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Re:How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addict... by Chardok on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @12:30PM (#14805512)
The core of Reddit has become rotten not from the_donald; the site admins are 100% at fault. Trying to make their site 100% advertiser friendly has subsequently killed all transparency in what votes do, how subreddits are ranked, and killed a lot of discourse that was not corporate palatable.

I still enjoy the smaller subreddits. Unfortunately anything political becomes brigaded, but things like /r/gamingsuggestions and local city subreddits still make the site worthwhile to me.

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Re:How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addict... by dionidium on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @12:37PM (#14805573)
"things like /r/gamingsuggestions and local city subreddits still make the site worthwhile to me."

Local city subreddits are one of the best things about reddit. National politics sometimes leak in, which is when they're at their worst, but, overall, it's probably my favorite thing there.

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Re:How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addict... by rhcom2 on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @02:01PM (#14806410)
Maybe for the smaller cities it is different but I've stopped visiting /r/boston because every single thread someone brings up politics and it becomes a flamewar between left/right.
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Re:How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addict... by dionidium on Thursday July 20, 2017 @12:46PM (#14814101)
Yes, you're right, I think. I am active on /r/stlouis and /r/nyc and the former is a far better community.
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Re:How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addict... by danlindley on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @12:57PM (#14805746)
> Unfortunately anything political becomes brigaded, but things like /r/gamingsuggestions and local city subreddits still make the site worthwhile to me.

I believe that some kind of accessible and open platform will eventually take the place of place in the local discovery field.

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