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This article requires attention for the following reason(s):
  • Only add subreddits if they have at least 100k subs. Banned/deleted subreddits go in their own section.
  • Needs more sources.

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AskGayBros[edit]

I don't think the comment about it being a “terrible” subreddit makes sense or is justified. An example of a poll https://www.reddit.com/r/askgaybros/s/im28jBjiys

Some bad actors don't justify it being called out as terrible, especially relating to topics that are not the focus of the subreddit in the first place Xaqx (talk) 13:51, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Should we add r/JustUnsubbed?[edit]

It's a subreddit where people announce their departure from a subreddit; It doesn't sound too bad on paper, but in practice, it seems to have accumulated a large right-wing userbase, at least from what I've seen. I'm not sure if it's always been like this, or if it used to be normal but got radicalized; Would it be worth adding to the article? TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 19:29, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

I think it should, they are babies. I once got mass-downvoted and concern-trolled to oblivion (as in “you’re horrible and making it your whole personality for daring to suggest to us that you’re bi”) for posting about a sub I left that had been overrun by 14-yo self-hating closet gays with far-right parents, the latter of whom kept going “based based based” at anything homophobic --Goatspeed. Watch meCircularREmail2.gifasoningMy experiments 20:07, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
Damn. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
Do you have a link to your Reddit post? 131.194.201.104 (talk) 04:12, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Re-evaluating r/atheism[edit]

I've been looking into r/atheism recently, and I feel that we might want to be ever-so-slightly softer in our criticism of it; while it's still full of the immature takes that landed it in our extremely problematic subreddits section (like "the very concept of religion needs to be nuked into oblivion and viciously scoured until absolutely nothing remains" (except expressed less eloquently and with more implications of actual violence towards religious people)), it at least has a higher prominence of people making legitimate criticisms of religion and expressing sincere concern about Dominionism, Project 2025, and the Republican platform. (This might partially be because a lot of its posts that have been showing up in my feed are simply links to news stories, so people are responding to those more-so than making their own hot takes.) I dunno how much my own opinion counts for, though, so maybe somebody else would like to take a closer look? --Luigifan18 (talk) 19:32, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

r/atheism is a dumpster fire. Carthage (talk) 07:22, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Veganism and Animal Rights[edit]

Should r/vegan be added to the list of terrible subreddits, judging by the common sanctimonious woo that is pervasive on that thread? TheEternalOutsider (talk) 16:21, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Considering that we have three other topics about re-evaluating potential terrible subreddits, maybe we should condense them… --Luigifan18 (talk) 16:43, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Suggestions[edit]

This topic right here is meant to condense the talk page as well as help whenever suggesting subreddits that could be added onto the page. — TheEternalOutsider (talk) 05:24, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

R/GamingCircleJerk[edit]

Are we sure we should be recommending this subreddit to people? A prominent Youtuber, The Act Man, released a video on the Hogwarts: Legacy boycott about a year ago that criticized the response to Hogwarts: Legacy from communities like r/gamingcirclejerk, which included "Have They Played That Wizarding Game Yet?", a website that listed streamers on Twitch who were playing the game and arguably encouraged the harassment of those streamers, as well as pushback against the Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who had, ironically, intended to play the game while raising money for a trans rights activist fund. When Act Man tried to encourage boycotters to donate the $60 that would have gone to Hogwarts: Legacy to a trans lifeline, he only received mockery in return. For this reason, I'm a bit hesitant to include r/gamingcirclejerk as a "recommended" subreddit. 131.194.201.104 (talk) 04:29, 22 April 2024 (UTC)