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Re:Imzy wants to be a kinder, gentler version of Reddit by lucker on Saturday December 10, 2016 @10:55PM (#13149513)
It's interesting what a difference there is in people's perspectives. To me, Reddit seems excruciatingly polite and well-mannered, often to the point of dishonesty. This is probably because I've been to 4chan and similar places.
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Re:Imzy wants to be a kinder, gentler version of Reddit by SuperPaintMan on Sunday December 11, 2016 @01:44AM (#13149918)
As a frequent channer I find Reddit a hugbox of insulating opinions and gaming the karma system (To the point where commentary can be as trite as shitty dad-tier jokes). The benefit of 4chan and company is that once the identity is stripped away (and a filter for callous remarks created) a user is actually free to speak their mind.

Sometimes this develops into meaningful posts, othertimes it ends up as a mess of shitposting. But the freedom is there and it is wonderful.

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