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great work, too bad reddit is becoming a political propaganda machine

Not sure why you are downvoted. But some subs like politics and worldnews are just pure propaganda and bots driven at this point.

>are just pure propaganda and bots driven at this point

I'm curious, what's your criteria for propaganda? Is it just content/viewpoints that you don't like? Likewise, for bots. Can link to some examples of bot-like behavior that's happening on reddit? Preferably provide hard evidence of some kind, like the ones done for this story: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/so...

Any suggestions on feeds for politics and worldnews?

In my experience, no subreddit on reddit is (or can remain) an unbiased neutral source of information about politics.

Either subscribe to a bunch of them, one for each world view, or just classify reddit as a flawed news source and move on to something better.

Out of curiousity, where on Earth can you find "an unbiased neutral source of information about politics"?

It's definitely not news media. I don't think it exists. :)

I hadn't been on reddit in years, but just went on from this post. I'd say it feels like "Youtube Comments, the app".

To be fair the level of discourse here is quite low as well. Just look at my comment history!

Nobody, literally nobody:

natchy: "Youtube Comments, the app"

... "literally nobody says nothing"?

I don't understand.

It's a terribly overused YouTube/Twitter meme.

I don't think this is true.

Reddit worked hard to keep alt-right viewpoints on the site, but subs like r/the_donald were so nasty that they had no choice. They also banned liberal subs at the same time.

Let's not act like Reddit is banning subs that discuss trickle down economics or debate the merits of a smaller government.

They never ban all sorts of nastiest porn subreddits. I am not sure how r/the_donald could be nastier.

it's full of radical left propaganda even on non-political subs like /r/pics and whatnot

"radical left propaganda"

what like wanting health care and a clean environment for everyone?

No, like the violent suppression of any thought that doesn't fit the narrative. Mutually exclusive ideologies never end well.

no, like anti-police, pro-riots bullshit

Funny how not wanting people to get summarily executed by the police is considered "radical left".

Encouraging violence on a forum intended for cat pictures seems pretty radical to me

i'm all for revolution, my best friend is actually a bolshevik, just don't use non-political medium to push some agenda

>the encouragement of violence

Can you link to some examples? If anything my experience is opposite. I saw a highly upvoted post on /r/all denouncing someone who was pro "white genocide".

> on a forum intended for cat pictures seems pretty radical to me

Is reddit "intended" for cat pictures? It might be the reason that you joined, or the content that you liked, but the default subs[1] cover a wide range of topics, not just cat pictures and memes.

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/ListOfSubreddits/wiki/defaults

> i'm all for revolution, my best friend is actually a bolshevik, just don't use non-political medium to push some agenda

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Not only do I not believe that, I'm sure the Bolsheviks had some words about attempting to separate the world into separate "political" and "apolitical" arenas.

I don't see anti police...I see police critique when it is lacking.

I also don't see pro-riot anywhere...have any references for any of this? I am on reddit all the time...

Link to some examples of "radical left propaganda"?

Just subscribe to /r/news and read top comments

subreddit rules for /r/news:

>Your post will be removed if it:

>[...]

>is an opinion/analysis or advocacy piece.

>The title must be the actual title or the lead.

Can you explain how links to articles from major news outlets, with titles unchanged can be "radical left propaganda"? Just for posterity I took a picture of the current submissions on /r/news: https://i.imgur.com/rsTm7Rj.png. Can you point out where the "radical left propaganda" are?

That's easy. Many major news outlets are filled with radical left propaganda. Like the guardian, CNN, BBC and loads more.

The last few times I’ve been to reddit /r/all was just full of news about Donald Trump. As someone that doesn’t really get current American politics I’m just so confused at how people don’t get tired of it. Like I get it, fill the front page for a few days in 2016... but its like every day... all the time... I just want cute pictures of cats... can’t we just have 1 happy place.

Why not make an account and subscribe to whatever you find interesting? Then just avoid /r/all

I suppose I could, seeing the community via /r/all doesn’t really make me want to get invested though. Maybe I’m missing out on some gems but I’ve got plenty of things to keep my attention as it is.

> Maybe I’m missing out on some gems

Trust me, you're not

I live in America and trust me we are pretty fucking tired of it too.

The thing is, politics in the US is basically just another reality TV show. This has never been more evident than when we elected a reality tv "star" to the highest office in the land.

It's been like that since 2016. People are thoroughly sick of it but those people are downvoted into the hundreds and don't get a voice.

[Edited to clarify]

You can subscribe/unsubscribe from subs on the main page when logged in. If you want to block subs from appearing on r/all, you can with Reddit Gold or an extension.

>You can subscribe/unsubscribe from subs, as you know! You need Reddit Gold for it, but it's possible.

What? In this a recent thing or something for new accounts? I can subscribe/unsubscribe just fine.

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