A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, “this” comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

  •  smoll_pp_operator   ( @smoll_pp_operator@vlemmy.net ) 
    33•1 year ago

    You believe what you want to. Nothing I say is going to convince you, random internet person.

    I had used reddit since the near beginning, and over time the prevalence of ‘alternative facts’ and other right-wing narratives has risen sharply. You also have communities like r/conservative that participate in open calls to violence and perpetuate right wing dogwhistles for maximum rage bait. The sheer slide of r/politicalcompassmemes going from people role-playing different ideologies to thinly-veiled alt-right propaganda speaks to this shift.

    Catering to conservatives and right wing players results in the enshittification of the website.

    •  Big P   ( @peter@feddit.uk ) 
      14•1 year ago

      I think that generally the internet got more of those types of people and they got louder, reddit used to have subreddits whose names were just slurs or subreddits blatantly dedicated to racism. The idea of a “dogwhistle” on reddit didn’t exist because the racists just said and did racist things without fear of being banned.

      •  Serinus   ( @Serinus@lemmy.ml ) 
        16•1 year ago

        Yeah, you’re both right. There’s less outright hate now, but more propaganda.

        Political Compass Memes is the Fox News version of fair and balanced. It’s intended to convert people with a thin veil of “both sides”. And that thin veil will be enough for a lot of impressionable kids.

      •  averyminya   ( @averyminya@beehaw.org ) 
        2•1 year ago

        I think that’s kind of the point, isn’t it? Reddit used to have those actual subreddits, then they were closed and all those users went… To the rest of reddit. They’re not going to leave because their hate sub was closed, now they’re just going to participate more everywhere else.

        For what it’s worth, I think it’s basically been the same amount the whole time and like you said just became more acceptable to be more open leading up to and after 2016.