Those who left/quit reddit, What do you think was the point when reddit started going downhill?
So this is only to people who now dislike reddit as a website, community, or anything. I'm sure that some of you still love the site and that is fine, but I'm wondering what ticks other people off.
Personally, it was the cringe takeover. I'd say this was about a year ago and when the subreddit started to get really popular. I am not going to lie, there were a few good posts in the sub. However, the majority of it was just plain bullying. And when this started growing it spread throughout the site. Any relatively weird comment was met with a chorus of "cringe". Anybody not fitting the hivemind was met with "You are cringeworthy". Before that time, you could kind of post wherever you want. You like advice animals? You can post there! People were fine with it really. They didn't find it funny but people left them alone. But then the cringe revolution happened and I saw posts getting attacked and attacked for just posting a single meme. It was terrible. Thats honestly when I think reddit transformed into its worst. Even though I think the cringe revolution is over the mindset has stayed.
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I was quietly a 5 year Redditor who made the mistake of disagreeing with a poster who was going on and on about an overweight woman. He was vehement in his disgust and was eager to brag how he put that 'fat cow' in her place. Not only was my overview swarmed by the down-vote brigade, but the PM's I received were greatly disturbing. Seriously, threaten to rip my face off because I don't think it's cool to 'call out' someone who is overweight? Never ever say on Reddit anything supporting a 'fat' person. You will be destroyed. That was my final straw. Everything /u/IridescentOak said also contributed, but being vilified for not hating fat was my final straw.
Reddit is brutal when it comes to fat people. They either think 100% "fat for life, fuck you and your skinny privilege" or 100% "being overweight is like being hitler". They just cannot find a middle-ground. That's another thing I dislike now about reddit. They are so fucking polarized on every issue its annoying. Reddit does not allow any middleground for anything. If you don't pick a side you are betraying both.
Although I still occasionally visit reddit, I stopped participating because it's turned a giant hivemind. Disagree with it and you get thrashed.
Allow me to ignore this. reddit is still my home (I prefer the discussion aspect of reddit), but I DO think that it's really gone downhill in the last ~3 months. Here's why:
The increased amounts of immature comments that redditors make purely to get Karma is disgusting. While a childish joke or misinterpretation can be funny at times, so much of it isn't. In most of the popular subreddits, it's almost a given that the top comment will relate to either illegal drugs or things of a sexual nature. And almost always it's in the form of a bad joke.
Joke replies have basically ruined some of the most popular threads in /r/AskReddit.
Pun trains are funny the first couple of times, but it gets to be a bit much after a while.
The whole site has basically turned into one big circle jerk. Need I say more?
User hate has also been on the rise. If you make a single comment that's against the general hivemind, prepare to get downvoted to oblivion. And watch as the comment under you saying "IDK why you're being downvoted" gets upvoted to heaven. And of course, it's never fun to see that the downvote brigade has struck again; just this time it's to the first couple pages of your user overview, and only because the "hivemind rule" demands it. In addition, if a user, for whatever reason, becomes subject to extreme hate in any particular thread, I'd advise that they just go ahead and make a new account now; even an earnest apology for an honest mistake won't do you any good. (I swear I'm not just a sucky redditor, you can check user IridescentOak's page at reddit to prove it. This is just what I've noticed with others.)
User worship, on the other hand, isn't healthy either. Not a day goes by that I don't see a "UNIDAN IS THE ONE TRUE GOD, EXTERMINATE ALL OPPOSERS" comment. Not that I've got anything against the reddit-famous, I just don't see the appeal in deifying them; they're just regular people.
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... Read Full100% agree with everything, but i would say it started more than 3 months ago, more like 3 years.. and yes the admins and certain mods are complete tools.
It probably did, but I've only been a redditor for about 8 months, so I couldn't say. I guess things just got even worse around that time, and I noticed.
Its strange, I honestly don't think I would've joined reddit if I found it around the time you did. Maybe its only due to the fact that I've seen it fall so much in the past few years. I just wouldn't see the awesome points that brought me to the community in the first place because, well, they are pretty much gone. I started lurking a bit before the digg migration.
Also, I find the complaint about Unidan funny. He is actually one of the best powerusers the site has ever seen. The ones before brought no content to the site. At least Unidan posts interesting stuff.
I actually think Unidan is a pretty great guy. He's intelligent and well-natured, which is more than I can say for a lot of people on reddit.
What I have a problem with is the people that treat him like he's the best thing since sliced bread. (Off-topic, but I actually prefer whole loaf bread. It can be so many different things! It generally tastes better, too.) But when an entire thread gets derailed because he popped up and others just think it's perfectly fine to sit there fawning over him, it kind of bothers me. It's similar to how people just love to idolize popular celebrities.
Not saying it's a bad thing, I just find it a little annoying. I in no way wish to speak ill of Unidan, he's pretty neat.
Oh ya. I think that's just for every poweruser. People will circlejerk whenever they see a poweruser. It just so happens that Unidan is well respected so the circlejerk is how much they like him. I see what you are saying. It gets annoying.
I agree with this assessment. I'm going there less and less as I'm sick of seeing the hate fests,,the trolling and the immunity. I left Digg for Reddit and now I'm gradually leaving Reddit for this site.