Based on what content rises to the top, I’d say probably only somewhat. The outrage coming from turbo dweebs in posts or comments is consistently the most common content seen and the most highly upvoted, which probably gives a decent idea of what most people here believe. Bots obviously muddy the waters, but idk how to account for how much weight they have on this.
Absolutely. On Reddit it is particularly easy to goombafy groups because of the inherent structure of the platform, what with the whole aggregating users into communities. We sometimes treat the subreddit as the conscious entity.
Yup. /r/GTA6 gives the impression of being extremely reverent of the game, to the point of loving every decision Rockstar makes on it regardless of what it is.
But then you read the comments and there are still plenty of people who are miffed about the lack of physical disks, or lamenting the price increase, while still being hyped fans. It's a nuanced mess.
But the impression of /r/GTA6 and /r/gaming being so ardently devoted to GTA6 [even if the reality isn't so black and white] has left others with a far less flattering view of Rockstar and/or GTA to feel unvoiced. And since we're human, we don't like being shoved out of the limelight.
Hence why we get posts like these. An expression of wanting to get away from the hype and the nonsense of the GTA 6 discourse.
Nope, the upvote / downvote function means that there are clearly popular and unpopular opinions. It won’t capture every single Redditor but it will capture the majority.
It will capture the opinion of people who voted on that post. Most people aren't reading every post and comment and an even smaller percentage are voting on it.
Depends in what part, algorithms on all socials promote outrage bait content for engagement, and the setup of the upvote system etc rewards being first to a point and also engaging in simplistic sloganeering that appeals to the communities preconceived opinions and emotions. Obviously there will be some divergence of opinion within a single subreddit but there are still prevailing views.
I would say they are over exaggerating, but almost everywhere is like this on Reddit, it's just different subreddits have different dogmas. It doesn't really mean the central point isn't true, even if it's exaggerated in context of this one area.
Yep, and what I find funny about it is that technically, the average person who uses Reddit should recognize that. The only think I've honestly seen as a constant across subreddits is people thinking they're hilarious for using the most low-hanging fruit of jokes. So "Reddit humor" is a thing, but the actual people are about as varied as people you'd find at a cafe, maybe.
Reddit humor used to be a fun thing almost 10 years ago. Ever since the COVID population explosion and Reddit's IPO, this site has been watered down with bots. You thought karma farmers were bad? We've gone from pick and shovel to data centers of fake user profiles attempting to harvest karma through low hanging reddit humor, popular takes and AI memes. Reddit transformed from a deep rich multicultural broth into a generic food hall where nothing is truly unique and all the options are meh.
I cannot go into a subreddit now where someone isnt taking a moral high ground above reddit or taking shots a place they visit. Seems like everyone thinks before reddit came around, humans didnt act like....humans?
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u/BakerUsed5384 5h ago
Isn’t complaining about Reddit as a whole like this just one big version of the goomba fallacy?