the modlist of any sub with more than 100,000 users chances are you're gonna find a Powermod who's moderator of like 50 different subreddits. These tend to be the kings of the site as the users suck their assholes and they are the most smug out of anyone.
People always tell you to go to smaller subreddits or subreddits about innocuous things but the problem is that the users take their smugness and political views wherever they go. Reddit has the same problem as Youtube where the most inoffensive post becomes a playground for users to sperg out about their political views, I got in an argument with someone on fucking /r/tf2 a first person shooter with hats.
To call back to the userbase they also think they're a lot more witty than they really are which leads to those comment chains of literally the same joke over and over again with shit like "Anne Frankly I did nazi that coming" and other overplayed unfunny shit. This makes reddit offensive to anyone with a sense of humor.
Then you have the subreddit groups like BadX for example, filled with the same people who sniff their own farts and think anyone with a different opinion is literally Hitler.
Then you have the political subs, ground zero for autism. Shit like /r/the_donald /r/politics /r/worldnews /r/chapotraphouse /r/socialism /r/latestagecapitalism /r/kotakuinaction and other sperg factories. On these types of subreddits there is literally no middle ground, no compromise. You have to be either to the right of Adolf Hitler or to the left of Joseph Stalin. And God forbid if you aren't you get b& instantly by even more thin skinned mods.
The Admins are the typical silicon valley lefty "I am the senate" types who wanna police the Internet, which is why you notice dumb shit like /r/fatpeoplehate get banned before you see /r/latestagecapitalism which calls for armed violence against those they disagree with. The only reason /r/the_donald is still around is because it's donny's official sub so they literally can't ban it.
tl;dr Reddit is a very obnoxious site and most of it's obnoxiousness comes from the user's unwarranted self importance.
kadoink
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If you wanna see what real faggotry from a galaxy far far away, check this faggot out. . He shifts from fandom to fandom(Star wars, simpsons, DC films, POkemon) and acts like a gatekeeper know it all who has the sense of humor of a died out turd.
I thought it was a troll account at first but its too consistent with the "muh feminism/progressiveness" shit. He's basically the Reddit version of "MovieBob". Reading his comments hurt after a while , though that could be just being on reddit also. So heres some select choices from our fag-gate keeper
Projection
defending Last Jedi as a masterpiece.
Cyncism is so dull. pshaaaw.
I thought it was a troll account at first but its too consistent with the "muh feminism/progressiveness" shit. He's basically the Reddit version of "MovieBob". Reading his comments hurt after a while , though that could be just being on reddit also. So heres some select choices from our fag-gate keeper
Projection
defending Last Jedi as a masterpiece.
Cyncism is so dull. pshaaaw.
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SlayerFan213
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Old joke:
4chan is where smart people go to act retarded.
Reddit is where retarded people go to act smart.
4chan is where smart people go to act retarded.
Reddit is where retarded people go to act smart.
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So the way Reddit is setup is you get magic internet points for having the most popular comment in a thread and your post is put at the top. Sounds good in theory right? Well, in practice this means the most status quo milk toast comments are almost always at the top and anyone challenging a viewpoint the subreddit opposes is either at the bottom, hidden or even deleted. Reddit is setup where if your comment is downvoted enough your post is hidden. This means that if you go to a place like /r/thedonald (or literally every other political sub) the highest post in every thread will be the same dicksucking of Trump. You can apply this to literally every single reddit page. The more unfunny memes, pop culture references and popular views that everyone already agrees cramped into a post the more they are rewarded reinforcing the circlejerk mentality. So how does this differ from say, a classic forum or a chan site? Well on a site like 4chan your post no matter how shitty or unfunny will always be seen unless serious rules are broken. Everyone gets a voice on 4chan no matter if you're a diaper wearing communist or a autistic Brazilian neo-nazi your voice is the same as the rest of people.
Now that I have explained how reddit works let me explain why it attracts the most smug unlikable people on the internet. When you have a massive echo chamber where no views are challenged and no bad thoughts are allowed to be had you create smug elitst people who think their way of thinking is the only way because they have more internet good boy points then you. The entire karma system helpes to create this smugness echo chamber. This is only compounded by the fact most Redditors are 20 something college kids who think they are fucking 200 IQ genius's because they took a course on women's history
TLDR: Reddit's karma point system discourages challenging the status quo and encourages repeating what is popular and what will get you upvoted. This attracts smug dickheads who love to live in a world where no one is critical of them
Now that I have explained how reddit works let me explain why it attracts the most smug unlikable people on the internet. When you have a massive echo chamber where no views are challenged and no bad thoughts are allowed to be had you create smug elitst people who think their way of thinking is the only way because they have more internet good boy points then you. The entire karma system helpes to create this smugness echo chamber. This is only compounded by the fact most Redditors are 20 something college kids who think they are fucking 200 IQ genius's because they took a course on women's history
TLDR: Reddit's karma point system discourages challenging the status quo and encourages repeating what is popular and what will get you upvoted. This attracts smug dickheads who love to live in a world where no one is critical of them
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Unfortunately more recently reddit has gone to 4chan and 4chan has died.
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Fullchan is better than them both though. Of course we're better than /cow/ always.
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Let's be honest, 4chan died a decade ago when a bunch of autistic kids saw V for Vendetta at the cinema and decided to play super hero followed by the media giving them super powers. A bunch of spergs showed up thinking being on 4chan makes them autistic ISIS.
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At least you are a Reddit user (since you got into arguments with people on there), so you understand its good sides (as few as they may be).
But you guys still haven't seen anything until you step into r/whowouldwin. VS debating is a fun topic for me, but recently it (especially on cesspools like VS Battle Wiki) has recently become populated by Reddit-tier idiots who think Undertale characters are "higher-dimensional". So, that extends into the comments section of r/whowouldwin sometimes. Honestly, it's one of the funnier subs for me when people debate over who would win in more humorous battles. But a lot of the time, you'll see people take this too seriously.
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As I've demonstrated here: https://kiwifarms.net/threads/why-i...other-sites-like-it.55086/page-3#post-4850595
Every place including this one has its share of fanboyism or cult following. But Reddit takes this to its absolute extreme.
It has gone from a site that developed around the concept of sharing content between communities to one where if you do come from an other community through a link you're then considered as a brigader. The people have absolutely paper thinn skin in general no matter where you are and are also extremely passive aggressive.
Of course that's not even talking about the worst problems, like mods that mod 300+ subreddits or the karma whoring (through re-posting or vote manipulation and account selling going on). Videos that expose vote manipulation get removed and users shadowbanned.
Also Reddit ruined the independent community as several others have mentioned.
Every place including this one has its share of fanboyism or cult following. But Reddit takes this to its absolute extreme.
It has gone from a site that developed around the concept of sharing content between communities to one where if you do come from an other community through a link you're then considered as a brigader. The people have absolutely paper thinn skin in general no matter where you are and are also extremely passive aggressive.
Of course that's not even talking about the worst problems, like mods that mod 300+ subreddits or the karma whoring (through re-posting or vote manipulation and account selling going on). Videos that expose vote manipulation get removed and users shadowbanned.
Also Reddit ruined the independent community as several others have mentioned.
Lol, not to mention a lot of the big subs nowdays even hide the ability to sort "by controversial". So all you basically can read are the shitty puns that go on forever and the middle-of-the-road agreeable posts.
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The only subreddit that's even worth checking out once a month is probably the prequel memes one. The rest I view as nothing more than a resource if I need to research something specifically for 40k, d&d, a certain boardgame rules question, etc.
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Reddit in general really annoys me. The upvote baiting, the posturing by making sure to post something about racism, homophobia or sexism being baaaad, the lame ass memes. What's not to hate?
What really gets me though is that they fancy Reddit to be a gathering of intellectual sirs. They LOVE debates and other intellectual activities. But only if it's debating on what way you both have the same opinion. If you actually have a differing opinion, they'll take turns downvoting and leaving hot one line zinger replies until you fuck off. Just a giant hugbox.
What really gets me though is that they fancy Reddit to be a gathering of intellectual sirs. They LOVE debates and other intellectual activities. But only if it's debating on what way you both have the same opinion. If you actually have a differing opinion, they'll take turns downvoting and leaving hot one line zinger replies until you fuck off. Just a giant hugbox.
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What screams "Reddit" to me is when someone posts a brownie-baiting essay as a response to someone else who typed one short and hasty sentence about any given issue. I always get the image of a 13-year old insecure brat waiting for his big low-hanging fruit moment to give what he thinks is a grand speech (and a declaration of his intellect and understanding about the universe). They just want to say "fuck you" but since they think they're above that, it turns into pretentious masturbation with words.
Here, if someone says "X is shit" and nothing else, they either get called a faggot or ignored for the low effort. If they do the same on Reddit, they'd get a 40k-word essay starting with something like this: "You are what's wrong in this community. We argue our points logically, and our passion for these matters is unrivaled. I will, however, educate you about our ethical and intellectual standards. Take a seat, you might learn something. First of all...."
There's always this highly visible smug, half-sarcastic undertone, and almost always it's about some pointless shit that doesn't even matter. When you see enough of that crap, you start to feel dirty.
Here, if someone says "X is shit" and nothing else, they either get called a faggot or ignored for the low effort. If they do the same on Reddit, they'd get a 40k-word essay starting with something like this: "You are what's wrong in this community. We argue our points logically, and our passion for these matters is unrivaled. I will, however, educate you about our ethical and intellectual standards. Take a seat, you might learn something. First of all...."
There's always this highly visible smug, half-sarcastic undertone, and almost always it's about some pointless shit that doesn't even matter. When you see enough of that crap, you start to feel dirty.
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Basically this.
The best subreddit that examples this is probably /r/confession or /r/unpopularopinion. In unpopularopinion, the actual popular opinions like "I destroy the environment" are the ones that get pushed to the top because everyone collectively says "yass" and it all gets bumped up.
The point of /r/confession is basically to say "I killed someone and I feel horrible about it but I don't know who to tell" or something terrible along those lines. But if you actually make a post like that you'll get two downvotes from people who'll say "ugh what a horrible guy >:^( no upvote" and it's like ok retard thanks for not letting anyone else see the only post on the forum that's not "I gave a homeless guy one million dollars and didn't tell nobody??" like, literally fuck off dude.
Also now that I think about it, /r/amitheasshole . Where the point is to figure out if the OP was an asshole in a social situation or not. And just because you're already assuming: no, OP is never the asshole. Fucking dicknose scumbag
There's a real issue with having an infinite amount of categories for your content. Can't explain why, but it'll always turn your content into well churned garbage. The endless subredditing of already small subreddits and fights over who's mod etc etc really destroys the quality of content.
In short, when I boot up Discord, and I type a message, and a mod comes up to me and says "hey man actually can you post that in the 'words general' chat not the 'english general' " I really want to say go fuck yourself a lot more than I want to say wow thanks dude for moderating such an awesome community. No, literally kill yourself famalam.
It's the exact same issue with Reddit. When you can get your content to something so specific as https://www.reddit.com/r/13or30/ it all starts to feel so pointless. Here's the place where you feel sad, here's the place where you feel bashful, here's the place where you get mad. It seems so pointless when it's in that format.
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Yeah you might find the odd 500 sub subreddit that has chill mods where you can actually discuss shit but those get like 5 posts a day if that and if they ever do get big they just become another hive-mind shithole. As a reddit becomes bigger it attracts reddit admin attention and they make you enforce all the gay over the top rules. Reddit has this very creepy authoritarian obsession with rules that they seem to love. I remember going onto something like /r/dankmemes and one of the rules was "No use of the word "nigga" even in a joking manner" like, you'r supposed to be the cool hip meme place but you can't even fucking have some memes with the word nigga in it? We aren't even talking about a hateful context we're talking like "what up my nigga" use of the word and that's too offenisve ffs. Circle jerk the popular opinion in the sub (or face being banned or deleted), obey the mods like a good bootlicker and slam your asshole with upvote points to get your dopamine hit for your tiny brain. That's reddit.
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1. Love of puns
2. The Karma system where dissent is 'punished'
3. 'No Politics' only applies to the more right-wing opinions
4. Quarantining the fun places
5. Advertisers
6. Can't live and let live
7. Can't take a joke
2. The Karma system where dissent is 'punished'
3. 'No Politics' only applies to the more right-wing opinions
4. Quarantining the fun places
5. Advertisers
6. Can't live and let live
7. Can't take a joke
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I never thought I'd say this, but I found a really good Gawker article:
archive.is
No mention of how they banned r/fatpeoplehate nearly a year before they banned r/coontown, but the article does a good job of pointing out how Reddit puts forth that whole "we're all nice empathetic people
" line, while housing the worst people in the world.
Reddit, the Home of "CoonTown," Promises to "Celebrate Diversity"
archived 8 May 2015 14:13:44 UTC
In particular, the company highlighted these among its “core values”:
This is among the most cynical gestures I’ve seen on the whole wide internet, itself a festering swamp of cynicism and dimwittedness. Nevermind that many of these values contradict each another; consider that one of the largest and most influential websites of all time—backed by tens of millions of dollars in venture capital—could at once claim to “champion diversity” while hosting a page titled “/r/GasTheKikes.” If this decree was truly the product of “company-wide discussions, employee-led committees, and open feedback forums,” it seems impossible that no one would say “how about we ban users who call black people nig-nogs?”
It’s clear Reddit, its founder Alexis Ohanian, and its CEO Ellen Pao (yes, that Ellen Pao!) don’t give any sort of a shit about “remembering the human.” The site is stuck so far up its own techno-libertarian ass, shouting about the importance of anonymity and laissez-faire community governance into its bowels, that it can’t see the very plain truth: it has become a top destination for bigots. With the same zeal that they brought to the fight to block SOPA, Redditors fight anti-racism or anti-sexism efforts as the encroachment of a fascist surveillance state. This stupidity comes straight from the stupid top. When asked about its rotten user base by TechCrunch’s Alexia Tsotsis at an event yesterday, Ohanian basically responded with a fart noise:
Ohanian acts like that “megaphone” is some natural monument, a rock formation that predates humanity, a force that’s out of his control—he doesn’t seem to realize that he built, profited from, and continues to be the public face of this megaphone, a megaphone that he could choose not to hand to people who wish to scream slurs through it.
No mention of how they banned r/fatpeoplehate nearly a year before they banned r/coontown, but the article does a good job of pointing out how Reddit puts forth that whole "we're all nice empathetic people
" line, while housing the worst people in the world.