Mastodawn

Why are people so rude on Reddit compared to the Fediverse?

https://nord.pub/c/nostupidquestions/p/116805/why-are-people-so-rude-on-reddit-compared-to-the-fediverse

Why are people so rude on Reddit compared to the Fediverse?

I notice this especially with my Norwegian learning. People are rude, call me names, or make fun of me on Reddit for using the wrong word or "en" v…

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rossman Mar 16

I think some bots are trained to be controversial and mean. Controversial take would be that age verification roots out the young pranksters from certain communities.

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SaneMartigan

There was that post on scissor statements recently which might explain a lot, or just be conspiracy. slatestarcodex.com/2018/…/sort-by-controversial/

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[Epistemic status: fiction] Thanks for letting me put my story on your blog. Mainstream media is crap and no one would have believed me anyway. This starts in September 2017. I was working for a sm…

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