Re:The moderator problem: How Reddit and related news sites ...
by GhostVII on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:00PM
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It is shocking to me how much Reddit had declined since ~2016, at least from my perspective. Maybe I just am not remembering it correctly, but I don't think there was nearly as many blatantly false articles, echo chambers, posts praising hate groups, etc. on the front page back then. Even subreddits like /r/pics have been taken over with constant misleading political posts.
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Re:The moderator problem: How Reddit and related news sites ...
by CincinnatiMan on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:28PM
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It really is shocking. All the default subs' content on the front page these days is political or very politically-related. I don't know when it shifted, but sometime between now and 2012 when I joined.
Re:The moderator problem: How Reddit and related news sites ...
by treeman79 on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:01PM
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Some of the subreddits are fine, but man, the hate groups do their best to break into those.
For medical advice, Oddly facebook groups are often much bigger, and have very up to date advice. Yes tons of mom stereotypes, but a strong core of people who research stuff and give advice.