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Re:Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for... by robswc on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:16PM (#25310170)
I've mostly stopped using reddit because the quality has taken a nosedive. I love it when you could go there and see interesting things around the internet. It reminds me a bit like how HN is now, just more broad.

Recently though its like every other damn post is about politics, its so tiring.

I've mostly stopped using it after seeing back to back threads about how you're basically immoral and evil for pursuing a career in tech or if you want to create a startup or receive a six figure salary... just a bunch of nonsense like that.

I don't think that these "discussions" should be shut down but I'm just not interested in seeing what seems like propaganda mixed in with "funny stuff"

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Re:Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for... by MeinBlutIstBlau on Friday December 04, 2020 @08:00PM (#25310528)
Or saying anything remotely positive about a republican. Instant downvotes. Doesn't matter who, where, or what it's about. Republican did something to better his constituency? NO HE WAS JUST DOING IT FOR KICKBACKS! Reddit effectively has trained their users to only reinforce liberal ideals, otherwise face the downvote machine.
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Re:Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for... by robswc on Friday December 04, 2020 @08:19PM (#25310662)
Yep. It is incredibly polarized. I would say at this point the democrats only get a pass because they are "marginally better than republicans" according to reddit.

Should have seen some of the stuff they were saying about Biden before he won the primaries. Lot of racism, lot of hatred behind it. I was shocked.

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Re:Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for... by MeinBlutIstBlau on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:16AM (#25323976)
And Kamala too. It's like reddit is the democratic platform of "no integrity." Why reddit democrats didn't actively vote against the democratic platform this election goes to show they kowtow to everything the party says because of what you said, "they're marginally better than republicans."
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