web What's your opinion on Reddit?

[AlicornSpell 146]

I personally can't stand the place. They won't let you switch your post history to private on your account, so people can see your  post history, and you can't do anything about it. The community is bad there; people on that place are all opinionated, and will try shoving their opinion down your throat. 

[Awkward Segway 317]

It really depends on the subreddit. I mainly use it for browsing memes, so I enjoy it.

[Pentium100 2,115]

I don't really use it much. I think I created account because a couple of topics were insteresting and I wanted to discuss about them. But other than that, I sometimes find reddit threads when searching for something and read them, but I don't usually visit the site.

As far as I know, there are subreddits for pretty much everything, but so far I was not very interested in using it instead of some sites that are dedicated to specific topics (like this site).

[King of Canterlot 9,603]

23 minutes ago, Awkward Segway said:

I mainly use it for browsing memes

Ehhhh, yeah but reddit memes are usually garbage-tier and cringe though 

I don't use Reddit for anything. I think the communities on that site can tend to be pretty toxic and drama filled, it's really not worth it for me to even waste my time browsing it  

[AlicornSpell 146]

1 minute ago, Califorum said:

Never used it once. Never cared about it. I think it is an over-rated and toxic place.

Yeah, there are a lot of toxic people on that place. 

[ChB 18,550]

I like it.  It has a lot of good subreddits, and I learn a lot of interesting information from some people who post there.  From my experience, the comments there tend to be more constructive than those of many other mainstream social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter.  But as others have pointed out, it depends on the subreddit (some of them can be very toxic and one-sided.)

[Clawdeen 12,189]

Depends on the subreddit really. Certain ones I’ve gotten helpful information from, others are just toxic. 

[North Star 5,126]

it's like Twitter but more confusing. also I don't understand its mascot

 

[Cagey 4,221]

It has its uses and some subreddits are good, but when I was addicted to it (opening meme subreddits and the homepage whenever I was bored), it messed with my worldview, my opinion of myself, and my opinion of others in a way that harmed my mental health. It has nothing to do with arguments or trolls, but the things people say… all the little things added up. I had to leave the website to return to seeing myself as a person. 

[SparklingSquirrels 21,309]

Some subreddits are good, some aren't. I liked my local city's subreddit for learning about more things to do around town (well pre-covid days). I also read the ones about my various hobbies/interests from time to time so I can learn more about them and hear other perspectives. 

Stay far away from any political threads.

[Misty Shadow 7,813]

I've only ever used the site for the small handful of decent subreddits. Otherwise, I utterly despise it. My little brother tells me he only uses it for meme subreddits and avoids anything political on there and I couldn't understand better why. 

[baba_booey 4,302]

Honestly Reddit is bad but I use it anyway.

[AlicornSpell 146]

24 minutes ago, SparklingSwirls said:

 

Stay far away from any political threads.

I agree. It seems that people don't know how to respect peoples' political opinions anymore in today's world. And it seems that people have to act immature and insult others when discussing politics. People need to act mature and respectful when discussing politics, or else they are going to get less people to listen to them. 

[Cash In 22,180]

It depends. Some subreddits are pretty good, but there are definitely ones that are better to stay away from.

Edited January 23, 2021 by Cash_In

[AppleButt 8,675]

I mean I dunno.  I only really use it to to look at funny stuff.  Some of the subreddits are complete trash though

[Harmonic Revelations 8,835]

Reddit is alright if you're just using it to look for things related to a specific niche. Though in all honesty my interests in spooky stuff usually have me spending far more time on 4chan since that's where the quality spooks tend to be.

I've been a long time lurker on various 4Chan boards and that was in fact how I learned about MLP all the way back in the day when all the boards were being flooded with pony content.

[Northern Star 1,023]

For me it's kinda hit or miss...I'm there for a few things, more rare and expensive machine help, but it seems to be becoming more political/argumentive in non political places or there is someone trying to dig up dirt in your history in every thread or trying to dox you or something. 

So long story short I've been overwriting/deleting my comments and posts there in an effort to leave...I know I'm screwing myself over and others who will ask similar questions in the future, but when those that try to dox you(for reasons unknown it seems, or I missed why) get damn close...its time to shred everything and leave. If I go back, it will be with throwaways. Its shame in the end, all the information that would have been helpful gone, but it's not the place it was 5 years ago it seems.

[AlicornSpell 146]

2 minutes ago, TheGleaner said:

For me it's kinda hit or miss...I'm there for a few things, more rare and expensive machine help, but it seems to be becoming more political/argumentive in non political places or there is someone trying to dig up dirt in your history in every thread or trying to dox you or something. 

So long story short I've been overwriting/deleting my comments and posts there in an effort to leave...I know I'm screwing myself over and others who will ask similar questions in the future, but when those that try to dox you(for reasons unknown it seems, or I missed why) get damn close...its time to shred everything and leave. If I go back, it will be with throwaways. Its shame in the end, all the information that would have been helpful gone, but it's not the place it was 5 years ago it seems.

How different was it five years ago? 

[Northern Star 1,023]

Moments ago, AlicornSpell said:

How different was it five years ago? 

Well for one it seemed to be less argumentative, more accepting, less political, more helpful, and (the biggest one for me) no one trying to dox me for whatever petty reason. Oh dont forget the random death threats when you ask for help, I didn't receive them 5 years ago when I started there. 

Then again, I wasn't super active at first, perhaps someone who signed up 10 years ago got to the same point 5 years ago that I'm getting to now.

[75ponii 153]

annoying college drop outs that think breathing air is paranormal or a sign you have a rare illness that can only be cured by watching jojo part 5

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,288]

Reddit is mostly trash. Sure, one can maybe find a good subbreddit with chill people just chatting and sharing stuff about something they like, but most of them are instead giant circlejerks where any and all criticism is crushed and buried by hordes of ravenous fanboys. Gaming ones in particular are hilariously sad and pathetic. You dare criticize anything that isn't also being criticized by the hive mind and you will be downvoted to oblivion. I mostly avoid the site. 

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

I don't have an account, but sometimes I'll scroll through a subreddit for something I like if I'm bored.

[Vefka 1,499]

There are lots of good subreddits. Especially subreddits about specific games and interest communities (like Unity developers and 3D modelers). People seem nice there (at least in communities I mentioned), even pretty shitty posts get "good, keep it up" comments (tho I noticed it's a trait of all eng speaking sites)

And it's also the biggest memes factory

[honk friend 1,978]

redditors are the most insufferable people on this planet

[Silly Druid 6,842]

I've been there a few times when I was searching for something on Google. I don't really have an opinion about the people or content there, but I do have an opinion about the thread navigation: it's awful. For example the "show entire discussion" button doesn't actually show the entire discussion.