[photochemsyn]

Yes, that seems to be the norm on Reddit. A couple years ago I signed up to Reddit and the first thing I tried to post was something to r/news on what I thought was pretty relevant, an Indian news site covering a major China outreach to Pakistan on an energy deal relevant to China's overland effort, the whole 'Belt and Road' thing. I follow energy news, and this was a pretty important thing, I thought, but r/news blocked the post because it wasn't from their 'approved list of news sources' or something. After watching Reddit for a while, I realized most of it was just a corporate media mirror.

I didn't bother to post anything after that, and recently deleted my account there.