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Re:The Growth of Reddit by michaelleslie on Monday October 29, 2018 @06:37PM (#18332246)
That's a remarkably privileged and blasé take, denying the importance of civic engagement.
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Re:The Growth of Reddit by ThomPete on Monday October 29, 2018 @07:57PM (#18332786)
Civic engagement happens in the real world, not by commenting on reddit, fb or Twitter.
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Re:The Growth of Reddit by Karunamon on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:45PM (#18333882)
Civic engagement happens wherever people discuss politics
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Re:The Growth of Reddit by ThomPete on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @05:53AM (#18335094)
That would be quite an exaggeration. You can already see in this thread how fast the conversation deteriorate into completely meningless quibbles.
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Re:The Growth of Reddit by rhizome on Monday October 29, 2018 @06:50PM (#18332363)
Posting in political subreddits is not "civic engagement."
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