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Has anyone here had a good experience with Reddit?
I spent three months there and it felt as if everything about the site is badly thought through.

Anal Rules -
Everywhere, in every group.
It took me six attempts to ask a casual question about a song lyric, because I kept coming up against "your post was rejected because it didn't start with a double space, followed by a parenthesis, colon, semi colon and backward slash, in that order".
Isn't social media supposed to fun?

Downvoting -
This was the only thing I found that wasn't limited or monitored.
If you say something that doesn't chime in a particular group, you'll be on minus 20 in no time. Even if what you say is factually indisputable.
And low karma restricts what you can post elsewhere on the site.
So you end up with a series of echo chambers, where people chase out anyone challenging their thought process and end up kissing each others' posteriors.

Sure, every social media site suffers its share of trolls and gang mentality, but the way Reddit is set up allows them to flourish in a way I've never seen anywhere else before or since.
And there were no good experiences to mitigate the bad.
I asked some questions in the advice groups and got little or no response to any of them.
As a community, it sucked beyond belief.
Yet I see it recommended by perfectly sensible people as a great site time and again.
So maybe I'm missing something 🤷‍♂️ But whatever that is, I'm definitely willing to live without it.
"Downvote...downvote...downvote"
The odd rule might be of some inconvenience, but if you always have problems with downvoting I'm inclined to think your posts are the problem
TidyTimecheck · 46-50, M
@BeefySenpie You're entitled to believe that, of course. But bear in mind I've used Facebook and Twitter for ten years, and to my knowledge never been flagged, warned or ever had one post removed on either site. So maybe not.
JarJarBoom · 41-45, F
It really depends on the group but majority of the time they think everything is a conspiracy
TidyTimecheck · 46-50, M
@JarJarBoom Oh good lord, yes. And they all seem to adore Assange and Putin.
JarJarBoom · 41-45, F
@TidyTimecheck yea, dont mess with the putinators
Doomflower · 36-40, M
Lurk more. I [b]very[/b] rarely even comment on Reddit.
TidyTimecheck · 46-50, M
@Doomflower A lot of people have said that.
HermannFegelein · 26-30, M
I agree but the downvotes thing doesn't bother me. I actually like places that allow that. So what if someone doesn't like what you said. Banning the ability to do that is almost like censoring a form of an opinion. In this case it'd be like censoring disagreement.
TidyTimecheck · 46-50, M
@HermannFegelein There's no censorship when they can reply and say anything they want.
HermannFegelein · 26-30, M
@TidyTimecheck that's why I like it
pentacorn · F
reddit sucks. i just closed my account there. their karma system breeds contempt. can't join relaxing subreddits because people sneak in disturbing shit.
I thought I’d found some people to RP with, but after setting up the scene and telling me it was “perfect,” they disappear.

The site overall just seems overwhelming, not well organized, difficult to navigate, and visually an abomination.
DDonde · 31-35, M
I have had many good experiences with Reddit, although you're absolutely right it has an echo chamber problem.
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