Reddit’s front page is just an echo-chamber of reactionary explosiveness without merit, simply for the sake of being reactionary.
I have a theory this stems from the Trump presidential run in 2018 where it saw many pro-trump posts reaching the front page, whether from shitposts or hacking or genuine interest, ever since it’s like every post is “You should be really pissed off about this thing! And if you’re not pissed off about it you are worse than Hitler!”
Remember Reddit before that? I mean it had gotten worse by 2018, but remember back in like 2011-2013 where communities were developing and you could count on the front page having genuinely interesting content? Where if something was reactionary, it was seldom and actually very important?
I really hope Lemmy can stay as close to that for as long as possible. I saw a post today complaining about the chicken industry on Meme, and it has me scared Lemmy is also on its way to devolving into Reddit.
Reddit’s front page is just an echo-chamber of reactionary explosiveness without merit, simply for the sake of being reactionary.
I have a theory this stems from the Trump presidential run in 2018 where it saw many pro-trump posts reaching the front page, whether from shitposts or hacking or genuine interest, ever since it’s like every post is “You should be really pissed off about this thing! And if you’re not pissed off about it you are worse than Hitler!”
Remember Reddit before that? I mean it had gotten worse by 2018, but remember back in like 2011-2013 where communities were developing and you could count on the front page having genuinely interesting content? Where if something was reactionary, it was seldom and actually very important?
I really hope Lemmy can stay as close to that for as long as possible. I saw a post today complaining about the chicken industry on Meme, and it has me scared Lemmy is also on its way to devolving into Reddit.