[jos]

My activity on Reddit has always been extremely minimal -- I have found the toxicity of interactions between peers to run rampant in most situations. I've only been an audience member in such situations (i.e., I was not involved in generating said situation, they are situations I've happened across -- often too late to make a difference).

The disheartening part, to me, was that certain individuals participating in /r/learnprogramming tended to be outright aggressive towards individuals who had legitimate questions -- questions I had myself when first learning to program.

While reddit seems to be the breeding ground for hate groups and public shaming, this is likely the minority (even if the minority seems rather large). I wouldn't expect to see posts on HN whose entire purpose is to generate hate speech against women speaking out against how women are currently portrayed in games or for the purpose of shaming an individual new to programming for their lack of "expert" knowledge.