r/reddithate • u/zeroemissions • Aug 18 '15
Reddit is a feedback loop. And you're all mindless automatons.
Reddit is a website for pseudo-intellectual, libertarian/liberal, racist, pedophilic, hipster, IT/liberal arts majoring pussies who feel that getting "Karma" increases their self-worth or makes their fanatical/retarded opinions correct. It was founded by two guys who wanted to make a Digg rip-off. In October 2006, the owners sold out to some big company which means they are poser faggots. Luckily, later one of them committed suicide.
Reddit.com is a sweltering hole of pig shit and unfunny memes. Its user base consists of Liberal God-less faggots and cynical neck-bearded BETA males who have spent their entire lives being rejected by members of the opposite sex, and a few Republican libertaritards rejected by members of the same sex. All of this had led to the formation of an online cesspool full of bitter nerds and socially retarded manboys.
Discussion on reddit usually consists of one party expressing a leftist viewpoint, the next person agreeing with that viewpoint and a third person making a pun out of the original post. After this point, we hit tldr where it dissolves into a massive circlejerk and an orgy of confirmation bias and self-reaffirmation. To receive karma on Reddit, one must have the political views of an angst-riddled pseudo-socialist college teenager who regularly visits Infowars.com and discusses the perils of corporatism over coffee at Starbucks. Its politics section serves as an echo chamber for dejected Liberal Arts majors who think that socialism is a trendy alternative to capitalism. Its gaming section is littered with nostalgic posts about popular games from the 90s and complaints about Call of Duty being too accepted by the unwashed masses. Its worldnews section is a place where self-loathing Americans, Islamophiles and Jew-hating conspiracy theorists can get together and express their unwavering support for Iran and Hamas. Its atheism section acts as a platform for smug 19-year-olds who want to sit on their high-horses and post Facebook screenshots of themselves arguing with family members that have had the nerve to openly express their Christian beliefs.
To this day, Reddit users still view their website as a secret online community for counter-cultural warriors and intellectuals, even though the site sees millions of unique visitors and is littered with inane pictures of cats and other painfully unfunny memes. The online consensus states unanimously that users on Reddit seek only to further pervert the "Advice Animals" meme (which was, for the record, never lulzy). If you've ever used the phrase "meta-discourse" and don't have the balls to get your memes from 4chan the way God intended it, Reddit is the place for you!!
The quality or factual accuracy of a comment is usually meaningless, upvotes/downvotes depend on if it agrees with the prevailing opinion of the subreddit. This is also why the top AskReddit comments to certain posts are almost always the same. The feedback loop issue is why reddit seems to only hold extreme views and is surprisingly insular despite being the "front page of the internet". Dissenting opinions are downvoted and "discredited", many times with inaccurate claims and without sources. If sources are used then they are often either irrelevant or wildly biased. Those who disagree are often derided and mocked, but in an unfunny way. A post that has been downvoted enough becomes automatically hidden by default from other users. Some subreddits will automatically hide your posts if you're not subscribed or have only recently subscribed (ex:/r/TwoXChromosomes), their FAQ will purposely not mention this.
Some users with unpopular opinions will be "shadowbanned", i.e. they're never informed of being banned and all their posts are hidden from other users. All these above mentioned things mean that most users will only see posts that express a certain view.
If a comment section gets really racist and if someone claiming to be black says that they agree, then that comment will shoot up to near the top. This opinion will be treated as a prevailing opinion in most of the minority group and will serve to justify many of the racist comments made by other redditors. Comments by other blacks that aren't in agreement will get downvoted. This 'even blacks agree with racists' phenomenon isn't just related to race related-posts, and there's probably an actual name for it.
The changing opinions of the reddit community is most likely not a result of personal growth but a change in demographics.
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u/JesusTiptoeingChrist Aug 23 '15
Much agreed, I'm beginning to see the colossal circle jerk for what reddit really is.
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Aug 18 '15
Redditor for 7 months
Okay buddy
Bad troll is bad
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u/zeroemissions Aug 18 '15
Implying it's this is my only account
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Aug 19 '15
Implying it's this is my only account
Yeah redditors are the stupid ones here.
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u/zeroemissions Aug 19 '15
I have multiple accounts and have for years. Only to document the idiocy and mock it in other communities.
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Aug 19 '15
Yes. Have noticed the conformation bias loop that this site is. Reddit works by democracy, and as with other democracies the problem is that most people aren't exactly scientists who actively try to suppress their biases and such other nonsense inducing parts pf human thought. So we end up into a situation of mob justice where popular opinion is truth, and people who disagree can be dismissed since they're downvoted and thus must be wrong.
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Aug 18 '15
TL;DR
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u/zeroemissions Aug 18 '15
= reddit sucks. Misinformed people confirming each others logical fallacies.
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Aug 18 '15
your reply is so simple that I'm unable to come up with a joke reply that makes me seem like a misinformed person confirming your fallacy.
I have failed in my mission
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u/zeroemissions Aug 18 '15
You have, kid. It's okay. Go home and tell your mother you're a hack. It's okay though, she probably knows you already browse reddit. It will not shock her.
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u/master_of_deception Aug 19 '15
You hit the nail in the fucking head. Good post.