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by BitwiseFool 1478 days ago
/r/all is heavily manipulated and it's quite obvious a small cadre of power users and power mods are responsible for the content and character of what gets shown. I would not be surprised at all if there is dark money behind all of this, especially considering the political nature of it all.
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The default feed is completely worthless. Unfortunately I think that's what a lot of people see. Carefully curating a list of quality subreddits is key to a good experience, but most people either don't know to do this or don't know how.
> Carefully curating a list of quality X

That is the only way to use any social media, for me at least.

It has become incredibly political. It always has had a heavy political aspect, but now it's just about completely impossible to avoid.
Even a subreddit like /r/nba has become super political. Literally impossible.
Even r/Lego went through a phase where minifigures mocking prominent Republicans and Donald Trump were posted. It has since quieted down but the mods took an obviously hands-off approach and it was likely they agreed with the message and had no qualms about the divisive content.