3. Does anyone else feel like this about Reddit now, or is it just me?

Does anyone else feel like this about Reddit now, or is it just me?

I used to delete my accounts every month. I've had dozens. I stuck with this one because I started seriously discussing politics in late 2015 and it made sense to have a post history.

Before the 2016 primary started, reddit was a place where you could actually have discussions with people and get a wide range of opinions. Some agreeing, some not, but most of the time it was "Good point about X, but I think you're wrong about Y." None of this "OMFG YOU POST ON T_D THEREFORE YOU'RE LITERALLY HITLER" bullshit which is the norm now.

Remember Ellen Pao? She's the fucking reason reddit took this turn from the "free speech platform" it was created to be to the padded cell for blue-haired otherkin children who've never heard the ol' "Sticks and stones" adage. I'm guessing she was also the reason reddit admins are now entirely made up of SJW authoritarians.

But by and large, reddit was mostly jokes/memes/pics/gaming. Establishment politics was almost always met with derision, because the type of person using reddit was typically an anti-authoritarian, anti-establishment skeptic. Free speech was king. Harden the fuck up or go back to facebook or tumblr...

Pao comes in, bans "revenge porn," then goes full-retard to protect Imgur when some of their fat ass employee's got made fun of. "We're trying to make reddit an inclusive place that everyone can enjoy!" said the idealistic authoritarian. "We'll protect you from yourselves! Trust us, we're the good guys!"

Now its 2019 and /r/all is 75% political astroturf and 25% Disney advertising. Powermods are taking over every sub as if Digg didn't die because of that very thing. There is no debate, no conversation, just tribalism and rage.

All we need is reasonable competition and reddit is dead. I wonder if that's still possible in this climate though, since every attempt gets branded racist and activists screech until all hosting companies, DNS providers, payment processes, etc. refuse to do business with them.

I'm patiently waiting for a forum that's distributed, uncensored, and has some sort of blockchain (or similar) backend.

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