Reddit @lemmy.ml TurboLag @lemmings.world 1 yr. ago

I didn't believe some of the stories about the current state of Reddit. I was wrong.

Posted in r/therewasanattempt by u/wollymonjac • 20,434 points and 4,868 comments

Yes, I've read many posts the current state of reddit. But today, somehow I thought it can't be that bad if I just go looking for some funny videos.

Boy, was I wrong. This post was at the top of my feed, and briefly scrolling through the comments got me out of there without looking at anything else ☠️

Oh, well, I tried...

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This is just a reflection of a single moderator on Reddit, not Reddit entirely. You could get the same thing here in the lemme verse
- Sure, but here there are many communities about subjects instead of one.
  
  YES. And yet people keep complaining about duplicate communities existing, like they want one mod team to be in charge of an entire topic of discussion.
- A moderator of a big community. And the quality of the comments, or lack thereof, is just as important.
I'm offended by op's use of the world "boy". Please ban them!
- RIP in pieces ⚰
It's not like this didn't happen before.
"Female" is a slur or something? What?
- When it's used like that it is.
  
  You wouldn't describe a man as "a male", and you wouldn't refer to your mother as "a female".
  
  I certainly would and do describe people by "male" or "female" daily, along with everyone in the military, and anyone else that isn't afraid of words.
Try posting in r/AskWomen; it has always been like that.
- ... unwelcoming of misogyny? Surprising.
  
  That's a misguided assumption. There's a mod in that sub who habitually deletes posts and comments for no good reason, which inspired the creation of r/AskWomenNoCensor.

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