Reddit

So i love scrolling through some of reddit when i get bored (mainly fails) but i notice all of the crappy and messed up things on reddit, i say that its bad in some areas but in others, good for a laugh.

I'm the social network geek and I heard about Reddit for all across the globe. I decided to try it and face some difficulties. First - it's hard to navigate through reddit after years of using insta and facebook. Second - sometimes I cannot understand what are peoples' aims and interests. On the other hand, there are thousands of unique subreddits with priceless content, so I'll continue my way to explore reddit.

.. USED TO. Not too much anymore after periodic overhauls. It seems as though the platform that was once about freedom is now about censorship. A lot of the comment sections (although have always been ridiculous and foremost a center for comedic exchange) now seem to be echo chambers; a bunch of people agreeing with each other with little to no effort put into critical thought. Ex- Sargon of Akkad was recently "quarantined" (censored) and made out to be an alt-right figure. I won't waste time on the details but I used to watch/listen to Sargon and I can't tell you how far from the truth that is. Proof - He has sent gay-interracial porn to Alt-right figureheads for the sake of trolling them. This whole fiasco came about when he declared he was running for office in Britain. Hmmmm.
That's just one example. I could go on for days about issues with the bots, subreddits, reposting, censoring and politics of Reddit. But all I really want to say is, "I used to love it, but barely use it anymore solely because it feels like a platform to push an agenda on, instead of a free and open community.

It is a OK site but not to be relied on for accurate information
Can be very misleading but in certain topics they are OK

The anonymity is at its best, but the rules and Rediquitte is a $#*!-job.
Anyone for no specific reasons can get shadowbanned or even deleted!
Reaching out to support is nearly impossible and even if you do, they hardly respond back.

Update: They un-shadowbanned my account after 12 days [they didn't respond until 12 days!]

Struggling with the app tbh, option to save images you see on there isn't as easy as in web browser :(

I hate this because of two reasons. One is that, when a post of mine is removed by a mod because it doesn't fit their pages topic, it makes my original post look awful and misunderstood. Two is because, there is always that one person on every one of my post that comments something nasty, inappropriate, or offensive. Sure I could down vote it but in all reality, no one wants to see that… I've been using this app for 6 months and I love it it's just my only problem with it is that when a post is deleted the comments are not. I like this app however because you can get some pretty helpful advice from people on here and you can read some interesting stuff.

I use it a lot but it allows a lot of hate subreddits and posts, especially subs like the_donald. The search function is bad, you need to type exactly what you are looking for or won't get any results. Also, I was once banned a while ago for making 1 joke comments about star wars and suggested Han Solo would die in the movie and was perma banned on that account for "spamming reddit".

I remember times when it was fun to surf there. Now its filled with ads/politics and numerous other info which isnt fun or useful at all. Bad :(

As other reviewers have noted, Reddit is very much the kind of site where it's as good as you want it to be, so long as you do the legwork of curating your front page properly.

One of the bigger criticisms I see of the site is that a lot of people feel like their speech is being censored. I don't see a whole lot of censorship happening on the main subreddits, to be honest. The times I have noticed comments being deleted have tended to be times when one or two users have been presenting their viewpoints in ways that simply weren't contributing to the overall discussion rather than which end of the political spectrum they were on.

While there are a lot of liberal subreddits, there's also subreddits that are very conservative leaning. Plus for the most part, the furthest left a lot of the former default subreddits like r/AskReddit tend to go as a whole is centre-left. There's generally enough conservatives on the site to keep it from going further left than that for the most part, regardless of what some critics have to say about it.

Generally, I tend to think that the people who complain about their speech being censored are probably people who need to learn to present their ideas in a more constructive manner. No particular subreddit is guaranteed to safeguard your free speech rights beyond giving you the opportunity to present them in a way that benefits the conversation, which is what happens for the most part, with the exception of a few subreddits here and there. Ironically, r/The_Donald is one subreddit notorious for banning people who disagree with them.

While I generally like the site and think it's easy to waste a lot of time there, a lot of the userbase is made up of some of people so whiny, they make the stereotypes of Tumblr users seem reasonable by comparison.

There is just SO much stuff on this site. Pictures, videos, quips... I don't have time to sit and go through everything. Typically, if it's topical enough you will end up seeing it on another social media site anyway.

Reddit is a nice place to grab memes and look at funny pictures of cats. But, if you want to be a part of the community, please be advised that there's almost a subreddit for everything. If you post to the right subreddits, you should be fine.
Some users will get what is called "reddit gold" if someone likes their content enough. I've seen people get reddit gold for both good and bad things. As for bad things, (since this is sitejabber not sitepraiser) I've unfortunately seen people get Reddit Gold for ratting on a guy whose wife passed away. Yes, it was a dark joke and having a dark sense of humor myself, I kind of understood. But it was directed at another user who was going through a tragedy.
Also, there are some subreddits that you can be yourself on if it's relevant to the particular subreddit you're opening up on.

But beware that just like any other place in the world, there's rude people galore...

The truth is, you can be anything you want on the internet. Most people, especially on the internet, choose not to be themselves but rather fit in with a particular community because they are afraid of the ridicule they *could* get for being their authentic selves. Others will choose to be themselves and express their true emotions nakedly wherever they go. And if you tell your life story, even if it's completely harmless, there's always someone in the corner who doesn't respect it.
The fact is, most of these people are kids. And by kids I mean ages 9-17. Children love places like reddit because it's just one of many places where they can feel and act edgy without their parents spanking them and/or taking their fidget spinners away. So do not be discouraged if you see a few of these on Reddit. It wouldn't be the internet without them, after all.

My advice to you is just post to the right subreddits and you will most likely be fine. Once you can learn where to post certain things, you will most likely enjoy reddit, too!

Reddit is Reddit. Need I say more?

Overall a meh sight, full of $#*!s who don't understand irony and hugboxes, so if you don't practice wrongthink it's perfect for you. It is pretty easy to get used to, probably why there is so many brainlets on the site, yet some subs like thanosdidnothingwrong and frenworld make this site/app worth it.

As said in title. Censorship, many things are being deleted, some unproven news coming out. My personal rating is slowly decreasing.

I used it frequently for reviews in my area. It was helpful. After months of just looking, I signed up. Compared to twit and fb, it's great and I only had a couple of posts where I was called a name but I didn't report it... reddit allows it and for petty name calling, I left the users alone. It's a massive site and fairly well organized. But like any social media site, there are strange issues. The self-harm reporting, however, is too often used for "revenge" per those who have been reported.

I was reported for possible self-harm and fortunately, that's not true. I received an autobot response from Reddit saying I could respond with DONT (something like that - that would close the case). I was so angry that I explained what happened and found a page on reddit (after I trashed my account) that said people use that "reddit cares" option to get rid of the user. It worked with me and not others. So, I regret deleting my account.

I have political views for maintaining our democratic republic and there's no doubt one of the commenters decided to attack me indirectly.

In anger, due to the outrageous report, I "trashed" my account (I could've stayed on). I just want to caution others about this one feature. Use it with care. It's still a lot more sane than other social media sites.

https://www.cnet.com/health/reddit-now-lets-you-report-users-that-you-worry-might-self-harm/

I have difficult relationship with Reddit and Redditors. Some of them have down voted my posts many times. I still try to do my best to get a good karma. Its not easy at all. Advice: you need to read Reddit rules and actually follow them to be not banned. You need to be very active user to get good points and visitors from Reddit on your website. Happy Redditing :)

I've seen Reddit do some awesome things like sending a child with cancer a pizza party because she requested it and they'll promote the unknown to the known out of the goodness of their upvotes.

I've also seen Reddit be awful. R/atheism, r/politics and r/news are three of the worst places on that site. They're so heavily bias it's borderline pathetic. R/atheism shouldn't be about promoting religion, but it shouldn't be about bashing religion (or mainly Christians) over and over again. You'd think a group of people that state they're a positive force would be such, but that subreddit isn't. With r/politics and r/news one expects some sort of balance, but there's nothing like that. Those two subreddits are so left leaning they could rename it r/liberal and no one would be able to tell the difference.

R/movies has it's own problems such as constantly promoting the boring films City of God, Requiem for a Dream and anything by Quentin Tarantino. Because Tarantino can do no wrong. You can't have an honest discussion on why these things suck without people going balistic. Oh, and never ever speak ill of the Dark Knight. That's the holly grail.

The great thing about Reddit is that there are tons and tons of subreddits that could pertain to almost anything you're into. Which is great and not so great. Some of the subreddits that have gotten Reddit into trouble have cease to exist, and some still linger around.

When you see NSFW (Not Safe For Work) that's a huge warning of do not open this if people are around that you don't want them seeing you looking at naughty naughty things. Just a warning.

I can handle bias and hatred for my views. That's fine. What makes me give Reddit 3 stars instead of four or five is that the voting system rigs everything. I think they need to change the system because it sucks. They need to make it where no one can get negative votes. Meaning once you reach zero... that's the bottom. The entire negative thing is a way for those who can't stand people having a different view roll around in like pigs in their own filth.

It turns into the mob with the upvotes and downvotes. YOU HURT MY FEELERS and my MORAL RIGHT... I gunna go and get all my buddies to hate on you.

I want to tell people about Reddit and how great it is, but it's not. And I don't think it ever will. I do like it because it sometimes gets me laughing or awwing or thinking. BUT... for the most part what makes the front page is mostly trashy and chauvinistic. If Reddit is the front page of the internet, we are all doomed because they don't pay attention to anything important going on in this world. They care more about Snowden than they do about what's actually damaging to their way of life. OHNO the government is spying on us... but really, when have they not spied on us? It is awful, but do you really think that you remove the NSA that another government agency won't take its place? Or a new agency won't take its place?

Reddit would be better if it fixed the upvote/downvote crappy system, the bias in several subreddits that shouldn't be and get more informed subscribers. Until then, I'm sticking with 3 stars and that's being overly generous as is.

This is another site that is confusing to me. When browsing the site it reminds me kind of like a not a blog but a community communication site. I cannot remember what they are called. But anyway I was actually blocked form one group for what reason I am not sure and I could not find out why.

Reddit has definitely been on a downward trend since about 2011. I am still a daily user because I only really go on the subreddits whose content I know that I like. I think Reddit can still be a great site if you avoid certain subreddits like the plague (especially religious/areligious, political, and ones infamous for $#*!posting).