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by flkiwi 418 days ago
Can I just tell you? I rejoined Reddit a couple of years ago, and (I cannot believe I'm about to type this) it is, generally speaking, a positive experience filled with people who are generally not terribly toxic, and the toxic people are pretty easy to avoid. There are some hotbeds of awful, mainly fandoms, and many of the tech subs are just tech-grumpy, but overall it's been an amazingly nice experience.
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daveslash 418 days ago
Regarding Reddit, I completely agree. I recognize that it is technically "social media", but I consider it to be a different animal from the majority of social media (Facebook, Twitter, Insta, etc...). Glad you're largely enjoying it! If you're still relatively knew to Reddit, there are some Reddit Classics with which you should be familiar -- namely, the infamous Poop Knife. https://www.reddit.com/r/poopknife/comments/1d5f1sq/original...
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flkiwi 418 days ago
I'm old enough in Internet years to have ample experience with many of the Reddit-originating cultural touchpoints like poop knife. God help me, my Internet culture goes back beyond, uh, citrus parties. I joined Reddit (again) to get help with NixOS, and I've found this weird comfortable place in communities about my cameras, some strange linguistics interests, and whatnot. I can't think of anyone I "know" on Reddit--thus you're right that it's questionable whether it's "social" media--but somehow it's kept a very strong sense of culture without devolving into ... you know ... <waves hands>

Edit: wait, that could be interpreted as referring to HN, which it isn't. More everything else digital in the world.

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daveslash 418 days ago
Agree. It's social, but also semi-anonymous. It's a nice balance. It's not anonymous like 4chan, because on Reddit you still have a username and post/comment history, so you have a reputation. But it's largely anonymous because most people don't actually know people and it's not filled with "influencers". Though... it does have a bot problem. Glad to know you know of poop knife! My internet culture goes back to whitehouse.com and towel.blinkenlights.nl. :) Nice term for, uh... citrus parties.
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