• Deadend [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    There only thing Reddit is good for is random tech/home questions… module because it’s so SEO’d that nothing can compete.

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        This is the only way to find a lot of information especially if you need to cut through salesy search results. Reddit can have such bad info but it’s simply the largest human curated knowledge source. It will beat fucking blogs that show up on Google

        I also use it for computer issues and certain kinds of medical information, where the results are like 10 pages of blogs saying the same exact surface level bullshit like “we’re not going to tell you a fucking thing, not a goddamn thing other than did you know doctors exist?”

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        Half the front page is just “can somebody explain this incredibly simple joke to me” because it drives engagement.

        I’ve seen people ask to explain a joke that has Ben garrison levels of labels on it, and the explanation was “read the labels”

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        The bleeding edge of SEO is getting those astroturfed responses into reddit/instagram/facebook/youtube comment threads. They haven’t succeeded yet, but they can smell the marketing potential like the sharks they are.

  • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    A community for belonging where they allow explicit queerphobia, harassment, racism, obvious scams, astroturfing campaigns, and manipulation. Pointing to their own ToS while they hold double or selective standards gets swept under the rug and silenced.

    They have earned reddit-logo .

    My life has been far better outside that toxic cesspool.

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    Man, that thread cringe. I’ve been dinged for the same reason but only caught a temporary ban, but it was enough to leave reddit-logo for good, and I’m better off because of it. Why would I stick around a site that bans me for reporting blatantly racist and/or murderous comments?

    On a related note, I see so many “these dumb terrorist-sympathizing kids only heard about Palestine from TikTok” comments in there. Where did this piss-tier talking point come from? My father used it in an argument recently and I know he has no clue what TikTok is, so my presumption was that it originated on Fox, but I’ve seen plenty of libs using the same line. Is it just today’s version of “the kids don’t know anything because their minds are rotten from watching too much dang TV?” Where do these clowns think their blind defense of Israel came from anyway?