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Reddit is a shithole (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by utopianfiat@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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I remember I got into an argument on reddit awhile ago with a person over Italian food. It got to the point they were following me into other subs to harass me. I clicked on their profile to block them and their most recent post was them drinking their own piss on r/piss. At that moment I realized I had spent so much pointless time arguing about the taste of food with someone who drinks their own piss as a hobby. This site is a shit hole.

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[-] macrocephalic@kbin.social 118 points 1 year ago

Humanity is a shithole. Social media is a cross-section.

[-] Firipu@startrek.website 94 points 1 year ago

I hate that pov so much.

Humanity is fantastic, wonderful, loving and amazing. It's not a shit hole.

I'd argue society is really broken in some places, but not humanity.

As for Social media: it just brings out some dark side in some people. The vast majority of people on social media behave. It's just that the outliers catch the attention.

[-] Ringmasterincestuous@aussie.zone 27 points 1 year ago

I hate this pov so much.

I think it perpetuates that things are better than they actually are and inhibits change and progress… we’re all different I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] Firipu@startrek.website 43 points 1 year ago

Fair enough :)

I just don't see how believing the worst in your fellow human can encourage you to improve things.

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[-] shundi82@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

But the poster you replied to has a point:

Just like most animals the greater majority of people try to avoid as many direct conflicts as possible IRL. And they're full of empathy and compassion - even for other animals in distress and inanimate objects (saw off the fingers of a plastic doll in front of others and see how they treat you afterwards).

But of course people will lose a part of that compassion etc once they move within society without feeling like a part of it. One example is driving a car. You're way less aware of being a part of society even though you're "swimming" in it. Feeling a strong individual agency and being empowered by two tons of steel while simultaneously being greatly restricted by everyone and everything around you will do that to you.

Same goes for the (social) media landscape. We feel empowered by our own echo chambers and/or chosen media outlet while barely interacting with anyone who could challenge our beliefs (which, funnily enough, is often the right call in that context, because we can't change strong opposing beliefs via social media). And since it's all an indirect, mostly faceless interaction, our beliefs will automatically be strengthened and we'll be more likely to agitate anyone with opposing beliefs (while still avoiding any direct conflict).

So I'd say it's more of a flaw in our design, that is being exploited, than a general lack of sympathy/empathy (of which we actually have plenty).

Which means you can't hold any one individual to higher standards. Because that's not where we "fail". It'd take a much broader appliance of social securities (housing, food, healthcare, education etc all over the world) and a fundamental change in the way we interact. But you and I won't change that (though I guess it's comforting telling ourselves that we could individually change things on a greater scale).

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[-] Bort@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago

On lemmy you're just arguing with the same piss enjoyers without a piss home due to lack of active communities. Lemmy is just ex Redditors acting like they are better than Redditors.

[-] chetradley@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

Redditors are cool. It's the admin that can eat shit. I'd still be on that site if they weren't greedy fucks.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 56 points 1 year ago

I can't imagine thinking redditors are cool. Not even redditors think redditors are cool.

[-] chetradley@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Haha, cool as in I have no beef with them. If you thought I meant "hip" I'll just say I can't judge since I've been out of that game for a while, as evidenced by my use of "hip" in a sentence.

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[-] STK96@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

I reported an account that was posting CP and they banned ME for report abuse and let them continue posting but removed one of their CP posts. Reddit is a cesspool.

[-] Vorticity@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I wonder if Reddit could be held legally liable for trafficking in CP in that case. They were explicitly told "this is CP and should be deleted" and they didn't act.

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[-] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

Probably one of the admins alts.

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[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So that is ok but if you post to an "unapproved" subreddit (even if you are leaving a criticism of them) you get banned from subreddits by bots. Then you accidently post to one of them from a 2nd account and your account gets perma banned. Yay! "Reddit, a place for open discussion for only people we approve of subject to arbitrary rules."

banned ME for report abuse

Wouldn't be surprised if the poster was a mod.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 49 points 1 year ago

Reddit teaches you to not argue with people more than absolutely necessary. It's a waste of time. Just stop responding to them if you don't want to talk.

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[-] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile on Lemmy, you'll get death threats for simply stating you're an arch user.

[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago

From who? The Debian Taliban?

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

We prefer being called debian fundamentalists, but yes..

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[-] shadowSprite@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I commented that I had switched to Firefox browser from a chromium browser and that I was still using it but really didn't like it and listed a few reasons why and got more down votes on that single comment than I'd ever gotten total on reddit. The condescending responses were something else. I almost deleted my account, like sorry, I clearly don't subscribe to the lemmy hive mind, so I don't belong here. I also don't have strong feelings about Linux, guess I should get fucked.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 15 points 1 year ago

As long as you're not posting toxic stuff, you should just ignore downvotes because many people use them as disagree button instead of replying why they disagree with your points.

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[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Reddit was great for things like "Can you recommend some Italian restaurants in the area?" Then you'd get downvoted for recommending some Italian restaurants in the area.

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[-] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I got into a reddit fight with someone claiming they never once tried to plug a USB in incorrectly. Another time I got down voted to hell because I asked someone why they go through so many pizza cutters. They claimed they went through like 7 in 3 years. Reddit was bad, but I miss the nostalgia of it. Too bad it only got worse and kicked off third party apps. .

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[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

Bro imagine having the balls to give someone shit about taste while drinking your own piss

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[-] johnnybravo@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

The site seems more like a piss hole.

[-] BurritoBooster@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

Technically, this sub is a shit hole.

[-] ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Lololol imagine thinking lemmy is better than reddit for those reasons 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I have yet to have someone stalk me on Lemmy. Happened on Reddit all the time.

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[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 year ago

This is so fucking funny, thanks for reposting, OP. Rest in piss angry stranger.

[-] FrostbyteIX@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Like Patches O Houlahan from Dodgeball once said:

"I drink my own piss because its sterile and I like the taste!"

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Not sure where that thing about urine being sterile came from, but no, it most certainly isn't!

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[-] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Does anyone hear remember r/sinkpissers?

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[-] arc@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair it happens here. Made a comment about far left & right being manipulated by Russian BS about Ukraine and some very tedious people started at me about how Ukraine are Nazis etc. I suppose it demonstrated my point in a roundabout way.

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[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

If someone is a jerk. I block them. Life is to short for trivial people.

I’m here for discussions and not name calling or bad behavior.

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[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

There was someone who used to DM me on Reddit to remind me that I was a c**t.

I think this went on for several years until I just got tired ,reported him to the admins, and had his account banned within the hour.

Other good one was having death threats sent to me by a burner account.

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