Reddit - The Struggle for Success

[@KantiDono]

"the co-founders resorted to creating fake profiles and using them to submit news articles" Almost 20 years later and they're still sticking to the same playbook today. Now that's consistency!

[@Labyrinth6000]

It’s always been bots and fake profiles. Especially when the top posts are always left wing propaganda on subreddits like r/pics…

[@jonathanmay6755]

No mention of Aaron Schwartz as a co founder either eh

[@LouisSubearth]

One of those profiles was ran by Ghislaine Maxwell. Yup, that one.

[@RA-xx4mz]

I came to Reddit from the Diggflower when Kevin Rose, the owner of Digg, said they would not be going back to v3 design.

[@sor3999]

@@jonathanmay6755 Because he wasn't a co-founder.

[@tuomasgrannas3656]

Reddit is a place where if you just stay away from roughly the 100 most popular subreddits, your experience is actually mostly pretty bearable, even enjoyable.

[@damazywlodarczyk]

Until you post anything that differs from the circle jerk you're on.

[@MacDiggity]

The insufferable echo chambers? Yeah, noticed that a long time ago.

[@kleenexbox974]

I think r/japanesepeopletwitter is funny

[@SPONGEBOB20]

@@bchristian85 Anytime a sub gets over 100k members time to break into a new one

[@illegal_space_alien]

@@SPONGEBOB20Yep, pretty much. It’s sad how politics has to seep into every sub, especially for people outside of the USA who don’t give two craps about it.

[@jamiediamond420]

Never should have been a publicly traded company.

[@KrisBonn25]

It should’ve never existed period. True cesspool of the worst society has to offer.

[@NoName-rl3fh]

They were a $ loser so they thought $ would solve that lol

[@ZacharyBird-m8r]

Why not?

[@sor3999]

@@KrisBonn25 You clearly never used Facebook or Instagram.

[@sor3999]

It only went public like a few months ago. What exactly changed since?

[@jamesbarnousky1270]

Bro imagine having all that free labor and struggling to turn a profit

[@loneIyboy15]

They actually pay some of the most prolific mods. There's a whole thing about how a handful of people mod almost all the big subs.

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

Ineffectual slavery describes reddit perfectly 😂

[@BLACKAAROW]

@@loneIyboy15 yeah but i wonder how do they manage that kind of work load? even moderating just one of those major subs must be a huge undertaking given how many posts and comments are generated on just one of those sub reddits

[@loneIyboy15]

@@BLACKAAROW They do keyword bans with bots, for the most part. The rest are either government requests or personal grudges by the mods.

[@snoozeflu]

Because it is politically slanted in one direction. If you alienate half of your user base and chase them off the platform, of course you won't turn a profit.

[@andxx0r_the_second671]

Reddit would probably be okay if it wasn't for all the redditors.

[@nozoto]

Between the karma system forcing everyone to be part of the subreddit echo chamber, the ridiculously finnicky moderators, the dens of privacy invading armchair detectives and the raging politickers giving 4channers a run for their money, you would catch me on a chick with D website before seeing my Reddit account... And chick with D is the absolute last stuff I like.

[@UndercoverDog]

Kinda but also no, ads are not really a good business model. The reason youre seeing so many services running on ads is bc they dont want to admit to themselves that ads arent profitable.

[@PXAbstraction]

And Steve Huffman.

[@djpuplex]

The moderators are the big problem.

[@moneykingmm9298]

😮😮??

[@megadog_]

I don't know what it is about Reddit that attracts the most insufferable people on the Internet. Try to ask a question there and you'll get a mix of joke answers, people telling you you're stupid for even asking the question, and contradictory advice that devolves into smug arguments between the respondents. It's like this across the entire site, no matter the topic of the subreddit. The most useful things on Reddit tends to be links off of Reddit to places with better information and discussion.

[@damazywlodarczyk]

Reddit's biggest problem are mods and rules, not users.

[@bchristian85]

@@damazywlodarczyk It's the way karma works. Change it so that downvotes don't subtract from upvotes and it will fix a lot of problems.

[@megadog_]

@@bchristian85 The karma feature made sense in principle as a way to promote useful or insightful comments and penalize poor contributions, but in reality it's just used as a way to enforce groupthink.

[@damazywlodarczyk]

@@bchristian85 I say, no karma at all. And you get banned only for really nasty stuff or for constant harassment.

[@bchristian85]

@@megadog_ The middle ground could be having it for posts but not for comments. When Reddit first started, there wasn't any discussion. It was only links and the karma made sense for that.

[@nixielee]

Funny how Aaron Schwartz doesn't even get a mention in modern Reddit videos. They did a great job removing him from the history books, at least from their perspective

[@deathgrasp7]

Yeah, I was surprised not to see him since his story ended so dramatically.

[@danielratner]

Dude how is aaron Swartz not even mentioned in this video?!

[@ReptarusOnIce]

I mentioned him in mine.

[@jayst]

It’s pretty sad. He’s the one who would be ashamed of how the website turned out most too

[@aznhomig]

Communists are experts at purging history for their benefit.

[@MacDiggity]

Most of the popular (by virtue of being forced upon new users) subreddits are glorified echo chambers and filled with bots. Reddit is useful if you have a niche interest or would like to learn how to block ads effectively.

[@500ccRabbit]

Even the niche subreddits are trash. The pro wrestling subreddit went hard left political. Pro. Fucking. Wrestling.

[@sor3999]

@@500ccRabbit You know the saying that if you think everyone on the highway is an asshole, you're probably the asshole?

[@swaggery]

I find it the most useful to be aware of the news that is happening, even if you are one of those people that just reads the headlines. Also if you are trying to learn a new topic go to the right subreddit and ask very specific questions or casually browse over a few weeks to learn of questions you would have never thought to ask. Then if you are a nation state and you want to get ahead of issues before the media finds people to pick up the stories when the problem inevitably gets worst without action, they can go on country subreddits and get real time sentiment of important issues and where the concerns are coming from.

[@chengliu872]

​@@sor3999: Except in this case, everyone else is the asshole. Reddit is filled with political activists, coomers and a combination of those.

[@kariusbaktus165]

@@sor3999 ikr, pro wrestling fans have always been hard left, it's definitely not bots..

[@wilhelmorangenbaum]

Reddit has the unusual property of attracting the most obnoxious, clueless and insufferable people on the internet, like a cringe magnet or something.

[@Labyrinth6000]

A ton of the “users” are bots, this video shows that the creators admitted to making bots to boost views and upvotes

[@bchristian85]

It's because they get upvoted. Reddit is what is is because of how karma works and how central karma is to everything on the site. Nowhere else on the internet does it that way.

[@noyes.]

Echo chamber

[@Sonny_McMacsson]

Every place does

[@noyes.]

@@Sonny_McMacsson No

[@Khadi-C]

I actually was suspended for two days due to a sub mod and the user said "enjoy that suspension". Yeah, these folks really can't imagine other people, unlike them, don't live on the website and have lives outside of it. Plus, "suspension" just means you can't make comments, not that you can't view anything. If anyone recalls the interview on FOX of that Reddit mod from the antiwork sub, that's moderators in a nutshell.

[@djpuplex]

Two days is nothing disagree with a moderator is a permanent ban.

[@CC-bn2ws]

Hard to expect much logic or reason from a large group of people that think 25 hours a week of walking a dog is far too much work, and deserving of a million an hour worth of pay, a house, where they would continue to live in the basement, food, etc.

[@ZadieBear]

I got a permanent ban last year on all my accounts for making a sarcastic comment on a conservative subreddit

[@CapnHolic]

I was banned from r/games for promting piracy. For linking a ROM site for games that haven't been in print for 20+ years.

[@Safwaan-s7k]

@@ZadieBearhonestly they’re all like that regardless of political ideology. People need to realize that both sides of the political spectrum have extremists, not just one

[@PilotFlight2Mars]

Mods destroyed that site. Literally the worst of the worst of humanity is on a power trip tanking a mood y that once had so much promise. The lack of care from the company about how it allows unhinged moderation to ban accounts for pettiness or fun is insane.

[@caseybennett3827]

🎯

[@Rockin_Ross]

And they don’t budge on allowing people to fix the issues. I got banned from a Sub, and after 2 years of wanting back into it, I’ve gotten 0 responses.

[@jasonm9336]

@@Rockin_Ross Wow! I was just banned from the lego sub. Massive power trip for those mods, they abuse the living hell out multiple rules they have - no uncivil behavior - so anything and everything is up for the mods to go nuts on. Another is no selling, which makes sense in itself, but they have issues when you post a picture you took giving credit to a designer for something you built because people can look up the designer and buy digital instructions. Insane

[@LegoDork]

+Bitching about Mods is part of the Reddit experience.

[@jasertio]

In reddit you either are a leftist spewing the most unhinged theory or you are [deleted].

[@mattcolver1]

It's too easy for the moderators of the subreddits to ban people who have a different opinion than the moderators. All the subreddits then eventually become echo chambers. That makes reddit very boring when it only allows a strict adherence to one ideology. No real discussion is allowed.

[@smartguy360]

facts, r/politics is the worst offender

[@ZeroDimes]

​@@smartguy360Facts, the worst. Trump Derangement Syndrome

[@drunkenhobo8020]

It happens with a lot with a specific subgroup of people who demand constant validation. One of them becomes a mod then raises a stink about other mods being "bigots". Those mods then get kicked off and replaced by people from the same subgroup until that's all that's there.

[@Safwaan-s7k]

@@drunkenhobo8020legit the USSR under Stalin: you’ve said something to the party so your executed

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

I got banned from a subreddit once, the reason from the mod? All I got was "because", what kind of power trip bullshit is that?

[@Julioc96]

Reddit can be useful for niche interests, usually the smaller the community the better. But since subreddits are so dependent on their own moderation, it's way too easy to have echo chambers, mods with god complex, and overall toxic communities Not to mention all the problems that didn't make it into the video, like the small amount of people who control many of the popular subreddits, or the problems they caused for moderators when they blocked their API behind a huge paywall. If you didn't know, moderators are volunteers I don't think reddit is necessarily a bad experience for everyone, but it allows toxic people to have a platform either as users or moderators, which ruins the experience of many and it's the reason it has the reputation it has

[@willem4757]

Reddit is a cesspool, mostly thanks to the mods.

[@DaMu24]

lolno

[@HeisyGames]

This place is a cesspool. Yeah, yeah but listen… I’m not from Facebook, im from Reddit Affairs…

[@SteelBand17]

There are never positive when it comes to reddit mods

[@lukem2921]

I don't use Reddit anymore. Anytime I've posted on there, the comments are always super negative and aggressive. Even for innocuous topics. I don't need someone ripping into me for asking a question about an action figure or something like that. At this point, it isn't worth the hassle to use ol' Reddit

[@chengliu872]

Right? I remember once asking if nurses made a lot of money on r/nursing and a majority of the replies were condemning me for be a Conservative (something I made no mention of in the post).

[@lukem2921]

@@chengliu872 not surprised at all ha. I just don't get why people are so hostile there?

[@loneIyboy15]

@@lukem2921 Because anyone that isn't a Communist got pushed off the site years ago.

[@okpresence01]

Idk I feel like Facebook and Instagram are easily just as if not more toxic/aggressive

[@Gigi-zr6hp]

​@@chengliu872 politics has invaded every relevant sub out there

[@ChuckThree]

Of only it wasn’t *THE* most insufferable social media platform

[@Dan-cm9ow]

There is no corner of the internet (including Reddit) where calling someone a Redditor isn't an insult, and a "typical Reddit mod" isn't a bigger one.

[@tylerboothman4496]

Twitter is worse

[@The_Evil_Eye]

Twitter beats them, but reddit culture prob takes 2nd place. KZbin would be fine if the bots and spam were curtaiked.

[@Josh-bd3mt]

*if

[@tylerboothman4496]

@@The_Evil_Eye Facebook is 2nd

[@yendayo]

I have been using Reddit for almost 14 years. I am surprised it's still alive despite the creators(admins/mods) trying to kill it. But I guess that's the trend of big companies as of late. Make many horrible decisions and still thriving.

[@chengliu872]

The only reason for that is because there is no viable alternative.

[@Safwaan-s7k]

@@chengliu872they’ve destroyed any competitors that could’ve existed, it’s much like TV and the media as well, it’s impossible to break into it as the players are already established and huge

[@brainix]

Enshittification is a real thing.

[@Steg_The_Man]

I've actually left Reddit, the site is toxic and the moderation is corrupt

[@Cruxis_Angel]

Incredibly toxic. You can’t have any political discussion if your opinion isn’t extreme left. It’s usually downvoted to oblivion and hidden. I thought I was liberal till I went there. Now I realize I’m center left.

[@hl6816]

I left it in 2021. Everything seemed to be about bashing people who had different political ideas. There were so many awful things written that I finally realized one day: Almost all of these people would never dare say these things sitting across from someone. Why am I bothering myself with it?

[@NoName-rl3fh]

Same. Correct. F reddit.

[@vaderladyl]

yep, I still go there but it can be a gruesome experience that I am not in the mood to deal with most of the time.

[@500ccRabbit]

I left years ago. It's horrible

[@GeorgeMazur29]

“We encourage bot farm echo chambers with the most milquetoast and smug crowd and antagonized all the fun subreddits while bombarding you with advertising, how come we’re struggling”

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

I got banned for saying metaphorically "Burn it all down" after describing a rough situation that happened to me. Apparently I encouraged violence. Sad!

[@williamxb]

Should pin this comment

[@500ccRabbit]

They made everything political, serious, and unfun. Nobody cares about your take on the middle east in this fucking dog meme subreddit.

[@d7mf3j]

they're doing better than 4chan and 4chan is way better. I think all the bad things Reddit does really do make it more successful. Normies hate having fun online. There's not a single major website or social media that is pro-fun. If you want to have fun on a lamestream website it's a real struggle.

[@clvrswine]

*?

[@peterroberts4415]

The episode where Mr Krabs bans everything is Reddit in a nutshell

[@737215]

Remember when they kept deflating the numbers for /r/the_donald to make them appear like a fringe movement Until one user approached them as an advertiser (reddit charges more to advertise on popular subreddits) and it turned out it was actually one of the largest subs on the site?

[@Get_yotted]

@@737215I remember being on r/conservatives around 2017-2019 it felt like real conservative posts were hidden and orange man bad posts were always given special treatment. In fact you made any post with mild conservative views were met with a ton of backlash on a Conservative subreddit, people got banned including me.

[@CallSaul489]

@@Get_yotted Still like that tbh

[@Safwaan-s7k]

@@CallSaul489sadly yeah

[@anikamathur02]

I remember i got Banned on an subreddit for defending someone who is innocent

[@basic_chain]

My experience on Reddit: "Wow, this blew up! Thanks for the gold kind stranger Edit: to everyone going through my post history, yes I'm racist BUT-"

[@marlon8095]

🎯

[@mashedpotatos3750]

Its a great site until you have to deal with the neck beards banning you for sneezing in a different dialect.

[@waffleson45]

This had me laughing a good 10 minutes thank you 😂, it's also very true F reddit.

[@Fuddleton]

The biggest controversial issue about reddit you didn't touch is the fact a large portion of their site traffic is for adult content, some of it being borderline legal at various times. The jailbait sub lasted way longer than it should have.

[@Slenderquil]

Reddit is nice to look at occasionally and potentially get questions answered. But I definitely don't use it like social media.

[@Sig_P229]

Just don’t say anything that goes against the ideals of the mods of a sub forum or you will be banned for no reason. “Wait… you don’t like what I like?” *Banned*

[@Funkenstein91]

And most importantly, don't post to a subreddit dedicated to a field you have actual education or work experience in. I have an urban planning background, but get downvoted when stating my opinion and citing journals by the NotJustBikes mafia.

[@brendanhunter389]

I was banned from japan soccer for making a post about japan soccer because the mod said my post about 2 japanese teams were not relevant

[@Dan-cm9ow]

My favorite was when some of the feminist subs auto-banned anyone they saw posting in right wing subs. This was against the rules but the admins didn't care. When I got banned I messaged thanking them for their subtle endorsement of Trumps immigration policies, and was subsequently banned from messaging them. Good times.

[@bchristian85]

Or if it's a less moderated sub, you get downvoted if you don't conform to the official accepted narrative of the sub. More people need to be made aware of the psychological impact of what Reddit does. It plays a role in why people can't seem to disagree anymore without getting hostile.

[@peterroberts4415]

Ask what is a woman and get banned entirely...it's a complete echo chamber

[@SteveyW0nder]

Not mentioning Aaron Swartz as a co-founder is an automatic L for any video on Reddit. Steve Huffman does not want people to remember him.

[@brianericksen9388]

RIP

[@sor3999]

He's not a co-founder that's why. Try getting your facts straight first.

[@ParsletPage]

@@sor3999 Yes, he was.

[@mord55]

All of Swartz' obituaries list him as a Reddit co-founder because he was. Swartz's Infogami merged with Reddit early in the startup phase, and in light of that fact and Swartz' contributions (i.e. writing the entire technical backend), the other two co-founders recognized Swartz as the third.

[@zacharythomas8617]

Didn't he un-alive?

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

Once you get the hang of reddit, it's really informative. Some sub rules can be down right annoying and make it impossible to post anything. Also, some mods are on a power trip and ban you if you're critical but that's on the rare occasion. Subs like r/pics and r/askreddit are full of bots.

[@johnbrill7909]

What Reddit contributed to was the elimination of a whole lot of small discussion forums. There was a discussion forum I frequented in the 2000's. About 2009 the rate of new people coming to the server dropped as when people search for the author they went to large social media platforms like Reddit. Small is beautiful. Let Reddit go out of business.

[@Labyrinth6000]

Reddit is so popular, yet big media almost never talks about it in comparison to other social media as well as Google and yahoo. I still remember that infamous time they were asking who this “4chan” was. It’s an accomplishment especially since they never advertised themselves and were entirely by word of mouth

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Reddit is one of those "popular kids" that manages to stay low key, behind the other popular kids, if that makes sense.

[@Khazzs]

Reddit represents nightmares that when internet 🛜 was invented nobody could’ve predicted.

[@Goingwithafakehandlehere]

Ironic to write all that and then reference 4chan lol

[@RabbitWatchShop]

@@Goingwithafakehandlehere 4chan is the antidote, the kryptonite, to plebbit neckbeards. So OP did nothing wrong

[@6z0]

@@Jay-jb2vr maybe like 10+ years ago. Not today lol

[@joenuck89]

Where is Schwartzman's role in the company? Also that Ghislaine Maxwell was a power mod?

[@Fourtune1]

Because that wasn’t her. Please stop the conspiracies.

[@williamshreve6092]

@@Fourtune1u/Maxwellhouse absolutely was Ghilaisne. I’ve been on Reddit for 10 years that shit happened

[@welporajackwelp4899]

yeah

[@pixo4552]

​@@williamshreve6092 Being on reddit for 10 years isn't something you should brag about l0l. But yeah I agree on the Ghislaine part

[@2masterofpuppets2]

Redditors love the news, mainstream narratives and everything is a "Conspiracy theory". And hate Donald trump

[@J31]

Reddit is the only website where I feel like I have to take a shower after I use it

[@winnershandbook1069]

Every time i use reddit my mood is significantly worse. People there seem very hive minded and have superiority complex and just complain a lot about everything. I stopped using it and now my days are quite more pleasant.

[@Ful-OGold]

People really devote their life to just tying to get medals on reddit. Such a waste of life.

[@moneykingmm9298]

?L😮L?

[@moneykingmm9298]

N😮

[@sor3999]

No one does this.

[@Ful-OGold]

@@sor3999 are you blind? They are all in there so quick to try say the most wittty things to try get the most up votes and medals, everyone is constantly trying to out do each other or play add on. Hell even reddit themselves have achievements to try get you back again and again.

[@Yo-Its-Jeff]

Reddit Gold used to be a fun little thing. Not sure why they got rid of it.

[@michaelfjmusic]

Redditors are awful. Two weeks ago, we had to put down our beloved dog of 13.5 years (she wasn't eating/drinking/moving anymore). My mom wanted to put her down immediately, but because I have little experience with this subject, I asked Reddit for advice, saying that I want to spend just one more day with her, plus I wanted time to seek a second medical opinion. Most of the comments were supportive, but my post got downvoted to hell, and quite a few people told me "how dare you", and that I'm a POS dog owner who must not care about my dog's suffering by wanting to keep her alive another day. (don't worry, I now understand b/c I heeded the advice of the supportive comments and we put her down immediately.) Redditors are some of the most vile, disgusting people I've ever come across. It makes you wonder what they're like in real life (presuming they ever leave their sh*t-stained bedroom).

[@loneIyboy15]

It gets worse. Much worse.

[@VinegarPotato]

As if literally anyone else’s opinion but the law matters for pets. Owning an animal is not a superior or ethical thing on its own, but the only opinion that should matter is your family and the law. Your problem is in part asking for the opinion from people who have no business being the ones who answer your post.

[@mattcolver1]

I saw your post on Reddit. You were in a tough spot.

[@jake9705]

Your dog is in a better place now 🙏

[@sor3999]

I wonder where you're all posting in. This isn't remotely a typical experience. Or maybe you made it up.

[@54luigi73]

Reddit. Proof misery loves company, and that companies love misery.

[@fgoogleinthea7475]

Haha, I'll pay that.

[@kujas]

Except the r/feminism subreddit no misery just freedom,baby.

[@FatCatGarfield]

Reddit is fine for finding very specific information about something which may be difficult to find info on otherwise. It can also be good for users who share a common interest in a very niche topic, but obviously each subreddit will have its share of obnoxious people.

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

How dare you bring common sense to the comment section.

[@kevinmach730]

To a point, I agree. For video games, computer problems, etc, there is some truth to it... but there is still so much BAD advice on there. And I will add, those are ghost town subs. If I have a problem redoing some electrical work in my house that takes actual knowledge, the replies are few and far between. But for things where you don't have to have any experience or knowledge, like AITA, they will get thousands of resposes. The more actual knowledge you require, the less useful Reddit becomes.

[@discman15]

As soon as it went public, it went right down the toilet. Same thing happens every time: big number go up > quality goes down

[@sor3999]

What exactly changed since it went public? It only went public like a few months ago, not exactly a lot of time for sweeping changes.

[@brainix]

Enshittification is a real thing.

[@kotzpenner]

@@sor3999except they declared going public a long time ago, enough time to make the experience worse

[@discman15]

@@sor3999 Drastic decrease in stability and overall function, started removing features, forcing people to download their shitty app, mass removal of content and users

[@redherringoffshoot2341]

Aaron Shwartz made Reddit good, it's unfortunate that he passed away and that the website slowly devolved into greed and general clout chasing since

[@sor3999]

His involvement is highly overstated by people who want to martyr him.

[@Digitaldreamer7]

Minus the things they did to Aaron, the worst thing about that site would be the moderators.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

Reddit is basically an up dated Penthouse Forum all the stories need to do is start with I swear this story is true.

[@OzPoliceScandals]

Why most replies are ‘There’s something that didn’t happen.’

[@redwoodii6226]

Steve didn’t handle the API changes well. He alienated tons of Redditors, and many of them - including myself, left and never returned.

[@Leahi84]

Agreed and same. I just wish I could have found an alternative after leaving. All the ones I tried seemed dead out of the gate.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

The thing that sums Reddit up the most for me is that for quite a while, none of the moderators for "Two X Chromosomes" actually had two X chromosomes.

[@sor3999]

They don't believe in chromosomes.

[@chengliu872]

Quite ironic if I do say so myself.

[@O-C-E-A-N]

Same for r/askwomen

[@bluegecko6770]

After Reddit shutdown 3rd party apps, I quit Reddit and have never been happier

[@Leahi84]

Same!

[@jillhoffman9179]

Same! I couldn’t stand using anything but Baconreader and have actually been happier without the constant siren song of doom scrolling.

[@flthom1980]

Same, that's all I used for 10 years , was Reddit Is Fun. Between the good mods leaving and the horrible mobile interface I left. I still miss r/askhistorians

[@brendanhunter389]

The mods on reddit are the most power trip freaks on the internet

[@patsk8872]

You'll get banned for stepping out of line, by invisible mods on a power trip, with absolutely zero transparency or accountability. The platform needs to die, and be completely replaced.

[@bchristian85]

@@patsk8872 would be nice to see the old forums resurrected.

[@UncleJrueForTue]

Reddit Mods vs Discord Mods: [The Most Power tripping mods in History] vs [The Power tripping mods of Today]

[@Jay-jb2vr]

*fake internet authority*

[@Sonny_McMacsson]

@@patsk8872 This place has the same issue, maybe even worse due to it being almost entirely automated.

[@xygomorphic44]

I've been a member of reddit for 11 years. I legit have not enjoyed it since 2016 but I can't stop because I'm addicted.

[@vaderladyl]

I do use it for niche info but it is an excruciating experience if you delve too much into it. They have the rudest people.

[@500ccRabbit]

Go. Touch grass.

[@BrianOrEric]

I went through the same thing. I watch youtube videos in the background now instead of loading up reddit. And I used to close the app on my phone, and immediately hit the Apollo app and re open it out of habit.

[@vladivosdog]

@@500ccRabbit Nope, stuck at home. Can't go out without permission

[@kevinmach730]

It's a straight up time-waster for a lot people and I'm not going to act like I haven't done it also. But for the most part it's an opinion chat sub with not much useful going on. Ok to use it as such, but recognize it for what it is...

[@SHOUTxHIxHEYxHELLO]

moderators have killed that site

[@moneykingmm9298]

😮W

[@matt.stevick]

They also where fedoras

[@jmcmonster]

Reddit is bearable if you fine tune it enough. The biggest thing that gets me is some of the subs have a ridiculous gate keeping complex. As some others have mentioned, you better like/do things/think the exact same as the consensus of the sub or you’ll be eaten alive. Hell, there’s one for steak, yes just steak, and it is one of the most toxic subs I’ve ever seen. Weed those out and you’ll be mostly fine.

[@sor3999]

It's no different than people complaining about KZbin. YOU choose your content. If you think what you see sucks, it says a lot about you and your taste.

[@brendanthedreamer]

@@sor3999 Overall that's a very oversimplified take that's not considering other people existing.

[@2wheelsoffroad730]

Its so insufferable now. Mainly just a haven for trolls and the clueless. People regurgitate so much bad advice and misinformation.

[@ArchGeek]

The biggest reason for Reddit’s failures are the same things that make it an echo chamber. The mods.

[@steveort2105]

The biggest problem with Reddit is Redditors. The worst.

[@maplifiers]

Everyone talking about the basement dwelling mods, but the admins are even worse. They condone it all. They even took over many main subs because not all the mod teams would get behind their bs.

[@johnchedsey1306]

I used Reddit off and on for a few years but finally stopped altogether because it's yet another mostly pointless time sink. On rare occasion, an internet search would lead to a reddit comment that actually had useful info, but in general it's just another somewhat toxic social media vortex.

[@MrCrashBandicoot25]

Reddit is the worst website on the entire internet. The absolute worst, most radical, most miserable userbase anywhere

[@good-tn9sr]

4chan is…

[@washingtonradio]

Reddit is a blight on humanity, we would be better if it never existed.

[@daveintheAM]

"Bigger more notable controversies" Leaves out the subreddit that Anderson Cooper covered

[@ether_storm]

You know, this video actually made me question why I still used reddit. Deleted my account and uninstalled when I had no good answer.

[@dreadnoughtandcrow]

RIP Aaron

[@edwardkelly3280]

Reddit needs to go back before 2017

[@SPONGEBOB20]

I would say 2012 is when it started going downhill, and has been awful since 2016. Worse every year.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Before 2015, even better. That was before they decided to start banning the worst of the worst. That was the start of the slippery slope of censorship.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

More like before 2005

[@whois3581]

@@SPONGEBOB20 Yea I was going to say about 2012. Use to be a pretty cool site. I can't stand to even look at it these days.

[@ReddoFreddo]

Since Reddit is an echo chamber, the people that enjoy Reddit the most are also the most boring kind of people.

[@zzzaap]

Not a single mention of Aaron Schwartz. From a neutral standpoint, his contribution to Reddit is important and a simple mention would have been enough.

[@spotifyseascapessmoothjazz]

I follow 100 subreddits that interest me and prefer the experience over the algorithm-based endless content feeds. You're in control: Visit the subs you want, sort posts how you want, see what you want to see and then go about your day. The anonymous nature of posters is a blessing and a curse. Yes, there are toxic people spewing hate but there are also decent people speaking from the heart, sharing thoughts that they wouldn't share anywhere else. You can really get a pure look into the thoughts and struggles of ordinary people. I learn so much by being a daily Reddit user.

[@TheHeroicBlockhead]

Reddit is the worst social media platform I’ve ever used in my life.

[@John_Locke_108]

Back around 2018 I was really into Redditt. It was actually a good source for help and info. And than after the pandemic it went to hell.

[@bchristian85]

Reddit was ruined when they took away negative karma and instead changed it so that downvotes subtract from upvotes. That is what made it the hive mind it's known for being.

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

Their solution is to continue to shove ads in every nook and cranny of the interface. Ads in the main feed, ads whenever you click on a post, ads in the middle of comment sections when you're scrolling.

[@NoMorePlz]

It is too bad that reddit is a dying echo chamber filled with over-zealous jannies. I joined in 2008 and it was definitely a step forward in accessibility for the average person, but the double-edged sword hurt them in the long run.

[@jetslizer2570]

Way to out yourself

[@NoMorePlz]

@@jetslizer2570 cool story, bro

[@AndreaC_303]

The mods are among the worst people on the planet. I posted a direct quote from The Sopranos on a Sopranos board, and received a lifetime ban for it. Phil Leotardo is horribly homophobic but also hilarious, that’s the entire point of the series! So stupid.

[@akg_table]

The CEO used to be head mod of the jailbait subreddit.

[@shane1489]

Reddit is very handy for many things but I’d always wondered how they make profit.

[@zmw711]

I signed up for reddit in August 2012 when Tosh.0 mentioned it, but ever since I have largely remained a lurker, and I've always enjoyed the comments. ("Nobody actually reads the articles.")

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

no bringing up how a jail bait subreddit was thee largest sub for years before being banned. reddit is gross

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Or that time they hired a PDF file and banned anyone from using his name to cover it up.

[@TheJingles007]

That’s far from the worst subs that have existed on Reddit.

[@ValerieLoveTV]

Dude didn't want to get demonitized for that

[@br3nd4n]

@@drunkenhobo8020you can’t say that other word?

[@drunkenhobo8020]

@@br3nd4n KZbin comment censorship is brutal these days. Even totally innocent comments get deleted.

[@elijahpostdc]

Clicked because not 5 minutes ago I had to revoke Reddit’s notification privilages again after flooding my phone with slop.

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

Go into the settings and turn that off in the reddit settings and you won't have to do that.

[@elijahpostdc]

@@iLuseMy1v1s It doesn’t seem to make a difference for me, it just picked a different sub to spam me for

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

@@elijahpostdc you can turn off sub updates in the settings.

[@MichaelCConstant]

The most famous lines from Redditors "Came for the porn, stayed for the memes". That tells you everything you need to know about Reddit.

[@Smarties.]

Reddit is the most useless website ever if you ask any question most of the responses you will get boil down to "idk didn't happen to me" a sarcastic comment the user posted to make themselves look smart or your post just gets deleted

[@loneIyboy15]

Every sub has a million rules you have to follow to even keep a post up. God help you if you just want some help without having to consult a Post Lawyer.

[@sor3999]

Hasn't been my experience.

[@chengliu872]

​@@loneIyboy15: The worst part is that your post can be in compliance of all of the many rules and still be taken down simply because the mod doesn't feel like allowing it. The mod(s) in r/Phoenix is an example. I posted plenty of stuff that did not break any rule, yet he/she/they deleted it because he/she/they were like "I don't think this topic deserves an entire post" or something like that. Like who tf are you to make that decision?

[@fitnesswithsteve]

I’m so sick of the politics in r/pics that always gets bumped to the top of the front page. I just want to see nice photography that users took themselves.

[@TrueYankeeFan]

I know this isn't really relevant to the major subreddits going downhill, but here's an anecdote from several years ago that was one of the major reasons I cut it out of my life: Back in 2017 or so, I was really into the video game Overwatch, and since I used Reddit, naturally I frequented its subreddit. Well after a frustrating session of trying to grind to a higher rank, I wrote a short post about the experience. I only spent like 20 minutes on it, but I did my best to make it funny. After posting it, it was automatically removed for violating the following rule, and I quote: "Too many capital letters." To be clear, it was not in Caps Lock - it was simply proper grammar. I even appealed to the mod team to approve the post. All I got was a snide response: "Sounds like the rule is doing its job." If that's not a perfect example of the waste of life that Reddit mods are, I don't know what is.

[@crustman5982]

I played it a bit too. Strange how that game attracted the worst kind of people especially on Reddit lol

[@TheNinjaDC]

Reddit has essentially become the forum equivalent of what KZbin is to video platforms.

[@17valleyforge76]

Moderators have hurt the company. They will ban you for anything.

[@Marinealver]

Thing is when websites hosted their own forums it could be moderated internally. Redit centralized forums and made it an even bigger target.

[@Arcademan09]

Truly a Reddit moment

[@AnitaBeerstein]

One thing reddit is good for is providing a constant output of absolute mind numbingly stupid content you can't find anywhere else and I hope all the reddit moments are being archived somewhere for future enjoyment.

[@TimeSyncS]

I think you'd have a great exploration of BYJU'S. They went from $22 billion evaluation to $200 million and bankruptcy proceedings. They're another name that maybe people haven't heard of, but they own a ton of companies people have

[@lurch6969]

I actually used "Fark" before reddit or Digg.

[@Mazrim]

shout out to every reddit mod for being a loser

[@Joey_Hernandez]

Reddit is so insufferable. They are so quick to trash x and KZbin without having self awareness. Glad I’m dropping it. Insufferable

[@6z0]

Reddit is 75% bots, 25% people who have no idea they’re talking to bots.

[@UndercoverDog]

And 0,0001% are nice people that give you Tech Support for anything.

[@Labyrinth6000]

Even the creators in this video admitted they created fake accounts to boost the upvotes to influence people

[@AnalyticalMenace]

Right.

[@Wozza365]

Same as Facebook and Twitter then

[@6z0]

⁠@@Wozza365Nah, not even close. Way more bots on reddit than facebook or twitter

[@Thegreatkdunne]

Not even going to mention Aaron Swartz tho?

[@PINGWIN-EUC]

The only thing more terrifying than AI, is the thought that it's being trained by Reddit...

[@OzPoliceScandals]

Ah huh. Agreed.

[@IceSick90]

Last time I got banned off reddit was the last straw. They did this one giant collage of pile art. I got banned for replying to some questions on that art piece. The people that have authority there are beyond help. Happy to be gone

[@jergervasi3331]

It's always sickened me that companies like Reddit or Amazon can exist for decades as failures. Elsewhere, in the manufacturing-based economy, "no profits" means "no business". Never MIND gargantuan losses that have become abstract concepts to the tech community, instead of being realized for what they are, flushing dollars down the toilet that could be used for real growth, real help for those in need, and real progress as a civilization.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Amazon does make profits. Not on the retail side, but Amazon Web Services (cloud computing/Web hosting) is very profitable.

[@jergervasi3331]

@@mirzaahmed6589 They were unprofitable for more than half their existence, living off investor money. They crushed entire retail sectors during that time. NOW they’re profitable, after vanquishing so many competitors.

[@ctg4818]

It doesn't help that reddit is the slowest loading website on the internet lol

[@SPONGEBOB20]

Reddit is a horrible website and replacement for what used to be dedicated forums. because of the stupid voting system, obnoxious, unfunny comments are always at top, with tons of bot generated comments as well. Nowadays if I want to go somewhere to discuss a topic, usually the reddit board related to it is the only active place and is always full of bitter, hostile people or a bunch of annoying rules that make it difficult to ask a question or have a conversation. IMO the internet would be a better place if it went away.

[@loneIyboy15]

Dedicated forums aren't too much better. MangaDex has basically the same problem, just in a smaller scale.

[@RotatingPlatypus]

Been on reddit for about 12 years now, and every single attempt to make money has been a hot pile of garbage, every time. They seem to constantly make worse and worse decisions for the site, I can’t comprehend how it’s even still up honestly. The smaller subreddits can be great, but anything larger than a few hundred thousand users is just insufferable.

[@BlueBoxRevan]

No words can describe how much I despise Reddit

[@kingj282]

As a long-time Reddit user: fuck reddit tbh

[@wanderingturtle1705]

lemmy for the win

[@RowdyJr]

Then why even have it? 😂 I used to go on there for some kinky s3xual stuff but when I factory reset my phone like months ago of this year.. I was glad to go on google play and see if I can download again but then they blocked me stating that my phone is not compatible for their weird ahh app and I was like GOOD! I'm tired of going on your dumb app full of bots and edgy corny weirdos 😆😂

[@LegionWolves]

Wasn’t Aaron Swartz also a cofounder?

[@wolvthehero]

He is considered the co-founder of Reddit by Y Combinator owner Paul Graham as a result of the merger of Swartz' project Infogami and Reddit. With the merger of Infogami and Reddit, Swartz became a co-owner and director of parent company Not A Bug, Inc., along with Reddit cofounders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Ohanian considers Swartz a co-owner of Reddit.

[@astuteandy]

After doing some research, it seems like Swartz's impact on the website has been heavily overstated through the years. I hate to say this, but I'm pretty sure the fact that he took his own life kind of thrust him into this martyr category, and since then people have embellished his importance greatly.

[@sor3999]

No he wasn't. That is misinformation.

[@vladivosdog]

@@sor3999 source

[@astuteandy]

@@vladivosdog source?

[@mohinish2273]

Reddit would be so much better with a button to mute American politics. I'd gladly pay for that feature!

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

Yep, r/pics is insufferable right now.

[@danicoleb5394]

Problem is it spills into every other sub. I don't follow any political subs yet still find political echo chambers everywhere I go. It's insane.

[@ericcarabetta1161]

What else is there to talk about? What your favorite color is? Nobody cares.

[@loneIyboy15]

@@ericcarabetta1161 Presumably whatever the sub is about.

[@kotzpenner]

@@ericcarabetta1161a billion other things exist besides American Politics

[@TheRangerman00]

It is quite ironic to be banned from Reddit for breaching several rules without being informed of the specific infractions. When one seeks clarification during the appeals process regarding the nature of the violations, the response typically indicates that the appeal has been rejected due to multiple rule violations, yet fails to specify which rules were allegedly breached. This situation is particularly perplexing when the individual has not made any posts on their account.

[@bart_fox_hero2863]

Reddit is still kinda useful for finding niche info, but the way Spez aggressively tried to monetize it just made it unbearable otherwise. I deleted my account a while back, don’t miss it

[@nategardner4120]

love that they just started sticking ads in comment threads, scroll down to read comments about someones infidelity and you get a "he gets us" ad. 2024 keeps giving

[@TheUnspokenFarewellYT]

I was staying at a mates house. He was taking about he used to use reddit and the reddits(?) he liked. I brought it up on my phone, created an account and he showed me how to use it. That night I laid in bed and turned the app on, I was permant banned. I had an account for less than 13 hours, hadn’t posted a thing. A message said ALL my accounts had been banned. My mate said he was permanently banned and maybe they picked up somehow I was at his house or using his wifi. It looked ugly anyway.

[@HybridTrapMusic]

nice channel!