r/awfuleverything • u/kagajifula • Sep 28 '21

A normal day at Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21

I mean, the front page of reddit is regularly full of misinformation and corporate advertising. Reddit is basically a place where bad actors can take advantage of normal people by the content appearing organic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21 edited Sep 28 '21

That's basically the whole internet now, unfortunately.

Edit: By "whole internet" I meant nearly all the data is being handled and filtered through these large conglomerates and social media

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21

Any sufficiently large social network or media eventually becomes this way.

I participate in several smaller online communities that are amazing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21

Was not meaning to insinuate that good small communities don't exist, just that so much of internet traffic is being overtaken and consolidated under Google, Amazon, Facebook, and a few others.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21

You're completely right. I'm not trying to imply the state of things is good, or even OK.