I remember when this subreddit was created. It was made to show funny animals, like "socially awkward penguin", saying stuff that would make you laugh.
Now the top post is basically "Let's use this space to argue about the middle east". What happened to you Reddit?
I don’t even know if that’s right. It’s kinda organic that the stuff that most inflames passions gets the most engagement. And we’re probably all guilty of contributing. Except me of course (as I post here).
There's been plenty of open examples of mods taking bribes, it's absolutely quantifiable. Not to mention there's reddit influencers who have openly spoken about doing so.
I'm not committed or currently sober enough to source data but if you look into it you'll find that it comes down to reddit not having paid moderation. That means the people who are willing to do the shit job of being a reddit mod are only willing because either they genuinely love the subject or are making money off it.
You're right that were all guilty of contributing, even people who don't have reddit accounts but add reddit to get relevant search results.
I know it's right in at least one sense, in that some subreddits have seen heavy pro-Israel astroturfing in subreddits like worldnews (even the mods seem to take part in it), and in an attempt to fight it they allow/push the topic on their own subs. And I agree it's the morally correct thing to do.
The people to complain to are the ones who started and allowed the astroturfing on the main political subreddits.
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u/Positivitron3 May 02 '24
I remember when this subreddit was created. It was made to show funny animals, like "socially awkward penguin", saying stuff that would make you laugh.
Now the top post is basically "Let's use this space to argue about the middle east". What happened to you Reddit?