Reddit is such an authoritarian shithole
The entire frontpage looks like it is curated by some propaganda department & megacorps acting like their posts with 1000k upvotes aren't advertisements
The entire frontpage looks like it is curated by some propaganda department & megacorps acting like their posts with 1000k upvotes aren't advertisements
Again, it's not necessarily the case in your screenshot, but at the same time, how do we tell for sure?
What's missing is a nicer general purpose platform that doesn't have so much thin-skinned, circular firing squads or anonymity for SFW topics. Let everyone participate so long as they're not advocating the basic limits of free speech: conspiracy theories, violence, obvious hate, or criminality. Politics is probably best contained to a separate section, as well as NSFW.
/r/GME post about a billboard telling people to keep holding GME.
/r/wallstreetbets GME Megathread.
/r/worldnews post about a Saudi official issuing a death threat to a UN investigator apparently over the investigator's investigation into the Khashoggi killing.
/r/Cricket match thread about "1st ODO - India vs England".
An ad.
/r/AskReddit asking what is something you loved as a kid but hate as an adult.
/r/technology thread on Microsoft's possible buying of Discord.
/r/awefuleverything thread making fun of Americans.
/r/worldnews post on a US intelligence agency saying the US should join South America in fight against illegal Chinese fishing.
/r/aww post about a puppy.
/r/Wellthatsucks post about a home baked pizza failure.
/r/IdiotsInCars post about an idiot in a car.
/r/politics post about Biden's infrastructure package.
...and it goes on like this...