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submitted 1 year ago by bugs@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world

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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[-] Lakija@lemmy.world 221 points 1 year ago

About 10 years here. That’s why I had Apollo. I filtered out all that shit. Everything you could imagine. Hundreds of things hidden.

Eventually I had a home feed of crafts, patientgamers, every cat sub you can imagine, bread, and a bunch of other peaceful things.

Before that I was just so angry all the time and arguing with redditors. I won’t go back to all that.

[-] illah@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

This is the way. Though despite all that I started to keep my Reddit browsing a secret as the average person considers a “redditor” a pretty negative thing to be.

Tbh kinda glad in that sense that the API fiasco revealed the true colors of the company and gave me a very clear reason to leave. It hadn’t felt “good” in a long time and now I know why.

[-] DrMux@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago

the average person considers a “redditor” a pretty negative thing to be.

Redditors consider a redditor a negative thing to be. It works because no redditor believes they are one. It's everyone else who's a part of the gross hivemind, not me. Reddit thinks this and reddit does that, but not me. I'm different and special. Not one of them.

[-] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago

r/notliketheotherredditors

[-] JudgeHolden@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's also the case that several things can be true at once. Like, maybe you are part of the reddit mob-mentality, but on certain issues you have opinions that very much go against the grain.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I read the post the same way. In the few times Reddit has come up IRL I just ask, "Have you heard of Reddit?" Then it's either yes or no then we move on.

No one in the real world gives a shit about being a "redditor." Which to your point, means nothing.

[-] finthechat@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

Though despite all that I started to keep my Reddit browsing a secret as the average person considers a “redditor” a pretty negative thing to be.

Damn, it didn't always used to be like this. In the early 2010s, Reddit used to be a great conversation starter.

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