Talk:Reddit
Left-leaning reputation?[edit]
Dafuq? Carthage (talk) 23:13, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
- Anecdotally, Reddit did gain a left-ish reputation after banning r/the_donald and purging a bunch of transphobic subs. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante ItalianoMake a Reservation 00:18, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
- I don't think that's left-ish because it's not informed by any genuine sense of ideology but because r/the_donald and co. had become harmful to Reddit's bottom line. There still is a wilderness of rancid shit on Reddit. Reddit kicked out the worst of the worst, the marginally-less evil bastards still remain on the platform. IOW: too little, too late. Carthage (talk) 00:26, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
- Yeah, you gotta keep in mind that it’s mostly right wingers who think Reddit is on the left. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante ItalianoMake a Reservation 19:11, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
- I don't think that's left-ish because it's not informed by any genuine sense of ideology but because r/the_donald and co. had become harmful to Reddit's bottom line. There still is a wilderness of rancid shit on Reddit. Reddit kicked out the worst of the worst, the marginally-less evil bastards still remain on the platform. IOW: too little, too late. Carthage (talk) 00:26, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
- They never did ban, for instance, r/TheRedPill. But I do think they may have such a reputation regardless. The point where they ban these subs is when they become a big brigading problem, as r/The_Donald did absolutely constantly. Chillpilled (talk) 07:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
Super stonk and 'ape culture'[edit]
Because I was ignored by all except one who misunderstood what I meant, I am saying it here, I think we should have an article on super stonk and 'ape' culture more generally because the pure insanity they have created. A somebody. (talk) 18:49, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
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. Stalk meCircularRasoningSteal my ideas 20:07, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
- Damn. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 20:48, 10 March 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)