Reddit slowly became filled with hatelocked
I have been on reddit for just about 12 years now. Something I've noticed over time is just how hateful the place has become. A complete outrage machine. Every single sub became filled with it. I've filtered so many subreddits over the last few years, it's insane. I don't know enough about this place to be sure, but I do hope it doesn't become the same type of echo chamber of anger.
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I'm seeing the same hateful content here in the politics subs, but that's to be expected. People really get heated over politics. I've been blocking more and more subs for this reason. I only really need to be subbed to hobby subs anyway
To be fair, people are having their right to exist being questioned, and some people just became second class citizens by law recently. It's kind of a big deal.
Christ just keep it in your echo chamber please. No one is having their “right to exist questioned.” It’s always insane hyperbole with you people. Maybe you should call it “genocide” next? That’s a popular term for the terminally online.
You think the recent lbtq+ ruling at the supreme court level, the trans laws refusing healthcare to trans people, roe v Wade reversal, Florida's removing trans minors from their families by force are not people having their right to exist questioned, then you are probably a republican. So that makes sense.
I'm not sure if it falls under the category of "hate," but there are some mean comments I've noticed popping up on here. For instance, someone posting a question on "no stupid questions" and getting a mean response. In my opinion, it's unavoidable on the internet. Mean comments are to be expected. However, I had the thought to respond and defend the original poster. But I was too afraid to do so in FEAR of getting the same mean response from someone else.
I think it comes from lurking on Reddit and seeing how people responded to each other. But I think we have a responsibility here in this platform to call out hate and even mean comments.
Being able to click the activity on a post and see who's boosting it is very helpful. When someone is saying really diabolical, you can block not just them but all the others that like 'em. It's some work, but definitely feels a bit empowering.