Re:Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
by kevstev on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @03:53PM
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Its kind of astonishing to me how no one even seems to notice. Its not so popular now, but the /r/murica used to be a joke about overzealous patriotism, then it became something... else. pcmasterrace way back in the day did the same, now its just a pc enthusiast subreddit. I didn't pay as much attention to it, but the the_donald originally was tongue in cheek before it was overtaken by trump zealots and just strangeness...
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Re:Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
by smsm42 on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @07:31PM
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> but the /r/murica used to be a joke about overzealous patriotism, then it became something... else
Maybe people did notice, and just decided to take this subreddit for something else than laughing at over-patriotism. It's a very successful strategy against shaming, if you can pull it off - just not being ashamed and not being afraid to demonstrate it. Reddit provides excellent venue for that, subreddits being good Schelling points.