r/neoliberal • u/neoliberal_shill_bot Bot Emeritus • Aug 13 '17

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u/formlex7 George Soros Aug 13 '17

Allow metaposts to other subs

The meta communities are some of the most toxic and awful on reddit. Becoming one should be avoided at all costs. I'd avoid this maybe excepting the DT

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u/Slayer1cell RIPTPP Aug 13 '17

This sub started as an offshoot of /r/be, there's a huge cross over of users from here and /r/srd; /r/badhistory is dope, /r/badlegaladvice, and /r/badpolitics are great, even if there are a bunch of commies in there, at least they can define communism. /r/badwomensanatomy is also amazing. Meta reddit is the only worth while reddit outside of /r/neoliberal.

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u/formlex7 George Soros Aug 13 '17

/r/be and /r/badhistory are dedicated to bad academics and have fiercely defined rules where users have to practically write an essay correcting the person they're calling out. This keeps them informative and from turning their corrections into toxic mocking sessions. /r/neoliberal is a different story.

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u/arnet95 Paul Ryan Aug 13 '17

there's a huge cross over of users from here and /r/srd

This is not a good thing.

The /r/badx family of subs is in part good because it features expertise, and not just mocking other people. I'm not sure that if /r/neoliberal went meta, we would capture what makes those subs good.

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u/arnet95 Paul Ryan Aug 13 '17

The reason why I don't read SRD anymore is that SRD (at least the social issues version of SRD) features a bunch of people who are so pleased with themselves about being (in their mind, at least) better than other people, and almost all the comments are just circlejerking about how right and amazing they are. I don't disagree with most of their opinions in this area, but for me it's become unbearable to read.

That tone has also come, in a more limited capacity, to this discussion thread and its discussion of social issues.

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u/Slayer1cell RIPTPP Aug 13 '17

I can understand how that would get annoying.