I have been on reddit for just about 12 years now. Something I’ve noticed over time is just how hateful the place has become. A complete outrage machine. Every single sub became filled with it. I’ve filtered so many subreddits over the last few years, it’s insane. I don’t know enough about this place to be sure, but I do hope it doesn’t become the same type of echo chamber of anger.

  • Strangle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Online discourse has gotten to the point that if you disagree, you’re hateful

    Hate is a meaningless word now, like so many over used words in this climate

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      1 year ago

      Yep, I saw a guy comment that “communism doesnt work” the other day on here and the first reply was someone calling them a “hateful bigot” and I was confused, since nothing in the first guy’s comment had anything hateful in it, just a statement about communism not working.

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      1 year ago

      This very post conflates outrage with hate. Change can start from within methinks, even though I’m not usually an individualist.

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      1 year ago

      Words like fascism and nazi have lost their meaning and people basically use them as a stand in for I don’t like what you are saying