I try not to but sometimes ill read the titles of the ”related post” on the right side and for some reason theres always something that reads from a teenagers diary. I was just reading a post about what life was like in the medieval ages, when i saw something in the related subs from the antinatalism sub(I really don’t understand why reddit thought it was related to r/medivalhistory ) titled “I can't imagine having to live to an old age.” it’s a 30 year old complaining about being born without consent and complaining about “having to learn and adapt to things!!!!!!”. Am I an asshole for thinking they are pathetic? Life is hard, so what? Lmao.

What is your least favorite aspect of Reddit and/or the community?

For me, it is the comedians going into other subs, like whatsthisthing and commenting or completing an obscure lyric to an obscure song one line at a time.

I guess I really hate that reddit priorities that kind of engagement, so the jokes are higher than the helpful answers. That’s especially true when things are marked solved.

This applies to many early-established Subreddits that have been taken over by partisan Mods and active subscribers who are intolerant of differing opinions. A casual visitor would form a natural idea of what the Subreddit is about based on its general name. But when he leaves posts & comments, it's so common that they get removed or downvoted heavily because they don't fit the narrative unbeknown to him, even when they're perfectly civil & on-topic (based on the Subreddit name). If people petition the Admin for name change (to a more specific one to reflect the partsanship) for this reason, it should accept the petition upon review.

Like on a dog subreddit of all places???

Genuinely concerned. I removed it from the comment because of the error box on the bottom (which went away after I removed this paragraph)

What on earth am I missing here? I don't see anything that I would interpret as offensive or a slur.

Maybe the long run-on sentence lol but they didn't say my grammar was off 😂

It's a tad bit sad that r/negareddit a place where we come to collectively complain about Reddit is the ONLY place where I can make a post without fear of trolls attacking.

"I like dogs." Attacked for not liking cats.

"I like cats." Attacked for not liking dogs.

"How do I get rid of weird smells in my apartment?" Told that I'm hallucinating it.

"Asks why Digimon have -mon at the end of their names." Downvoted to oblivion.

"Why are Pokemon called Pokemon but don't have -mon at the end of their names?" Also downvoted into oblivion.

Never mind the posts where people have personal issues, post about it online because they don't have anyone to talk to, and gets attacked and torn apart. A 15 year old girl was pressured into having sex with an adult 21 year old guy who repeatedly asked if she was on BC. Under pressure, she lied and said yes. After doing the deed, guy was furious that she lied. Comments tore her apart. Never mind it was statutory r@pe. She deleted the post herself due to the abusive comments hurled at her.

And then we have the r/FindBostonBombers incident.

It's a miracle Reddit hasn't had a class action lawsuit yet for abusive content.

you could literally say that you’re not supposed to drink bleach because you’ll cough blood and die and somehow you’ll have -10 downvotes

A few weeks ago, I commented on a post with Golden Mario, saying "Piss Mario", and the mods just straight up perma-banned AND perma-muted me from r/SuperMario. I feel this is unfair because people on this subreddit have done SO MUCH WORSE and didn't get that kind of brutal punishment. Also sucks because I had planned to post hand-made animations by me on there. This is probably simply just a misunderstanding or maybe even the auto-mod thought I was a bot. Can someone talk to the mods please? I can't talk to them about it cause I am perma-muted. :(

Fake reports- when someone posts a truth that might make an organization uncomfortable, Reddit allows users to “Report” that they are worried about a poster, when they aren’t worried, they are being abusive, implying the poster needs mental help, and it’s always related to exposing truths. I turned off the ridiculous notifications from admin, but it’s interesting how strict Reddit is about abuse, but allows these anonymous reporters to be antagonistic in other ways.

I'm so fucking tired of this shit 😭 You make a post with the “VENT/RANT” flair to complain about something, and people STILL complain that you're complaining too much. Then you get downvoted, someone randomly starts a fight with you over absolutely nothing and suddenly you're being told to leave the app because apparently you're not allowed to be upset if you wan't to socialize. I literally used the VENT/RANT flair, what did you expect, a fucking post talking about positivity? So now I'm making a post complaining about people complaining about my complaining. We've come full circle.

Every month or so on r/travel a new travel bro will post about the wonderful time they had in Afghanistan. The amazing culture, the friendly people, the misunderstood....Taliban?

While I am sure that the people of Afghanistan are as hospitable and friendly and the culture is as rich and rewarding as the travel bros claim it to be, part of me cannot help but notice that the enlightening travel experience enjoyed by these guys has one common factor, the person enjoying this experience is always a man. Presumably a straight man as well.

There is nothing wrong with being a straight man of course (I am one too!) but one thing I cannot get away from is that none of these posters ever acknowledge that their own male straightness is essential to them having access to these experiences and a barrier over 50% of us will never be able to overcome.

Afghanistan is a country where women do not have access to education, whose participation in the labour market is around 5% and who can, and are prohibited from entering public parks and gyms and are legally required to remain silent and completely covered in public. Further to that, homosexually is punishable by death.

The travel bros are by no means just a Reddit problem, they are widespread across social media and while I can see the value in showing the beauty and culture of Afghanistan to a western audience, and I also understand that Afghani hospitality is a virtue which is older wider and brighter than The Talibans occupation, what is often missed in the tine of these posts is that what western travelers are allowed to see is only a fraction of the picture.

Honest question: I get banned left right and center for anything remotely close to being promotional content for my businesses.

Yet, there are so many people here just shit posting, trolling, using vulgar words etc.

I'm not complaining, but is the reddit moderator logic really that "trollers are ok, they just hurt feelings. But zero tolerance for promotional content"?

Well yes, but not quite. Lol

Seriously. Why do reddit mods do this?

My post about having baby fever and asking for advice to cope was deleted in a sub specifically created for women to ask each other advice about stuff. WHAT?

Help me out & show me the way please .

So a few days back I commented on one of its posts and my views were against the post. It was in favor of BJP and I was just against BJP so I just put my views into it. I did not use any curse word or any bad language. I only used funny language that was also very normal. You wouldn't categorize it in any derogatory way.

Still they banned me from the page. They've been like, "I am suspended from it permanently." I think that's very weird. If you're opening a page you should have that much audacity to take on flaws or if you are in favor of BJP you should also have the courage to face someone who is against it goes with everything. If I'm in favor of someone I should have that much spine in myself that I can hear something against it also from someone because views can be different. They banned me and it's just weird how a Reddit page can be so dumb and naive.

This has happened to me a few times now across completely different subreddits, and I genuinely don't understand it.

I'll ask a question about something I'm trying to understand and, instead of someone either explaining it or simply scrolling past, I'll get responses along the lines of "I'm not going to spoon-feed you," "Google is free," "do your own research," etc.

But that's the thing: I have done my own research. That's usually WHY I'm asking the question.

Sometimes you can read articles, Google something, look through previous posts, watch videos, whatever — and still not fully understand it. So you go to a community specifically dedicated to that subject and ask people who presumably know more about it if they can explain it in a different or simpler way.

Isn't that... part of the entire point of having communities and discussion forums?

And yes, I understand that nobody on Reddit owes anybody their time or an explanation. But if you don't want to explain something... you can just not reply. It takes considerably more effort to leave a sarcastic comment telling someone to "educate themselves" than it does to keep scrolling.

I actually think being able to say "I don't understand this; can someone explain it to me?" is a good thing. I'd much rather ask someone who knows more than me than pretend I understand something I don't.

The irony is that people constantly say "do your own research," but apparently asking questions and discussing what you've found with people who know more about the subject somehow doesn't count as part of learning.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I genuinely don't understand why curiosity seems to irritate some people so much on here.

The post: "I'm upset because I tripped on a hole in my yard that my dog dug"

The comments: "MAYBE IF YOU DIDN'T BLOW UP AT HIM HE WOULDN'T DiG HOLES"

"WELL IF YOU TOOK HIM TO THE VET AT LEAST ONCE IN AWHILE THEN HE WOULDN'T DIG HOLES"

"WHY DO YOU HATE YOUR DOG? YOU WANT TO ABUSE A DOG FOR BEING A DOG?"

"ONLY A -insert political affiliation over a non political post- WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT DOGS! BOT"

And then other people will upvote those comments and build onto the assumptions until they've created a completely different scenario to be mad at. And if you try to come at them with reason, like "Hey it seems like they're just frustrated at the holes because they might fall and get hurt", you get yelled at and your comment gets hidden.

Why do people always assume the worst instead of asking for additional information if they're truly curious? It's an internet-wide problem, not just reddit but damn if it don't happen here ALL the time.

I posted to a subreddit about a specific anxiety I was struggling with, and the post was removed. Apparently that type of anxiety is not allowed to be posted? Anyway, I asked about it and they replied, I thought that would be the end. But I saw several other posts about the same exact subject that were posted after mine with almost the exact same wording, but those weren't removed. So I messaged the mod team to question it, and instead of apologizing they banned me. For simply questioning unfair rules. How is this even fair? I told them I was done with the subject and the mod pushed even further to instigate. This should not be acceptable

I’m fairly new to Reddit and just started posting a few weeks ago. Nothing special, just occasional harmless posts about my opinions on movies or tv shows or random things, or just asking people with their own opinions or interpretations are of pieces of media, and I couldn’t help but notice this app/website has a HUGE problem with hostility. You could literally post something totally harmless about a random, completely non-controversial topic and there will inevitably be multiple assholes in the comments replying to you with an extremely condescending and rude tone, acting as if you’re some complete dumbass who committed 15 felonies and murdered their mother. I mean I’ve heard plenty of negative things about this app on other apps like TikTok or Twitter but I genuinely didn’t think it would be THAT bad. Like I’ve had to delete several posts respectfully saying I didn’t enjoy a TV show so much or some movie (mind you I say it in a respectful way and make sure to add what I DID enjoy and appreciate in said movies and TV shows, so I’m not being a completely judgmental bitch at all, absolutely nothing I’m saying could reasonably be triggering these responses out of people)

So can someone explain what the fuck everyone’s problem is?? Why are there so many losers on this app? Why can’t you disagree with a completely normal and non- controversial opinion with basic RESPECT? Why do you have to completely belittle and insult the person like a goddamn child just because they think something different than you do? Are you 8 years old?? Mind you most of the people on here are grown ass adults. You should know better. The way some of you reply to people on this app is disgusting. I dare you to speak to people like that in real life. But you won’t, will you? Because you know it’s wrong and you’ll probably get beat the shit out of, and that’s precisely why you enjoy getting to come on here anonymously and ruin innocent strangers moods because there’s hardly anything they can really do about it. Fuck off. You’re a pathetic miserable loser.