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lelibertaire  ·  3493 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit's New Content Policy

Really, I only find them leaking into certain subs, but then again, I'm mostly subscribed to smaller ones.

/r/news, /r/libertarian, and /r/TIL seem to have a decent number of /r/coontown subscribers in my experience. And that's really not too surprising if you think about it.

But yeah, Hubski has been much better on these fronts. I've encountered a lot less reactionary bs here. Few people in fear of some "SJW menace."





pleb  ·  3493 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    "SJW menace."

The people that talk like this have driven me further and further from reddit. The site seems to have become a full fledged hatebox in every single subreddit. I'm browsing /r/GuildWar2 and I'll see people whining about SJWs. I'm in /r/books I'll see vaguely racist nonsense and anyone who calls it out gets downvoted and called a SJW.

It seems it's become impossible to engage with people on reddit and be a decent human being at the same time. That's probably hyperbolic of me but it feels that way to me and it's had a chilling effect on my posting there. Half the time I can't even bring myself to click through to the comments because I know there will be hatred and gnashing of teeth even if it's a picture of a kitten stuck in a sandal.

I guess I'm glad I have hubski. The majority of people here seem to have a level head and don't seem to be interested in polarizing language and vitriolic rhetoric. I worry that reddit influxes will ruin the community here too though.

Super_Cyan  ·  3493 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think /r/videos could be added to that list as well.

Every time that there's a post with a non-white person in it, they come out of the woodwork to spout their hate and back it up with "facts" (usually stormfront copypastas). They also lean heavily towards /r/theredpill and the ilk, because they get really happy when a woman gets "what she deserves."