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tptacek • today at 6:49 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

There isn't a forum in the world without superiority, snark, self-importance, and toxicity; some of that is simply an artifact of communicating about contentious topics in the context-stripped medium of text messaging.

But Reddit's shitposting culture makes threads difficult to follow and powerfully impacts the culture there. On the better, closely moderated subreddits, threads are swiss-cheesed with deleted comments. It's just a very different reading experience.


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bityard • today at 7:49 PM

Depends on the sub, really. All of the subs I read have the occasional abrasive blowhard but don't tolerate shitposting.

alala-lala-lon • today at 8:45 PM

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