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by DJBunnies 162 days ago
Like most of the internet, this site included, it's about how you use it and where you choose to participate.

You can get dirty by digging, of course. But there are still excellent communities on reddit that you really can't find anywhere else.
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duxup 162 days ago
I'd argue it's more true on Reddit than anywhere. Subreddits are fairly self contained.

Other social media sites I feel like I'm fighting off a wave of whatever the site wants / momentum of all the users is.

Granted that doesn't mean they're completely isolated, a lot of smaller subs I was a part of have fallen into a mess of spam and engagement bots and so on so my total subs I'm interested in has fallen off.

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immibis 162 days ago
It used to be the case Reddit itself would run spambots, and if you reported them you'd be banned. Also they have a habit of, if a subreddit isn't moderated how they like, finding excuses to ban the moderators and then either ban the subreddit for being unmoderated or replace the moderators. There were also times they just replaced a moderator list because they didn't like how the subreddit was moderated if there was a financial or reputation incentive to do so. Are these things not still the case?
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regenschutz 161 days ago
>It used to be the case Reddit itself would run spambots, and if you reported them you'd be banned. Wow, do you have a link to where I could read more about that stuff? I tried doing a quick search, but couldn't find anything. Banning users for reporting bots is a crazy moderation decision...
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immibis 160 days ago
Since it happened several years ago it would be hard to find now. Here's a different, related issue that I did find (with links to several more threads): https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/17bkv3f/false_b...
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dmix 162 days ago
This is my view of Tiktok and Instagram as well. People always complain about how it's all AI or dancing videos, but if you use it properly you can very easily get thoughtful stuff. I get musicians, local restaurant recommendations, film analysis, simpsons clips etc.

It's up to you to learn not to doomscroll where it starts showing you garbage after it burns through your personal feed.

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arcatech 162 days ago
Just because you can find good things on these services doesn’t mean it isn’t worth talking about their problems.
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