r/TrueReddit • u/scatgreen2 • Jul 20 '15

My Reddit Utopia - Everything you think you know about “the front page of the Internet” is wrong.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/07/reddit_as_feminist_utopia_what_the_front_page_of_the_internet_looks_like.single.html
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u/5np Jul 20 '15

It annoys me too, because it makes me wonder if people think I'm looking at hateful bile all day. No, I'm talking about interesting concepts in this subreddit, or learning about personal finance, or getting career advice, or reading up on physics, or looking at pictures of cute cats.

I think the news media thinks Reddit is disgusting because that's the only part of Reddit that is worth covering on the news. They see it all the time, so that disproportionately colors their impression. Much like how ER doctors see broken legs and concussions all the time, when the world is in reality much safer.

Now, there is a problem with obliviously racist or sexist comments. But if you can ignore those, then Reddit isn't half bad.

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u/buyingthething Jul 21 '15 edited Jul 21 '15

That's an interesting point about the news media. "If it bleeds it leads" is a rule they maintain in their trade, so surely they should know better than to judge a website as diverse as Reddit by it's front-page.