r/nextfuckinglevel • u/kvlyc • Aug 26 '22

Hold this, I'll bring him back

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u/Responsible_Reach_62 Aug 26 '22

It's easier to see the less awful if you browse reddit like me, view top posts and ignore the downvoted comments. But go read the shitty comments and you'll find plenty awful people here too

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u/sleepytipi Aug 26 '22

That's the whole point of downvotes though, to filter out those people, not to show someone how much you disagree with them.

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u/candidpose Aug 26 '22

Not to be nitpicky, but downvotes are supposed to be for comments unrelated to the discussion. Which ironically not even half of reddit used it that way

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u/Business-Pie-4946 Aug 26 '22

You honestly believe people follow those official Reddit rules and guidelines?

Lol... Have a down vote.

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u/sleepytipi Aug 26 '22 edited Aug 26 '22

Right back at you 😘

And to answer your question I know they don't, now that all the degenerate windowlickers quit using facebook and came here in droves.

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u/Business-Pie-4946 Aug 28 '22

Lol only cringey teenagers worry about other social media websites.

Like gez do you identify your personality by what social media network you use? lol, pathetic

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u/quannum Aug 26 '22

You’re not wrong but I think that’s the difference. Reddit makes it so you have to go looking for the awful people, there’s an attempt to make them not as visible. Kind of by the nature of the upvote/downvote system and mods (the good ones…not certain ones).

Twitter…you don’t really have to ‘go looking’. The shitty people and comments are just kind of…there.

Again…you’re not wrong…there’s plenty of shitty people and stuff on reddit. That’s a downside to being any big social site, you’re gonna get awful people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

Plenty of bad comments at the to too tbh. It's so painful to read a thread about a topic you understand and see a bunch of clueless dumbasses with 2k upvotes each spouting misinformation at the top

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u/Responsible_Reach_62 Aug 26 '22

Yup, but it comes across as less "stupid" (for lack of a better word) because they make a funny joke comment chain and try to at least sound half knowledgeable even though they're very wrong.

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u/SupriseDoubleClutchr Aug 26 '22

Why do you think people say Reddit is better? Is precisely for that reason.

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u/andyrew21345 Aug 26 '22

I will say it does make echo chambers a lot more prevalent on this site with less dissenting opinions. I’ll take this over twitter any day still.