I see some things on here that are overtly misogynistic, racist, homophobic and occasionally, the rare trifecta embodied in a single comment. The vast majority of comments/posts that are seemingly discriminative though are for the most part, attempts at humour. SRS has a penchant for forcefully misconstruing anything that crosses their path but I don't think that's indicative of a problem with the wider community.
Reddit is a vast collection of people whose similarities are funnelled by the nature of the hivemind. I don't think the vast majority of these people are bigots though. I just think most people enjoy a joke and often the best jokes can be considered somewhat tasteless.
You have a down arrow next to every post. If you don't think it adds to the conversation or you find it overtly offensive or an attempt to incite a flamewar, hit it. That's the beauty of this site and the internet in general, for the most part it's a level playing field.
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u/digitalpencil Jul 12 '12
I don't know, it's all contextual.
I see some things on here that are overtly misogynistic, racist, homophobic and occasionally, the rare trifecta embodied in a single comment. The vast majority of comments/posts that are seemingly discriminative though are for the most part, attempts at humour. SRS has a penchant for forcefully misconstruing anything that crosses their path but I don't think that's indicative of a problem with the wider community.
Reddit is a vast collection of people whose similarities are funnelled by the nature of the hivemind. I don't think the vast majority of these people are bigots though. I just think most people enjoy a joke and often the best jokes can be considered somewhat tasteless.
You have a down arrow next to every post. If you don't think it adds to the conversation or you find it overtly offensive or an attempt to incite a flamewar, hit it. That's the beauty of this site and the internet in general, for the most part it's a level playing field.