I agree with PhunkyPlatypus that 2015 was the tipping point. Things had been getting squirrely for a few years but you could put it down to trying to manage a site that was hugely popular. But 2015 saw it go from a site for free speech to a place where opinions that ae contrary to the hivemind went to die.
There's still value in Reddit though. Lots of great subs where you can get help with or just have discussion about specific topics. But even still you have to be care what you say or else. Trolling is fantastically easy but, like shooting fish in a barrel, gets old pretty fast.
And you'd be hard pressed for a better source of random vids to brighten your day or give you a chuckle.
I got pretty active on VOAT but it's getting to be as bad and since it doesn't have nearly the same depth of content and users there isn't the same value -- ie. specialized knowledge -- that Reddit still offers. But at least you can still whine about niggers or Jews there and not have to worry about it.
I agree with PhunkyPlatypus that 2015 was the tipping point. Things had been getting squirrely for a few years but you could put it down to trying to manage a site that was hugely popular. But 2015 saw it go from a site for free speech to a place where opinions that ae contrary to the hivemind went to die.
There's still value in Reddit though. Lots of great subs where you can get help with or just have discussion about specific topics. But even still you have to be care what you say or else. Trolling is fantastically easy but, like shooting fish in a barrel, gets old pretty fast.
And you'd be hard pressed for a better source of random vids to brighten your day or give you a chuckle.
I got pretty active on VOAT but it's getting to be as bad and since it doesn't have nearly the same depth of content and users there isn't the same value -- ie. specialized knowledge -- that Reddit still offers. But at least you can still whine about niggers or Jews there and not have to worry about it.
I agree with PhunkyPlatypus that 2015 was the tipping point. Things had been getting squirrely for a few years but you could put it down to trying to manage a site that was hugely popular. But 2015 saw it go from a site for free speech to a place where opinions that ae contrary to the hivemind went to die.
There's still value in Reddit though. Lots of great subs where you can get help with or just have discussion about specific topics. But even still you have to be care what you say or else. Trolling is fantastically easy but, like shooting fish in a barrel, gets old pretty fast.
And you'd be hard pressed for a better source of random vids to brighten your day or give you a chuckle.
I got pretty active on VOAT but it's getting to be as bad and since it doesn't have nearly the same depth of content and users there isn't the same value -- ie. specialized knowledge -- that Reddit still offers. But at least you can still whine about niggers or Jews there and not have to worry about it.