I totally agree with you that FPH was not at all hidden... I liked to recent posts on /all to get exposed to new subs, and FPH was all over that. I also agree that the hateful attitude was all over reddit, not just confined to some subs. It's definitely grown in the five years I've been on that site.
What made me join reddit five years ago was the way I was seeing complete strangers open up and respect each other. "Freedom of speech," to me, means giving everyone the space to say what they think even when you disagree. I don't care about the freedom to hate or bully others.
There are good parts of Reddit, no doubt. I did agonize over my decision to leave becasue I enjoyed much of it. People seemed quite unfazed by the negative aspects, but the fact that people were unfazed was a factor in my decision as well. I don't approve of turning a blind eye to horrible behavior. I do not expect the whole world, or the whole Internet, to be some paradise, but I do believe that online, as in the world, I have a moral imperative to not support that which I find abhorant and harmful. I saw using Reddit as an endorsement of all content therein, not just the content that I enjoyed. I know that not everyone sees it that way, but I simply did not feel right continuing to use the site knowing the type of content that was there.
I totally agree with you that FPH was not at all hidden... I liked to recent posts on /all to get exposed to new subs, and FPH was all over that. I also agree that the hateful attitude was all over reddit, not just confined to some subs. It's definitely grown in the five years I've been on that site.
What made me join reddit five years ago was the way I was seeing complete strangers open up and respect each other. "Freedom of speech," to me, means giving everyone the space to say what they think even when you disagree. I don't care about the freedom to hate or bully others.
There are good parts of Reddit, no doubt. I did agonize over my decision to leave becasue I enjoyed much of it. People seemed quite unfazed by the negative aspects, but the fact that people were unfazed was a factor in my decision as well. I don't approve of turning a blind eye to horrible behavior. I do not expect the whole world, or the whole Internet, to be some paradise, but I do believe that online, as in the world, I have a moral imperative to not support that which I find abhorant and harmful. I saw using Reddit as an endorsement of all content therein, not just the content that I enjoyed. I know that not everyone sees it that way, but I simply did not feel right continuing to use the site knowing the type of content that was there.
what if I'm racist but level headed out discussing it?(not that I am)
Which basically lots of parts of reddit were. 'level-headed racists',indeed,they were.