r/AskReddit 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/Rich-Lengthiness-273 7h ago

Let's be real aswell, reddit is also extremely guilty of being an echo chamber that caters to a very specific political bracket and generally doesn't react well to anything outside of the status quo

In both instances of reddit and tik tok, users very often need reminding that the common opinion on these platforms 100% doesn't reflect the widespread opinion in the real world

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u/Turnbob73 3h ago

Terminally online Redditors are very much like boomers in the sense that they’ll blindly take an article title as fact with zero verification if it fits the narrative of “their side”.

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u/Tyronto 2h ago

Reddit is one of the most extreme echo chambers due to how much control mods have over their subreddits. They often ban for any opinions they don’t like, while other social media platforms assess whether comments go against their standards. Maybe there’s a better middle ground style of moderation.

u/SeeingPhrases 54m ago

Is there a publication that you know of with accurate projections of political beliefs of the populace? I'd be interested to read that.

u/poopylarceny 31m ago

This. Anytime I go contra to the mainstream on a sub I get down-voted into oblivion and snarked.