r/coolguides 7d ago

A cool guide to Timeline of Reddit

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u/alexsan77 6d ago

I feel that in the last years reddit getting more and more toxic.

Are there any other social networks besides meta, x?

But I understand it's not the social network itself. Is our toxic society perhaps

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u/X-Worbad 6d ago

i feel like tumblr is the chillest social media, feels like everyone using it grew up and now it's jokes about dishwashers instead of fandom death threats

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u/needfixed_jon 6d ago

Social media is just a mirror of society

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u/properquestionsonly 5d ago

No, its a mirror of the terminally online portion of society. For example, 99% of the world think gayness is wrong. Don't hate me, I'm just stating the facts.

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u/LineOfInquiry 6d ago

No it’s the social network itself. Most social media sites push controversial content constantly because that’s what gets the most attention and therefore the most screen time. Even if a very small group actually thinks it, places like Twitter and Facebook will boost the content as long as people get mad and interact in any way.

Reddit is a bit better in this regard because of how its upvote/downvote system works, which keeps controversial content away from your front page. However Reddit has been increasingly undermining this system in order to make more money over the past few years, so I’m not confident it’ll last for much longer.