• dismalnow@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    @LinkOpensChest_wav

    @minnieo

    It’s always been Stormfront 2.0 anyway

    Exception taken.

    Don’t get me wrong: it has been an absolute dogshit downward spiral for at least the last five years, but what it has become bares almost no resemblance to what it was 15 years ago - or even 8 years ago.

    It had great potential and utility. All of it squandered via some of the worst decisions possible. Each of which ignored the current user base in favor of a quick buck.

    It needs to be taken out behind the barn and shot.

    Echoing: Fuck Reddit.

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      When I joined in 2011, it was already a bastion of pedophilia and bigotry, so I’m not sure which era you’re talking about

      In my experience, reddit has always been a dogshit web site

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        I understand now, and you’re certainly entitled to your opinion.

        That type of content comes with the territory, and could easily be avoided until relatively recently if you didn’t go looking for it.

        What was arguably the most diverse and far reaching collection of individual message boards cannot be filed away as a hyperbolic monolith of the perceived horrors such a place will inevitably contain.

        Whatever your interest, reddit had a lively discussion for it. The cancer you describe is a result of the society it allowed to publish. Further, it metastisized from it’s self-contained cesspools when they were closed.

        It’s clear that either your experience on the site is narrow, while the site is extremely wide - or you’re retconning your prior experience based upon your current opinion.