The Toxic World of Reddit

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  • Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
  • Reddit is EXTREMELY Toxic....
    Reddit used to be a place where people could talk about anything. BUT SOMETHING CHANGED...
    This documentary talks about the Rise and Fall of Reddit. Reddit’s toxic decline started off like this: Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit, wanted Reddit to be a safe place for people to express who they are. However, when money comes into play, things change. This is when Reddit’s downfall began. First, we talk about a disturbing theory that changed Reddit. Then we go over the infamous Reddit Moderators. These mods work all day, but don’t even get paid. Some Reddit Mods are in control of thousands of subreddits and can censor you with a click of a button. Lastly, we talk about the most toxic people on Reddit: People like you and me.
    Sit back and eat some popcorn as I tell you the tragic tale of Reddit.
    CHAPTERS
    0:00 - Intro
    2:37 - Chapter 1: The Platform for Free Speech
    6:33 - Chapter 2: The $150 Million Deal
    10:25 - Chapter 3: How Reddit Silences You
    13:17 - Chapter 4: Moderators (Janitors of the Internet)
    18:02 - Chapter 5: The Toxic Redditor
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  • @VisualVenture
    @VisualVenture  2 года назад +474

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    • @SkyTied
      @SkyTied 2 года назад +13

      I’ll follow you as far as I can on your mission :)

    • @wagomus4323
      @wagomus4323 2 года назад +10

      Can't wait till the funny reddit people make fun of this video for no reason.

    • @eastereg7838
      @eastereg7838 2 года назад +13

      This might seem odd but can you cover RUclips itself?
      It might be dangerous but it's worth the try...

    • @e46matt7
      @e46matt7 2 года назад +6

      I'm so confused. Why has your channel not blown up yet? Your content is awesome!

    • @chrismuratore4451
      @chrismuratore4451 2 года назад +7

      Bro!!! The growth is incredible! Literally when I joined was under 500 subs and between your last two releases you have grown exponentially. Glad to be along for the ride from the start =) looking forward to where you take us and what you can help us to learn.

  • @Danymok
    @Danymok Год назад +5328

    Calling Reddit mods "janitors of the internet" is super unfair to janitors. Janitors are actually helpful

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 Год назад +435

      And janitors actually do their damn job without micromanaging people. They do what they've signed up to get paid to do and clean house.

    • @simple3152
      @simple3152 Год назад +201

      Yeah. Those mods don’t do what I do. I help keep a college campus clean. They help suppress freedom of speech.

    • @somewhatoriginal
      @somewhatoriginal Год назад +122

      and janitors are probably some of the chillest people out there

    • @bombasticbaconbro7748
      @bombasticbaconbro7748 Год назад +59

      Janitors are the best at schools

    • @greenbeans9748
      @greenbeans9748 Год назад +66

      Janitors are great people! I like how they clean up things without getting squeamish and prevent us from getting illnesses and injuries. I always make a point to say hello to them and busboys in restaurants.
      Reddit mods are different story. They're not helpful at all. The janitors may deal with nasty stuff on a daily basis, but they're doing something productive with their lives.

  • @feline6758
    @feline6758 8 месяцев назад +183

    1. Losers hate everything
    2. Redditors hate everything
    What a coincidence

    • @itsrenereally
      @itsrenereally 5 месяцев назад +26

      reddit = hotspot for losers

    • @Autistsons
      @Autistsons 21 день назад +1

      ​@@itsrenereallyis that means i am loser?

    • @saturnndust
      @saturnndust 6 часов назад

      okay but like sometimes reddit has good answers to my questions 😭😭

  • @logger22
    @logger22 9 месяцев назад +184

    I remember on one subreddit I posted a meme and someone said “F*ck off karma farmer” this was when I first started using Reddit and had no idea what karma even was but it’s amazing how quick Redditors are to insult and bully people over nothing

    • @adaon2282
      @adaon2282 5 месяцев назад +37

      no joke someone unironically called me a "karma whore" i was flabbergasted

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 4 месяца назад +21

      Probably because it had been used or overused before. Rookie mistake is not going through a sub's recent history of posts first. In the end though, it is nothing and you didn't deserve a reply like that.

    • @brotbrotsen1100
      @brotbrotsen1100 Месяц назад +5

      I was in a German sub reddit for "dark humor" comments were almost always just "deleted"and full of people complaining about how" racist, sexist, violent etc.. " the jokes were.

    • @Johnyjohn-mc-jonjon
      @Johnyjohn-mc-jonjon 20 дней назад +1

      I remember someone made a post about some random private business, they wrote a bible verse on the receipt. Ordinarily, someone wouldn't even read anything else on the receipt except the price and go about their day. Well not those redditors 😂. They were talking about calling corporate on a private business.

    • @logger22
      @logger22 20 дней назад +1

      @@Johnyjohn-mc-jonjon well Redditors tend to have panic attacks when encountering anything that involves religion so that’s no surprise

  • @rook513
    @rook513 10 месяцев назад +292

    I just deleted Reddit and started treating my life better. Wish me luck guys.

    • @jamiemartin7649
      @jamiemartin7649 8 месяцев назад +16

      How you doing 2 months later dude?

    • @Kokolaliiiiiii
      @Kokolaliiiiiii 7 месяцев назад

      I just deleted it today, because I got a warning that they were going to ban me from reddit for "harassment". All I did that I posted a statement about my political beliefs, nothing hateful, violent or targeted at an individual. I told a moderator that banned me from his subreddit that he needs to get out of his mom's basement and that was enough to get the warning. Honestly, all social media platforms have gotten worse over time with the unnecessary censorship just because someone doesn't like your opinion. Good on you for deleting it, wish you the best.

    • @lovelyneptune3164
      @lovelyneptune3164 5 месяцев назад +8

      5 months in, I hope your doing alright man :)

    • @Neko_editz0
      @Neko_editz0 4 месяца назад +3

      So...after 5 months how is it going

    • @kylebroflovski9690
      @kylebroflovski9690 4 месяца назад +9

      @@jamiemartin7649dude felt happier instantly after deleting Reddit bro

  • @bleflar9183
    @bleflar9183 2 года назад +1600

    Reddit even has a subreddit about unpopular opinions. And 90% of it is just popular opinions/well known facts but said in an edgy and pandering way.

    • @jzay1899
      @jzay1899 Год назад +200

      I got my post killed on unpopular opinion because they used a automod bot that flagged my post for using a restricted word but didn't specify what the word was in my 400 word post. It wasn't a swear word. The post was clean.
      The automod bots email encouraged me to email the mods if I wanted to understand how their filters worked and so I did. I just asked which word the filter caught so I could avoid it in the future. No response, just banned for "spamming the mod".
      Dicks

    • @bleflar9183
      @bleflar9183 Год назад +54

      @@jzay1899 Reddit mods amirite

    • @watermelon1835
      @watermelon1835 Год назад +52

      I got my post removed for being a "popular opinion", even though when the opposite is posted most of the comments say "how popular that opinion is, and that the sub is going to shit".
      I disagreed with the mod over a couple of back and forths, and then got banned for "sealioning". I wanted to reply that sealioning isn't a catch-all term for when someone disagrees with you without swearing in your face, but they also muted me!

    • @froggygun
      @froggygun Год назад +33

      Cant even use reddit because half of the time people just slam the downvote button within 10 seconds of posting.

    • @JamieYAYme
      @JamieYAYme Год назад +28

      @@froggygun Yes! Happened to me earlier, this person commented that their dog is "so strong she can and has dragged a grown man around and broke his arm" and how "The kids know not to play tug of war with her" and he got downvoted to heck, I simply commented that he should be careful with the kids if she has snapped on an adult, and all of a sudden he gets a bunch of upvotes and I'm being downvoted and called an idiot that knows nothing about dogs.
      My sister had to have plastic surgery because of a dog bite on her face. I know plenty about dogs. Dude was literally boasting about how violent his dog is. And I'm the idiot. 🙄🤷‍♀️
      I don't understand this world.

  • @yedrellow
    @yedrellow 2 года назад +3740

    Reddit was doomed as soon as governments realised the power of manipulating public opinion through social media.

    • @juliancalero8012
      @juliancalero8012 2 года назад +95

      What about private companies, they're just as bad

    • @rkvkydqf
      @rkvkydqf 2 года назад +159

      @@juliancalero8012 If anything, they're worse. Governments are designed to be accountable, them acting on their own behalf after being elected is a "bug" that can be someday fixed. Corporations are designed to maximize profit at all costs, no matter what. While a private business selling pizza through targeted ads seems harmless, a company like Cambridge Analytica can be a bridge for governments to effectively use the same tools and tactics for shady agendas with no accountability.

    • @juliancalero8012
      @juliancalero8012 2 года назад +24

      @@rkvkydqf and they get the pass to tax people because it's not the tax man taking the money

    • @BADF0RCE
      @BADF0RCE 2 года назад +35

      You can say that about every social media....and you will be right.

    • @granda3649
      @granda3649 2 года назад +28

      @@rkvkydqf Corporations need to be held accountable

  • @TheAndroidNextDoor
    @TheAndroidNextDoor 9 месяцев назад +131

    Biggest reddit moment that happened to me was this:
    Someone on a post told me to go kill myself. I called them out on it for promoting literal suicide and got permabanned for threatening violence and harassment. Can't make this shit up.
    Reddit on paper is a great idea but holy hell the execution and management of it just has me hoping for it to die worse than MySpace so something else can take it's place.

    • @thomaspaine7098
      @thomaspaine7098 9 месяцев назад

      I got permabanned for saying putin should be Mussolinied

    • @basedmuslim12345
      @basedmuslim12345 6 месяцев назад

      i got perma banned from a sub by making a joke comment that mods said it was racist. Why can't you just remove it and warn me? It's enough already, why are mods extremely killjoys, can't even let us be funny for once?@@thomaspaine7098

    • @JustaSamoyed
      @JustaSamoyed 4 месяца назад +7

      I got permanently banned from a kids’ subreddit for mentioning excrements… Which was considered very NSFW… I was just asking where dragons on tall prison spires would defecate since there are only barracks below.

    • @pacoramon9468
      @pacoramon9468 4 месяца назад +6

      That's how reddit banned me 🤣. That account who was following me everywhere also got banned 2 wreks after. What a waste of human time.

    • @tbewin1z143
      @tbewin1z143 2 месяца назад +4

      pretty much every liberal policy idea, sounds wonderful until you realize what the consequences are

  • @TootieTickler
    @TootieTickler 4 месяца назад +163

    I was doxed on Reddit after a political argument. They found my address, boyfriend, family, my dad's company, everything. It's insane the lengths people will go just because you made them mad or have different opinions than them. I deleted my entire account, privated all other social media accounts, and stopped using my real name. Reddit is a scary place

    • @Fightingvaultboy
      @Fightingvaultboy 4 месяца назад +3

      I didn't last 10 days and made a progressive Christian mad because I quoted to them what the Bible says about homosexuality and got banned for it. Deleted my reddit account immediately.

    • @StrigoiVampire
      @StrigoiVampire 4 месяца назад +25

      Can I give you some advice man? Never put personal data on any social media, not Facebook, not Twitter, not Instagram... and that includes your photos, photos of your girlfriend, photos of your relatives, photos of your pets... I studied information security and today I'm a programmer, and I say it's very easy for unknown people to get your confidential data nowadays. You don't need much experience in computing, your location is easily found by geolocation through photos.

    • @TootieTickler
      @TootieTickler 4 месяца назад +1

      @@StrigoiVampire 100% learned that lesson the hard way. I always watched videos about how scary and dangerous the internet ACTUALLY is, but never really gave much thought into considering that it could happen to me too. I’m a broke ass college student, why would someone wanna dox me when there’s nothing to gain out of it?? That’s just it, they just want to do it just to do it. I thought if I would’ve gotten doxxed on a platform, it’d be TikTok because of how much I talked about my personal life and relationships, or Instagram because I literally put the location of where I was at on the picture like an idiot. But no, it was Reddit. That’s what’s confusing me: my Reddit was completely anonymous, I even had it linked to its own email account. For them to be able to find me solely from the info on a Reddit account is insane. I never said anything about where I was from, who I was dating, NOTHING. I was well aware of how horrible Reddit could be, but I definitely learned how much worse it is and how smart these people are.

    • @pacoramon9468
      @pacoramon9468 4 месяца назад +1

      Political subs are a waste of time, they are designed to be echo chambers, even if you are always respectful you will get banned from wrong thinking by a mod. Just sea a post from 5 years ago. Most accounts are banned.

    • @jerryjohn3815
      @jerryjohn3815 3 месяца назад +5

      Dang did it all turn out fine?

  • @jmaster4941
    @jmaster4941 2 года назад +1794

    My biggest annoyance with Reddit is the voting system. You can't ever speak against the majority in a sub--even if it's constructive, well-meaning criticism--because everyone will just paint you as wrong and downvote you until your comment can't be seen, thereby silencing you. I hate this.

    • @Lucifer-do7mf
      @Lucifer-do7mf Год назад +211

      yeah. i got downvoted to hell recently because of a misunderstanding on my post. people completely turned a blind eye , continued hating and even insulting me , not even reading my clarifications. it got so bad i had to remove the entire post

    • @sophiacristina
      @sophiacristina Год назад

      Democracy is an illusion...

    • @IcefangGD
      @IcefangGD Год назад +69

      well it's kind of the same issue as the youtube dislike button being removed.

    • @goodgrief888
      @goodgrief888 Год назад +73

      And then your other posts will be seen less too. It’s actually evil.

    • @goodgrief888
      @goodgrief888 Год назад

      @@Lucifer-do7mf yep, comply with utter stupidity or pay the price.

  • @adur_aeon
    @adur_aeon 2 года назад +354

    "I think the majority of Reddit just hates everyone". Yeah, pretty much.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 месяца назад +5

      I had the nerve to post a comment on Reddit on the subject of how underemployment caused by chronic illness can make it hard to date. The comment was not perfectly neutral and people immediately assumed I was playing the victim.
      I was downvoted to oblivion and attacked by like five people, who were all upvoted like crazy. The seething anger and bile was shocking. Wow. My original sin was having chronic illness and chronic pain and not being perfectly stoic about it, I guess.
      I'm limiting my Reddit interactions to very specific subs now. Holy sh*t.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 3 месяца назад

      They hate everyone that isnt hardcore left-leaning.

    • @stalinsoulz7872
      @stalinsoulz7872 3 месяца назад +5

      ​@@squamish4244I spectate reddit trust me the environment of reddit always be ready to be bullied for either the dumbest reasons or mood of the majority.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 2 месяца назад +3

      @@stalinsoulz7872 True that.

    • @allaboutthemurzic
      @allaboutthemurzic 2 месяца назад +3

      @@squamish4244I made a post about race on a sub called CriticalTheory where I basically said that people should stop generalizing and making blanket statements cus no race/ethnicity is a monolithic group (I’m mixed can be mistaken for white if this matters)
      And I got completely shit on by the responses before it got taken down
      Someone said “High chance OP is an ugly unfuckable white guy” and multiple responses where just vicious and hateful for no reason at all

  • @jessesdomain444
    @jessesdomain444 9 месяцев назад +251

    If you have negative karma on reddit you're probably a good person in real life

    • @khalidhassan9423
      @khalidhassan9423 6 месяцев назад +36

      if you get downvoted every time that means you can be trusted

    • @Bigboss12344
      @Bigboss12344 6 месяцев назад +5

      That's me

    • @ClumsyCars
      @ClumsyCars 6 месяцев назад +13

      permabanned on many accounts. not even breaking site rules. I replied to a comment in a "black listed" subreddit and justiceserved banned me, so i had to call it a clown. permabanned for being harassed.

    • @deflategate1297
      @deflategate1297 6 месяцев назад +10

      The mods are more oppressive than Hitler and Stalin combined

    • @HarrisBiden2024
      @HarrisBiden2024 6 месяцев назад +8

      -78 karma back when I used it lmao

  • @zerosoma33
    @zerosoma33 Год назад +286

    It’s psychologically damaging when you know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you’re right about something and the wrong information is being spread like a toxin, and you get downvoted to hell and dogpiled on. It’s basically like saying “you’re wrong.” “Yeah man you’re wrong.” “You’re a total asshole and you’re wrong.” But like 500 times. Now imagine that happening all of the time. Who wouldn’t go crazy or depressed over that?

    • @EnxhioKotoni
      @EnxhioKotoni Год назад +17

      This thing happened with JKR when the video game dropped out, on every sub there were people saying: "She is donating money to anti-trans bills", I always asked them for a link or article proving it and they didn't reply anymore to me, however they were still parroting that JKR donates money to those bills ...

    • @AdamGulotta
      @AdamGulotta Год назад +25

      ​@@EnxhioKotoni Yeah I left Reddit for this reason. People decide not to use real information to back an argument. Often times their argument doesn't even have merit.
      I feel like they know this though. They know they're just spewing a popular opinion and can't back it up when questioned, so they either make it your problem, make you out to be an asshole, or they just disappear.

    • @EnxhioKotoni
      @EnxhioKotoni Год назад +6

      @@AdamGulotta Id like to think like you, but I believe that that's not the case. People just believe whatever they side with without actually verifying the news they parrot.
      I haven't left reddit, I'm just more mindful filtering out information. It's still a very good source and probably the last place where you can find some genuine interaction, even tho it's getting harder by day

    • @AdamGulotta
      @AdamGulotta Год назад +3

      @@EnxhioKotoni Definitely a good take. And yeah! You can use social media without it being all bad.

    • @baL88537
      @baL88537 Год назад +4

      Just delete it man 😹👎 Or just dont look at the screen 💀

  • @norman5231
    @norman5231 2 года назад +1325

    The users are also a problem. Toxic people who dogpile on you because you have a different opinion (this is not a joke), creeps, pedos, power abusing mods.

    • @hannahscott6604
      @hannahscott6604 Год назад +44

      Yesss the power abusing mods!

    • @applepretz5368
      @applepretz5368 Год назад +153

      Reddit is just toxic. I made a Encouraging post about men's mental health because as a guy I'm aware of young men nowadays feeling like they don't matter in society so I made a Positive encourage comments in the hopes it may help someone that read it.
      After 20 mins of postiting, Someone replied saying "Men's mental health is important, but assuming Women have it easier is ignorant" Like What? Of course there are wonderful women who struggle with mental health the same way as men do. Reddit is just negative, Man. Someday I'll delete it.

    • @motherclucker1235
      @motherclucker1235 Год назад +82

      They literally banned the word “groomer” because people kept calling out the pedophiles from the LGBT community. It’s appalling that pedophilia is being considered a sexuality by some.

    • @jameshovis2549
      @jameshovis2549 Год назад +40

      @@applepretz5368 delete it today

    • @charlesbrown4483
      @charlesbrown4483 Год назад +52

      @@applepretz5368 I hope you deleted it. Reddit is terrible for your mental health. I used it for about 2 years and thought I couldn’t live without it. When I eventually deleted the app, 2 weeks later I legitimately felt like a better person. I was slightly less depressed and anxious and angry.

  • @HolyCheezeNipz
    @HolyCheezeNipz Год назад +1022

    "I think reddit just hates everyone" Yes.
    Just recently saw a post from a girl about getting bombarded with downvotes and unhelpful comments in r/curlyhair because her hair was wavy and not curly.
    There is an r/wavyhair but that's beside the point.

    • @mjodr
      @mjodr Год назад +213

      I got downvoted for telling people how I was trying to improve my health. I had a nice long think about that and ended up on this video. I'm not sure I can keep using reddit anymore.

    • @sta5011
      @sta5011 Год назад +6

      Irony

    • @Asfbkhgarkgbdfg
      @Asfbkhgarkgbdfg Год назад

      dude, search it up, theres literally a fucking subreddit entirely dedicated to hating the dog breed of pitbulls, who have a set of rules that entirely prevents you from defending the breed of dogs at all, its so disgusting

    • @CharaChocolateButtercup
      @CharaChocolateButtercup Год назад +95

      I got downvoted for asking if others also got the game breaking bug in Subnautica

    • @Kaledrone
      @Kaledrone Год назад +92

      @@CharaChocolateButtercup Same shit happened to me but with RDR2, that just sent me over the edge. Dudes literally getting mad at me because I fucking said their beloved game has a bug that is annoying.
      "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! THIS GAME IS PERFECT!!!!!!! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO HAVE BUGS LIAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!"

  • @RC_928
    @RC_928 7 месяцев назад +28

    Noticed most redditors are miserable, unhappy people who are pissed at the world for not revolving their way.

  • @snap__shot
    @snap__shot Год назад +70

    Gotta love how redditors just downvote anything they even slightly dislike or disagree with. It's the biggest echo chamber I've ever seen, and I used to use Twitter.

    • @lenap4956
      @lenap4956 Год назад +13

      Their mind can be quite fragile lol

    • @TheRecklessMetalhead
      @TheRecklessMetalhead 7 месяцев назад +6

      That's exactly why no thread on Reddit is upvoted one hundred percent. Hell, when a thread's created at first, then five minutes or later on, it will go down to fifty percent.
      smh, Reddit

  • @akpokemon
    @akpokemon Год назад +909

    "Don't be a Redditor; be a person who uses Reddit."
    This reminded me of the fact that Redditors argue over the validity of other Reddit users' opinions _unironically_ based on their karma/upvote score. Like they unironically point out how much karma they have as a hail-mary attempt to win an argument. (Except they don't see it as a hail-mary attempt, but an actual legitimate way to delegitimize somebody's opinion LMAO.) It's the equivalent of the pathetic/weird non-argument of going into somebody's Facebook profile and posting their profile pic in the comment thread. (But if the "victim" of this act was making fun of somebody else's looks in the first place, then I understand posting _their_ profile pic to give them a taste of their own medicine)

    • @joel2628
      @joel2628 Год назад +36

      I didn't know Reddit got that bad. I stopped using it some years back. So, redditors are saying your Karma points are a form of credibility? Is this correct?

    • @H3XED_OwO
      @H3XED_OwO Год назад +14

      As a wise Halo announcer once said "REDDITOR!"

    • @liben5052
      @liben5052 Год назад +19

      seriously, i'll go to some post and then comments will say "oh yeah we redditors are all creeps" and it weirds me out because making social media a part of your identity is just... weird. like i don't comment on youtube and think to myself "i'm a youtuber". i had a friend even avoid admitting they looked at reddit because they didn't want to be associated with the reddit image but like, bro its a forum, there's a shit ton of things you could be looking at that ISN'T weird or creepy and i couldn't care less.

    • @zekiz774
      @zekiz774 Год назад +16

      @@liben5052 well what you're describing is just a meme and a overused joke on reddit. The joke basically is "reddit is trash and so am I"

    • @sta5011
      @sta5011 Год назад +1

      @@joel2628 Yep. Its ever since the shitty pewdiepie trend

  • @mrfoxfam562
    @mrfoxfam562 2 года назад +206

    i recently deleted reddit and now i feel less possessed
    and now i’m happy and saved from the curse

    • @TheRecklessMetalhead
      @TheRecklessMetalhead Год назад +13

      You did your part, mate.

    • @KrisKol83
      @KrisKol83 9 месяцев назад +3

      Good move. I did the same tonight.

    • @daroldcarold3443
      @daroldcarold3443 8 месяцев назад +2

      Deleted it 1 month ago and feel more free

    • @nursliman3600
      @nursliman3600 2 месяца назад +1

      Same

    • @boxbal8022
      @boxbal8022 15 дней назад

      Deleted mine back in 2020 when they banned a truckload of supposedly "hatefull" subreddits.

  • @logger22
    @logger22 3 месяца назад +19

    My biggest annoyance with Redditors is how they always respond with rude pandering or passive aggressive comments like they feel superior to others. Often in an argument over something stupid.

  • @_quixote
    @_quixote 9 месяцев назад +22

    Reddit has been seriously ruining my mental health. At first I used it for advice because I had no one to talk to. It was also very good for venting. But now, people on Reddit just…hate everyone. I just don’t understand this, man. I’m 17, and I started Reddit at 16. It’s been a year. I just hate this platform so much and it’s ruining my worldview. I need to quit this platform.

    • @camedelic1365
      @camedelic1365 8 месяцев назад +8

      I'm certain the majority of people on there just want to be against others. I've used reddit for a long time now and it does have a negative impact on your mental health with how toxic people are for seemingly no reason.
      It is a sad place, full of sad people who want you to be sad as well.

    • @thycuteho
      @thycuteho 8 месяцев назад +3

      I did a similar thing and eventually just deleted my account & app on my devices. what I learned is, no matter how good your intentions are, if you dont construct your paragraphs in way you dont degrade yourself or beat yourself up over something, chances are you're gonna get hate/negative comments. Idk if its psychological but I do notice posts about hating themselves gets the most positive comments but posts about your accomplishments or how proud you are of this or you failed at something you know you can actually thrive in bc youre aware of your potential/intelligence/skills, youre gonna get hate & criticized.
      ChatGPT have been SO MUCH useful to me than seeking insights from strangers who projects their hatred to the world and their lives on the internet. Reddit is def not for everybody especially if youre not the toxic type who thrives on craving upvotes just to get by in life.

    • @thekid7599
      @thekid7599 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@thycuteho Not sure using AI is a good use of your time though for seeking insights.
      Its an AI platform where you enter in X prompt and receive Y prompt back (normally what you want to here). This is totally different from real human interaction and positivity.

  • @thenitpickycat
    @thenitpickycat 2 года назад +703

    Leaving reddit was the best choice i've ever made.

    • @hannahscott6604
      @hannahscott6604 Год назад +48

      Same here man.

    • @iwovewaffles2242
      @iwovewaffles2242 Год назад +73

      I hate reddit so much I made a joke about twitter gaining -22 votes and ppl saying that I'm obsessed with twitter

    • @thenitpickycat
      @thenitpickycat Год назад +11

      @@iwovewaffles2242 how the joke was?

    • @iwovewaffles2242
      @iwovewaffles2242 Год назад +43

      @@thenitpickycat a made a joke of how a stereotypical lesbian feteshizer would react to a straight ship

    • @thenitpickycat
      @thenitpickycat Год назад +9

      @@iwovewaffles2242 she would be disgusted?

  • @fhainalex282
    @fhainalex282 Год назад +128

    reddit is the only place where i've been banned for giving the right answer to a question - had to laugh

    • @fhainalex282
      @fhainalex282 Год назад +1

      @@Inspirator_AG112 't was where is this place or sth. like that - i go everywhere by the same name

    • @fhainalex282
      @fhainalex282 Год назад +1

      @@Inspirator_AG112 i know - r/TakeOneStepForward is fun for example :)

    • @PerfectPyro217
      @PerfectPyro217 Год назад +1

      I got banned for saying that drag queen story hour was harming children. It is when trans women tell children stories about homosexuality. Disgusting (cant ban me now idiots!).

    • @fhainalex282
      @fhainalex282 Год назад +2

      @@PerfectPyro217 it does harm children to tell them that god sees everything - so everyone got own opinions

    • @PerfectPyro217
      @PerfectPyro217 Год назад

      @@fhainalex282 i didn't tell them anthing remotely related to that

  • @GyzelE
    @GyzelE Год назад +728

    Reddit must be the most anti-free speech platform I've ever seen.

    • @averageguydude3833
      @averageguydude3833 11 месяцев назад +72

      Yup.
      Every single sub that gained traction but wasn’t extremely left leaning got banned.
      The only exception is r/conservative, but that sub is so brigaded now that it doesn’t even matter.

    • @Totallynotmwa
      @Totallynotmwa 11 месяцев назад +4

      They don’t even care about your opinion i said about about under 13 it becomes your birthday and then your turn 13 I had 2 comments 1 for around -10 downvotes I was curious and if you say your opinion about lgbtq you get destoryed like I once said my opinion on lgbtq I got downvoted I fell like I am depressed and worried about my karma and I also got blocked by some people and the lgbtq happens on other social medias but reddits worse

    • @thebiggusdonnus8453
      @thebiggusdonnus8453 11 месяцев назад +13

      ​@averageguydude3833 the majority of conservatives hold society back anyways. Not a big loss.

    • @averageguydude3833
      @averageguydude3833 11 месяцев назад +68

      @@thebiggusdonnus8453 Look at you trying to start shit 😆

    • @thunders2393
      @thunders2393 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@thebiggusdonnus8453The real dark age of society was when the left emerged, The left loves to censor that to criticize or not is from the left, Afterwards you don't know, Why you are despised or censured.

  • @annadoranni_gamedev
    @annadoranni_gamedev 5 месяцев назад +32

    I got 3 days ban on reddit for being against sex slavery and child marriage religion, because apparently that's "promoting hate"

    • @GameStoryArchive1
      @GameStoryArchive1 5 месяцев назад +2

      Let me guess, Islam? We sensible people know it's a filthy, dangerous cult. The problem with the left is they have an "all in" mentality when it comes to people, which inevitably means inviting in the dangerous types. There's a lack of critical thinking skills among leftists, also delusion.

    • @Shadowsnhd
      @Shadowsnhd 2 месяца назад +6

      Sounds like Reddit, surprised you weren’t permabanmed

    • @user-pl4wr6sd5d
      @user-pl4wr6sd5d 2 месяца назад +2

      I'm surprised you're not permabanned wtf

    • @pro-hz7kx
      @pro-hz7kx Месяц назад +2

      This is truly one of Reddit moments of all time

    • @brotbrotsen1100
      @brotbrotsen1100 Месяц назад

      Sounds like Islam. That was your mistake, Muslims are reddits favorite "victim group" right behind trans people. You say something against their golden child and you feel the wrath of the sweaty kingdom.

  • @rhyanisyes4512
    @rhyanisyes4512 Год назад +347

    During the very short time I used reddit (I wanted to see what all the hype was about), I noticed that there's a huge problem with dogpiling in comment sections. It seems that everyone immediately dogpiles onto someone who has a different opinion or argument and mass downvote them without even bothering to think and listen, so it ends up discouraging people who want to share a different point of view from saying anything because of the mob mentality, so comment sections end up being echo chambers and that can easily become very toxic and dangerous.

    • @AT-vp8qw
      @AT-vp8qw Год назад +58

      Yes, HUGE emphasis on the echochamber part. I understand maybe debating someone with different opinions than you, but it's pointless if you're not open minded or receptive to changing your mind. People will dogpile on to someone just to reinforce their own beliefs and get that extra dopamine hit of having their opinions validated. This even goes outside of reddit or social media. It seems like people in general refuse to use their brains capacity to think outside themselves and everything they believe to be true. It does nothing but keeps us and humanity stagnant.

    • @Nickel_Eye
      @Nickel_Eye Год назад +17

      ​@Brian Babin a downvoted comment is like a corpse once youre bombed with downvotes the rats come feeding off of it by writing some insults to get some free upvotes. what's funny is that everytime i get downvoted i get more downvotes than the person im replying to gets upvoted. it seems like a lot of people just like to downvote downvoted comments for god knows what reason aswell.

    • @libertariansasquatch
      @libertariansasquatch Год назад +1

      @@Nickel_Eye Oh yeah in every sub has underlying theme of progressive politics. So you could be talking about something Innocuous as rocks and the The police will be in full force

    • @vodka2432
      @vodka2432 Год назад +14

      I was banned for advocating against pedophilia and reporting CP subreddits.

    • @Smiley_Face0
      @Smiley_Face0 Год назад +1

      Reddit ist great exposure therapy for people that are scared of confrontation lol

  • @benoitbergeron8858
    @benoitbergeron8858 2 года назад +639

    I wholeheartedly agree with this video. I got permanently banned from r/whitepeopletwitter just because I told a moderator that rejecting every diverging opinion was no way to have a constructive discussion.

    • @RobertCollins14
      @RobertCollins14 2 года назад +97

      Got banned from twoxchromosomes for just disagreeing respectfully about why some people use female instead of woman conversationally. 🙄 Power tripping mods are the worst but why even be part of a community that hates diverging opinions. I just say, have fun in your echo chamber.

    • @benoitbergeron8858
      @benoitbergeron8858 2 года назад +63

      ​@@RobertCollins14 Yeah, I learned to tread lightly on that subreddit. It's a massive echo chamber. Anything that appear to be confrontational make them go crazy.
      But ironicaly my most upvoted comment on that subreddit was: "That kind of situation is precisely why echo chambers are dangerous to society."

    • @RobertCollins14
      @RobertCollins14 2 года назад +29

      @@benoitbergeron8858 now that is real irony

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 Год назад +1

      Exactly

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 Год назад

      @@benoitbergeron8858 Smh

  • @The_oneandonly_soman
    @The_oneandonly_soman 6 месяцев назад +80

    Life without reddit and twitter is the best way of living life

    • @YipJumpMusic
      @YipJumpMusic 6 месяцев назад +7

      Twitter is better than Reddit imo. Yeah it’s toxic asf but it’s like that EVERYWHERE on the internet. You can atleast have any opinion you want on Twitter without getting banned.

    • @Cleenishere
      @Cleenishere 6 месяцев назад +11

      @@YipJumpMusic”have any opinion” “twitter” pick one

    • @placekpie
      @placekpie 5 месяцев назад +2

      I can't live without Reddit

    • @lancerdeltarune
      @lancerdeltarune 5 месяцев назад +8

      @@YipJumpMusic you're wrong lmfao. twitter is WAY worse.

    • @Cleenishere
      @Cleenishere 4 месяца назад +3

      @@placekpie looking at your pfp You’re correct

  • @Mr.Yuki-N-Mrs.Sarang
    @Mr.Yuki-N-Mrs.Sarang 6 месяцев назад +97

    "People on reddit hate everyone." I agree with this statement very much. Some people on there are just so nasty and inhumane

  • @BinaryPLUR
    @BinaryPLUR 2 года назад +1330

    I'm a huge fan of your style and delivery of documentaries. Your Discord one was phenomenal, you're also incredibly talented at narration.
    Incredible work as always.

    • @VisualVenture
      @VisualVenture  2 года назад +77

      thank you sooo much!

    • @privateer7766
      @privateer7766 2 года назад +11

      I fully agree with this!

    • @sasino
      @sasino 2 года назад +2

      I didn't expect to see Chris Chapell at 8:28 hahahaha

    • @sirlolthe3rd613
      @sirlolthe3rd613 2 года назад +6

      @@VisualVenture your 4chan documentary was soooo bone chilling
      I learned a lot I love your videos

    • @disguisedpuppy
      @disguisedpuppy Год назад +4

      @@VisualVenture i want free cookies form you

  • @leahaldana5352
    @leahaldana5352 Год назад +251

    i deleted reddit about an hour ago after 4 years. I realized that people argue about the silliest thing and they emotionally bring people down for just not believing the same things as them. People basically coming for me in mobs just for my innocent opinions has truly taken an emotional toll on me. I'm done. This isn't what the late ceo would've wanted.

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Год назад

      Yes Reddit is an echo chamber for CNN basically. Those people are unable to think for themselves. It is truly disgusting and pathetic.

    • @brittislove
      @brittislove Год назад +3

      Yeah, and reading through past comments to be like "ah ha! I got you now BIGOT"
      Pfff OK

    • @macrofurra
      @macrofurra Год назад +5

      Damn 4 years

    • @trevor_mounts_music
      @trevor_mounts_music Год назад +7

      It's not that serious - reddit isn't real life.

    • @froeloe
      @froeloe 10 месяцев назад +18

      i just deleted mine 10 minutes ago. I got permanently banned by a gay moderator because i didn’t like short shorts on a male character that he liked. i was expressing what i liked/disliked about a character’s design. but apparently, when a subreddit mod doesn’t like your opinion, they can ban you just like that.
      getting banned was the best thing they’ve done for me. now i don’t have to use reddit anymore. Reddit is a toxic crater crawling with disgusting mods who police speech with hypocrite attitudes. Those mods enjoy too much their tiny dose of fake power.
      reddit mods fucked up mentality: _If i say it, it’s free speech. if you say it, it’s hate speech._
      Good riddance.

  • @mellowfellow845
    @mellowfellow845 6 месяцев назад +27

    I saw a post on my college’s subreddit. It was literally just about how people aren’t respectful enough, and are too self-centered, rude, and inconsiderate. I thought it was a true post at least worth consideration. Then in the comments below people were dogpiling him, saying he was an asshole, and acting like an entitled brat who was too demanding of people. All because he said people should respect others more. Bottom line is, Reddit is full of people who have reached levels or stupid I never thought possible.

  • @hueningisshowkischild8875
    @hueningisshowkischild8875 Год назад +20

    Reddit is an echo chamber where people are not given space to criticize or disagree. People just expect you to write stuff which will make the others happy or you just get downvoted to the depth and basically you can’t even post anything on any subreddit because of negative karmas

  • @isaac8228
    @isaac8228 2 года назад +1338

    It's truly the peak of irony when 4chan is a greater bastion of morality than reddit

    • @blankblank1949
      @blankblank1949 2 года назад

      Isnt always like that, they're the bastion of free speech and morality

    • @astranix0198
      @astranix0198 2 года назад +131

      And yet both are scuffed af.

    • @marioisawesome8218
      @marioisawesome8218 2 года назад +32

      4chan aint that good unless you go to ylyl threads

    • @AlchemistOfNirnroot
      @AlchemistOfNirnroot 2 года назад +80

      @@kingghidorah8106 You even get downvoted when you and someone say sorry/it's cool or whatever but the person gets downvoted anyway. It's stupid.

    • @EnraiChannel
      @EnraiChannel 2 года назад +134

      @@AlchemistOfNirnroot Upvote/downvote system by nature is pretty anti-conversation.

  • @CatBacon
    @CatBacon 2 года назад +65

    Actually stopped using reddit not too long ago. The entire site has become toxic with the karma system and moderation. My mental health improved so much.

    • @krio1267
      @krio1267 Год назад +3

      the world will become toxic.....

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 Год назад +6

      @@krio1267 the world was always toxic. Let's not kid ourselves. The choice we make is whether we play victim or make the best of it.

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Год назад +1

      @@Inspirator_AG112 How do you find these niche sub-Reddits?

  • @farlonmuentes6004
    @farlonmuentes6004 8 месяцев назад +12

    you can't even ask a very unharmful and innocent question without being berated by someone who probably never seen another person besides their moms in a month. I was just asking something from a sub because i am new there and the replies are so sarcastic, it oozes smugness through the screen. they think what they know that others don't makes them superior.

    • @GameStoryArchive1
      @GameStoryArchive1 8 месяцев назад

      100%. I had the same experience a handful of times.

  • @scaraboobs9
    @scaraboobs9 6 месяцев назад +16

    I got depression from reddit because i posted saying i like to eat broccoli... It got so many random hate comments for no reason i was like "wth, i just said iliked something, is that wrong?" I don't use reddit anymore...

    • @itsrenereally
      @itsrenereally 6 месяцев назад +4

      aw i’m sorry. ignore them

    • @YipJumpMusic
      @YipJumpMusic 6 месяцев назад +9

      Stay off it. I’ve done the same for little over a year. Better for my mental health for sure. Atleast I don’t have to participate in a sensitive community like I used to. Literally I’d rather go on any other platform than reddit

    • @itsrenereally
      @itsrenereally 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@YipJumpMusic redditors are really gross people

    • @prorobloxgamer4739
      @prorobloxgamer4739 3 месяца назад

      Here's the thing to use Reddit you need to be able to tolerate and easily forgive rude comments. And I mean be really good at that. If you're extremely emotional Reddit will be an absolute nightmare. Put it this way: it is the wild west of the internet.

    • @Shadowsnhd
      @Shadowsnhd 2 месяца назад

      @@prorobloxgamer4739Reddit ain’t no Wild West if the internet, lmao. Everything gets automoddded

  • @terasuu
    @terasuu 2 года назад +253

    I've heard about Aaron Swartz. I was doing research on university when I came by that name and went through his Wikipedia page. He fought for what he believed in to the very end, but it's a shame that he died so young.

    • @Nogardtist
      @Nogardtist Год назад

      then a young person dies its usually cause the world failed them and the innocent pays the price its never the guilty ones
      i think he would be even more disappointed what he tried build has become and reddit should be better off destroyed entirely but it wont matter if one reddit is gone another one will replace it and the cycle repeats itself
      its probably not the reddit itself for what it is but twisted human nature always ruins everything they touch

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Год назад

      They probably killed him so they could take over Reddit and turn it into a communist echo chamber.

    • @Goomba1309
      @Goomba1309 Год назад +11

      I can't help but imagine how much he's turning in his grave, seeing what Reddit has become...

    • @gforce97
      @gforce97 Год назад +8

      he was murdered

    • @josephjanking9547
      @josephjanking9547 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@@gforce97No he commit suicide..

  • @black.phoenix.
    @black.phoenix. 2 года назад +117

    Now imagine being a foreigner, using a VPN to access the Internet without censorship, watching this video on RUclips and having an account on reddit. And that foreigner is watching the video and accessing the Internet from Mainland China....
    Yes that foreigner is me. As a kinda long reddit user (5+ years) and living here, this video really ticks a lot of boxes and say a lot of right.

    • @DABUNGINATOR
      @DABUNGINATOR Год назад +23

      Stay safe, man. I don't know how the Chinese authorities figure out some citizens are using VPNs, but it's possible.

    • @qq-lw2vp
      @qq-lw2vp Год назад +10

      @@DABUNGINATOR I mean China does allow Chinese citizens to leave China, since that is me and I'm living in Australia accessing the majority of the information on the internet.

    • @twinzzlers
      @twinzzlers Год назад +4

      Hope you get out of there man

    • @TheBakuganmaster99
      @TheBakuganmaster99 8 месяцев назад

      Average r/sino user.

    • @lonestranger9768
      @lonestranger9768 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@qq-lw2vpDo you need a good social credit score to leave the country?

  • @yahtoray3
    @yahtoray3 6 месяцев назад +28

    Reddit users are extremely disrespectful over the bare minimum. You make a mistake or have a different opinion, you’ll get downvoted to hell. Adults have rational conversations, even if they make mistakes. You can be corrected by normal people and move on with a topic. They drag things out and troll. I’d never want to meet these people in real life.

    • @redgravesk180
      @redgravesk180 6 месяцев назад +5

      It was not always the same as it is now. Reddit is degenerating slowly but it was a great place to share your opinion with different people, learning, being immersed in interesting discussions... I'm starting to thinking in abandon it and move on into other communities. I left Twitter (now X). I left Tumblr. I've no problem in quiting when it doesn't give me anything good or interesting.

    • @AufWiedersehen550
      @AufWiedersehen550 3 месяца назад

      Tbf most of these people wouldn't even want to speak to you in real life because of the crippling social anxiety they have on them

  • @averageguydude3833
    @averageguydude3833 11 месяцев назад +19

    People love to claim Twitter as the worst social media, but at least that place allows differentiating opinions.
    Reddit is by far the worst platform I’ve ever been on in my life.
    Every sub is a hivemind, and the moderators are the saddest of people drunk with power.

    • @ulsap.
      @ulsap. 3 месяца назад +2

      agree if you have - karma you get banned from creating commutites anti spam bots its bad

    • @allaboutthemurzic
      @allaboutthemurzic 2 месяца назад

      Twitter historically is the worst
      But twitter has toned down a little, still toxic but less than its peak toxicity
      Reddit is a dumpster fire and taken twitters place on the toxic throne

  • @ColinColtrane
    @ColinColtrane 2 года назад +327

    this channel has to hit a million soon. there’s no way the channel is this small

    • @VisualVenture
      @VisualVenture  2 года назад +23

      thank you 🙏🙏🙏 glad you could be here

    • @khashayarmovahed7816
      @khashayarmovahed7816 2 года назад +1

      it'll get there...
      soon...

    • @sta5011
      @sta5011 2 года назад +1

      Lsts be real here no ones gonna notice it and people arent familiar about videos like this

  • @henrythehen3807
    @henrythehen3807 Год назад +158

    I think a quote by my own mother sums up this video.
    “Honey, don’t go on reddit, okay?”

    • @cycrothelargeplanet
      @cycrothelargeplanet Год назад +23

      Your mother is too smart

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 Год назад +15

      Now that's a good mom.

    • @Inspirator_AG112
      @Inspirator_AG112 Год назад +5

      Just avoid the defaults. The rest of Reddit is civil.

    • @Inspirator_AG112
      @Inspirator_AG112 Год назад +1

      @@winterprincess2005: Even these subs?
      Academic Discussion
      r/AskAcademia
      r/AskPhysics
      r/biology
      r/chemistry
      r/compsci
      r/computerscience
      r/Economics
      r/highschool
      r/InformationTechnology
      r/languagelearning
      r/literature
      r/MachineLearning
      r/math
      r/Physics
      r/programming
      r/robotics
      Academic Help
      r/AskComputerScience
      r/AskHistorians
      r/askscience
      r/chemhelp
      r/explainlikeimfive
      r/GetStudying
      r/HomeworkHelp
      r/learnfrench
      r/learnmachinelearning
      r/learnmath
      r/learnprogramming
      r/learnspanish
      Hobbyist Subs
      *Subs named after specific video games.
      r/blacksmith
      r/crochet
      r/knitting
      r/woodworking
      Other Productive Subs
      *Software subs are decent.
      r/fixit
      r/homeautomation
      r/productivity
      r/TechSupport
      r/ZeroWaste

    • @lenap4956
      @lenap4956 Год назад +2

      She is wise

  • @1nePercentJuice
    @1nePercentJuice 7 месяцев назад +10

    Reddit is awful. Everyone is a mindless lemming who are desperate to dogpile on anyone that has a differing opinion. And what's more typical is that they don't have any opinions of their own and rely heavily on others to spoon feed them opinions. It's all about that sweet karma.

  • @JustAnotherAccount8
    @JustAnotherAccount8 Год назад +28

    Reddit and twitter are two sides of the same coin. Twitter allows anyone to speak their mind with anonymity, which inevitably leads to toxicity. Whereas reddit uses mob mentality, there is only one opinion aloud on reddit, and if you speak against it, you get silenced, this also leads to toxicity.

    • @chrisjackson8151
      @chrisjackson8151 8 месяцев назад +3

      Damned if you do, and damned if you dont.

    • @nexusanphans3813
      @nexusanphans3813 6 месяцев назад +3

      But on Twitter you don't get silenced, so imo it is still better than reddit.

    • @JustAnotherAccount8
      @JustAnotherAccount8 6 месяцев назад

      @@nexusanphans3813 Very true, I hate how reddit downvotes both bury your comment and also encourage mob mentality.

    • @allaboutthemurzic
      @allaboutthemurzic 2 месяца назад

      @@nexusanphans3813Twitter used to the worst, then its stepped down a little
      Reddit is the worst social media currently

    • @Vandalieu
      @Vandalieu 25 дней назад

      On twitter when someone makes a post asking what their favorite vtubers say about them and its just unhinged female vtubers you can say "they wish they'd wish the vtubers would assault them", but on reddit you get banned for glorifying violence.

  • @Google_remote
    @Google_remote 2 года назад +261

    We already know of the horrors of reddit,.but this video just uncovered the rest.

  • @johnnybernard
    @johnnybernard 2 года назад +558

    it sucks that having a different opinion from the majority will get you attacked.
    also, this has to be one the more underrated channels on youtube for sure!

    • @WONDERHOY.
      @WONDERHOY. 2 года назад +2

      Fax

    • @ihavenoideawhatimdoingtbh3413
      @ihavenoideawhatimdoingtbh3413 2 года назад +23

      Yep and that's why I just deleted my Reddit account

    • @ArtIsDrawing
      @ArtIsDrawing Год назад +2

      Thats all discord and reddit and twitter and everything online!

    • @graylee945
      @graylee945 Год назад +25

      Couldn't agree more!! Redditor needs to learn and respect other people's opinion!! I've been mob attacked in Reddit 2 times now. All because I said something about cats😐😐

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 Год назад

      @@graylee945 what about it? What you said

  • @dieglhix
    @dieglhix 3 месяца назад +6

    I got suspended like 20 times there, now I have just been lurking for months and I am slowly leaving it.. I left all my other social media already. I am much happier. I hate to have had lost so much time on reddit.

  • @TaintedSoulSilver
    @TaintedSoulSilver 8 месяцев назад +9

    When I regularly used reddit I was depressed as fuck. Constantly being dogpiled on for saying something while watching someone else word my exact point in a slightly different way get praise on praise. People immediately attacking me instead of asking for clarification. Often then refusing to apologize for their misunderstanding even when the issue was solely their fault. Mods, as said in the video, deciding they don't like one thing you said and banning you while letting their toxic buddies run absolutely rampant. Incels that talk about how other human beings should be forced to give them intimacy either socially or by government mandate. Talking about murdering, raping, ect out in the open without any real consequences. The bullying, the harassment... people following your every post just to downvote it and silence you because you said one thing they didn't like three months ago.
    Fuck reddit and the people that use it.

    • @thekid7599
      @thekid7599 7 месяцев назад +3

      Theres also no telling what a users goal is. No boy scout honor code that the person your arguing with is not a government/corporate troll either. Ive seen way too many bizarre trends on that platform and I 100% guarantee threads get upvoted botted all the time. .

    • @GameStoryArchive1
      @GameStoryArchive1 7 месяцев назад +3

      Redditors love to dogpile

  • @claireinaflower
    @claireinaflower 2 года назад +180

    the ending was so powerful. i 100% agree with the fact we need to make mistakes, hear others opinions, and not judge someone because of their's. this is super important in politics right now especially.

    • @VisualVenture
      @VisualVenture  2 года назад +12

      Agreed 💯

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Год назад +6

      Those who fear other opinions always have something to hide. Truth does not mind being questioned whereas a lie does not like being challenged.

    • @myplaylist7007
      @myplaylist7007 5 месяцев назад +1

      Now i realize reddit is just a different version of tiktok :/

  • @aecl4287
    @aecl4287 2 года назад +195

    Amazing documentary, this reminds me of a recent event that occured. On r/place a mod was bypassing the 5 minute cool down, and someone caught it, and the mods kept removing posts that exposed them. Very very underrated channel.

    • @claudia-uy5gk
      @claudia-uy5gk Год назад +1

      Didn’t the mod just kept quiet or got demoted? Cause I don’t remember anything after that

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Год назад +6

      Reddit mods are basically mini-tyrants. Their mantra is "Rules for Thee but not for MEE"....😆

    • @castedsp1ders
      @castedsp1ders 8 месяцев назад

      ​​​@@reesedaniel5835that's humans and nearly any creature. It stretches extremely far beyond reddits domain .

    • @monkey9717
      @monkey9717 2 месяца назад

      What’s the 5 minute cooldown?

  • @rogerganga
    @rogerganga 7 месяцев назад +16

    Unpopular opinion is one of the most useless subreddit ever

    • @TheRecklessMetalhead
      @TheRecklessMetalhead 4 месяца назад

      r/unpopularopinion is strange but funny, and that's where you can laugh at.

  • @helloman5576
    @helloman5576 5 месяцев назад +13

    Man i thought something was wrong with me, i always felt bad vibes when posting something, always getting negative responses or getting down voted, just deleted my reddit.

    • @MochiKokoro
      @MochiKokoro 24 дня назад +1

      It wasn't you helloman. ❤ It's most of the people on Reddit. I swear that site is a beacon for bullies, psychopaths, and sadists that can't get what they want in real life. I erased my account too. 🙏

  • @natax1737
    @natax1737 2 года назад +133

    What have we learned:
    Social media can turn into a slightly toxic platfform, or something that is filled with toxicity.

    • @Nogardtist
      @Nogardtist Год назад +12

      i dont think its social media but the source thats humans characteristic itself
      social media is basically the result of peoples interaction and its mirrors what people really are

    • @jessed6151
      @jessed6151 Год назад

      @@Nogardtist if you give them a tool that allows them to interact without the actual need to be physically present for said convo, they'll turn into the hate filled neck beards who try to influence society. Stay off the internet and these people don't bug you too much.

    • @I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad
      @I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad Год назад

      @@Nogardtist Yes, Humanity in general are the start of Corruption

    • @therealspeedwagon1451
      @therealspeedwagon1451 Год назад +2

      Social media is the cesspit of humanity and proof the discovery of fire and agriculture was a mistake.

    • @Devin7Eleven
      @Devin7Eleven Год назад +3

      @@Nogardtist I would argue social media does influence people to be worse. In person, people are more compelled to be moral and level headed when interacting with others. Online? There really isn't any risk or punishment besides getting banned. Nobody knows who you are so you can be as bad as possible.

  • @isa_the_icequeen
    @isa_the_icequeen Год назад +92

    Not a big Reddit page, but I got banned from a page that discusses a YA book series (it's A Court of Thorns and Roses) because basically I disagreed with the mob one too many times. I was trying to point out some flaws in the series and how I would change them (I'm also a writer and find critiquing other works is a good way to keep my own skills sharp). I got the usual "if you hate the series, why are you here" and I said "don't hate the series, it's one of my favorites, but that doesn't make it perfect". Got banned for harassment. All because the mob ganged up on me and I fought back.
    It's a microcosm of the larger issue on Reddit, and social media in general, that mob mentality is as prevalent today as it was in the days of witch burning. People ask "how could so many have let that atrocity happen?" and the simple answer is, no one wants to go against the crowd because its a common, inherently human, trait to want to be liked and in our minds, you must think alike to be accepted. And the other reason is that people are afraid to stick out and go against the crowd, are afraid of the mob overtaking them and shutting them down again.
    I still think Twitter is worse than Reddit about the mob mentality though, imo. I've seen so many threads where people make inflammatory statements and then say "I'm turning off notifications, so don't even try to argue with me" and they also alter the ability of who can respond to the post *cough* Amber Heard *cough* because they're afraid of having to explain their view point, because they know they can't.

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 Год назад

      That's so stupid ..." Itchy hears" you can't a decent Convo with idiots

    • @Tenrou2
      @Tenrou2 Год назад +16

      I got permanently banned from r/offmychest because of an innocuous comment I made that wasn't pandering.
      - Girl is venting because her bf rudely dismisses her claim of being unknowingly "needle spiked" causing her to black out while she was out drinking at the club while he was at work
      - She made it home alone that night despite being "blacked out" and didn't even call her bf to let him know until a day later
      - She says she's been r4yped a couple times before over the past 3 years when clubbing while her bf was at work
      I just called her out on her bs, stating that her boyfriend was probably tired of her going to the club alone while he's at work especially after she's claimed to be assaulted which could've had an equally sus story and that the relationship isn't going to last. I was downvoted into oblivion saying that I'm victim blaming and that her boyfriend is the one who's a POS for brushing it off and that she should leave him. Then my comment was deleted and I was banned by the moderator who undoubtedly had either a fedora, pink hair, or both.
      Reddit is an echo chamber of parotting each other's opinions looking to seek approval and virtual pats on the back from the herd. They are practically NPCs who need other people to tell them what to think and are too scared to form their own opinions. It's not a loss as I've only ever posted a handful of times there because I can't stand the community, especially after growing up on 4chan.

  • @JamesCAsphalt8
    @JamesCAsphalt8 Год назад +6

    I recently joined Reddit. I soon learned that there is this thing called "karma" and if people don't like what you say, they give you a thumbs down. If you have negative Karma, you can't comment on a thread until your karma improves. I was a assigned a ridiculous screen name and not realizing I only had a short time to change it, I left it as it was. When I tried to cancel my account, there was a message that came up over and over: "something went wrong. Please try again later". When I tried to write Reddit about cancelling at /r help my message was cancelled by the bot. They literally will not let me cancel my account. Why do you get TWO screen names? Why is the site so confusing and worst of all, why do the bots monitor and censor anything Reddit doesn't agree with? This site, if I had to guess, is run by the Chinese government or at least it acts as though it does. Reddit is the WORST site I have ever had the displeasure of using and I will find a way to cancel my account if it's the last thing I do.

  • @putrid2529
    @putrid2529 7 месяцев назад +15

    I have never received as much hate anywhere else on the internet like I have reddit.

  • @christopherhamilton5557
    @christopherhamilton5557 Год назад +32

    Reddit is the censorship sewer I’ve always heard Twitter was.

  • @Tigerwolf102onYoutube
    @Tigerwolf102onYoutube 2 года назад +69

    You can always tell when someone just wants the moral high ground or doesn’t know what they’re talking about when they say “educate yourself.” You can also tell a Reddit mod is just deleting your post for no reason when they say that same phrase.

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Год назад +2

      "Educate yourself" in Reddit speak means INDOCTRINATE YOURSELF to believe the same bull shit they believe.

  • @ryta1203
    @ryta1203 7 месяцев назад +5

    Reddit is literally the worst place on the internet. Mods with power issues. It's basically just a mind hive over there of toxicity.

  • @countryoffelines
    @countryoffelines 4 месяца назад +9

    I got shamed for my insecurities. I hate having a larger chest and it causes me pain but i got jumped by at least 5 people at once harrasing me saying that big chests are attractive and I should get over it AND telling me to stop playing a victim

    • @MochiKokoro
      @MochiKokoro 24 дня назад +1

      Sorry you went through that. Chest pain from that is a real thing!

  • @toni929ann
    @toni929ann Год назад +35

    I just deactivated my account yesterday and this video makes me happy that I did it. I was a part of r/totaldrama (kudos if you remember that show) and my favorite character happens to be the most controversial character of all, that character being Sierra. I initially victimized myself for having the unpopular opinion, but I eventually realized that I was a part of the problem. I would harass anyone who said ANYTHING bad about Sierra and try to defend her with annoying baby talk, and when I was called out for it I would ignore them and keep going. It was hard deactivating my account because I did manage to find a lot of nice people, but it made me so chronically online that I lost my ability to have real-world interactions and engage in real-world activities. Heck, I barely even left my own room because of how much I used it! I feel like I deactivated my account for the better and hope it can help me grow as a person. Thank you for making this!

    • @cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197
      @cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197 2 месяца назад

      Props to you for acknowledging your role in the problem. Don't see anyone else admitting to being part of the problem. Good luck on staying off reddit.

  • @ericm5315
    @ericm5315 Год назад +139

    Honestly, if I ever found out someone is an active Reddit mod I'd never hire them because there's a very high chance they're going to be toxic, if not naturally then by contact with excessive toxicity. That place can turn good people rotten.

    • @obbyg4ming905
      @obbyg4ming905 Год назад

      nah it doesnt turn good people rotten it just attracts more rotten people

    • @watermelon1835
      @watermelon1835 Год назад +8

      Gosh I couldn't picture anything worse. Genuine shivers at the thought of working with a Reddit mod in real life.

    • @froeloe
      @froeloe 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yep, don’t hire them. i wouldn’t.

    • @imanepink
      @imanepink 3 месяца назад +1

      1 year late but some Reddit mods are good but looks like many moderators like to go on a power trip.

  • @TomoyaOkazaki13
    @TomoyaOkazaki13 Год назад +6

    i remember asking reddit on how to fix my computer issues
    got downvoted into oblivion and with comments saying that im dumb for not knowing the "basic stuff" of computer maintenance....

    • @seventy4jns855
      @seventy4jns855 Год назад

      I remember commenting on a post regarding falling manufacturing output , I got downvoted into oblivion too for daring to suggest the company i work for and others I visit regularly in real life are doing really well .
      Which just proves people are not allowed to say what they really want to .

    • @Inspirator_AG112
      @Inspirator_AG112 Год назад +3

      Elitists.

  • @Funtime_Fredd
    @Funtime_Fredd 8 месяцев назад +6

    Reddit has always been toxic.

  • @ironwillACNH
    @ironwillACNH 2 года назад +228

    Reddit is just humanity on a computer

    • @endergirl7759
      @endergirl7759 Год назад +19

      Still better than metaverse lolll

    • @SubcribeMinecraftNOW
      @SubcribeMinecraftNOW Год назад

      @@endergirl7759 sure, and getting AIDS is better than having a brain aneurysm

    • @Bizinxis.
      @Bizinxis. Год назад +12

      *hell

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 Год назад +35

      Correction. The worst of humanity. The best of humanity don't go on Reddit.

    • @Kaizuu_
      @Kaizuu_ Год назад +2

      @@rommix0 not rlly

  • @carrolaXD
    @carrolaXD 2 года назад +136

    Most underrated channel I have ever seen. Keep up the great work!

  • @bernardr7182
    @bernardr7182 5 месяцев назад +7

    Since 2020 I've had 3 IP bans from Reddit. I'm 38. I've been on Reddit since the beginning. I literally don't recognize the platform anymore seems to be full of children.
    All I can say if is I ever meet a real reddit mod in real life, I will most assuredly do something, ANYTHING to ruin their day.

    • @GameStoryArchive1
      @GameStoryArchive1 5 месяцев назад +5

      Their day is most likely ruined when they wake up each morning and realize they have nothing going for them in day to day life.

    • @ulsap.
      @ulsap. 3 месяца назад

      if you have ban from platform you touched grass and you good person

  • @vagrant1943
    @vagrant1943 6 месяцев назад +6

    Reddit just exposes how dumb we are as human beings.
    We’re programmed to prioritize emotions over objectivity.

    • @YipJumpMusic
      @YipJumpMusic 6 месяцев назад +1

      Also they value how much downvotes/upvotes more than anything. If you have negative downvotes, everyone else is gonna do the same. It’s the hivemind mentality those dickwads have.

  • @LizzyLiz-wd7mr
    @LizzyLiz-wd7mr 2 года назад +85

    These documentaries you put out are really good. Looking forward to more.

    • @VisualVenture
      @VisualVenture  2 года назад +7

      Thanks Liz! Thanks for always supporting from the start as well

  • @rawrxd666
    @rawrxd666 2 года назад +58

    reddit mods are 10000x worse than discord mods

  • @frozenolafnick5813
    @frozenolafnick5813 Год назад +7

    The worst thing about Reddit is that a person could do something terrible and get away with it, and then all of the sudden when a subreddit downer like that person, terminate them. Same thing could be said for the opposite. You could do nothing wrong, but when one person doesn’t like you on the site, you could get banned and terminated as well.

  • @RageLost
    @RageLost 8 месяцев назад +6

    I hate how all redditors sound the same

  • @frozyre7854
    @frozyre7854 Год назад +73

    Reddit users have been awfully vindictive and malicious. I've got nothing but the past two elections to thank, as to how rampant the toxicity levels have gotten on that platform. Just in this entire year alone rather, past couple months, I've had the following happen to me:
    I would get brigaded for expressing honest, non-instigating opinions. Downvote parades would happen, I'd get confrontational users who'd swipe at me with a snarky remark then blocking me after.
    I've gotten accounts banned because the hate from them was so great, that even when my account wasn't violating any rules, there must've been alts or a small band of people that hated me so badly to orchestrate a ban on my account. They've even gotten my throwaway account banned too and it only has one post to it, where I post for mental health reasons.
    I keep coming back, just to show them that I will not be intimidated by their childish antics to stop using a platform. A platform that they feel that they own because what, they farm for karma? That they feel like their tenure staggers mine and other users in my position and that their say is law? No, to me, they're just names on a freaking platform. Nothing more.
    My advice for people who use reddit - avoid opinion-based subreddits at all costs. Nothing good can come from them, a lot of them are harbored by tense and edgy individuals who'll spin everything and anything out of context to make themselves seem righteous in the end.
    Avoid politically-based subreddits too if you can help it. Avoid even venting subreddits too which is hard to do because some days you want to vent. But even that is filtered because everyone practically judges your vent on whether or not it's valid, when it doesn't matter because all you want to do is vent.
    Reddit is just full of self-righteous, self-patting, no-life, arm-chair keyboard warriors with too much damn time on their hands to do what they do.

    • @xrenegade87xchannel88
      @xrenegade87xchannel88 Год назад

      That sounds an awful lot like RUclips commenters

    • @qwertydog9795
      @qwertydog9795 Год назад

      In my experience, it really just depends on the day. I've had spirited discussions with people on there about politics and nothing happened (other than fuming on both sides I imagine). But then I was randomly banned from r/whatisthisthing permanently. I'm also a part of a few ex-religious subreddits and those haven't been toxic at all that I've been aware of.

    • @logger22
      @logger22 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@xrenegade87xchannel88YT commentators are a lot more civilized. At least they automatically ban insults

    • @TheBakuganmaster99
      @TheBakuganmaster99 8 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@xrenegade87xchannel88Atleast you don't get banned from youtube.

    • @TheRecklessMetalhead
      @TheRecklessMetalhead 7 месяцев назад

      @@logger22 That's why I like RUclips better, and that's why I come here all the time. Whenever I need help and information about international travel (trip cost, food & drink, culture, people, etc.), my choice is both RUclips and Tripadvisor, and I am thankful for that. People on Reddit like r/travel and r/solotravel give out crap on their own and make false statements about your future trip because they act like they are pro-expert of everything or they have experienced, that's why I quit Reddit.

  • @frishter
    @frishter 2 года назад +98

    The silencing of different opinions is a big concern of mine, not even just on reddit. The thing is that it seems like popular opinions in the real world are made to look less popular online. The herd mentality also can make things feel more isolating. The irony is that the people who mostly talk about how inclusivity is a good thing, also seem to be the same ones who criticise those that deviate.

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Год назад +3

      I've noticed that as well. The "tolerant" crowd are the most INTOLERANT bunch I've ever encountered!! Yeah "inclusive" only if you echo their nonsense and dumb yourself down to a submissive stance toward these emotionally retarded bullies.

    • @joevaghn457
      @joevaghn457 Год назад +8

      "The irony is that the people who mostly talk about how inclusivity is a good thing, also seem to be the same ones who criticise those that deviate." It's not about being inclusive. It's about power and controlling everyone.

    • @666_cthulhu
      @666_cthulhu Год назад +5

      i admit this all sounds a bit dogwhistle-y to me. i can’t judge your views at all since i don’t know what they are, but i’ve honestly grown a little wary of people who mention things like a ‘silent majority’ or ‘silencing of opposing opinions’ because of all my experience with extremists.
      such language has, unfortunately, been adopted by people who think that blatant discrimination is simply a ‘different opinion,’ so you can imagine how hard it is to trust anyone online :/
      i’ve gotten bombarded with replies to my youtube comments before (unrelated to gender, mind you) saying that i’ll ‘never be a woman’ and that i’ll ‘always be a man no matter what i do’ because they think i’m a trans woman 💀

    • @frishter
      @frishter Год назад

      @@666_cthulhu I think something to take note of is that people who are pushed away are less likely to be compassionate towards those that do the pushing. With the way things are going I'm less interested in forming a middle ground with those who probably aren't willing to even attempt to move there with me. When it came to reddit in particular, they especially didn't like me siding with JK Rowling because I've seen the abuse she and other gender critical people receive. Either abuse is bad for all people or people are free to say what they want. Unfortunately people only seem to care about what is politically convenient.

    • @TheBakuganmaster99
      @TheBakuganmaster99 8 месяцев назад +3

      They want diversity of appearance, not diversity of thought. Bcos they know their agenda is gonna fail if other ppl question it.

  • @nisemono1625
    @nisemono1625 8 месяцев назад +6

    I swear they don’t live in the real world.

  • @mawamatakama5150
    @mawamatakama5150 2 года назад +47

    You forgot to mention the Pedo community and the acknowledge of Mods basically indicating: "We found nothing wrong with this pedo material".

    • @polycube868
      @polycube868 Год назад +1

      Wait there's pedo subs on Reddit!? How disgusting! 🤢🤮

    • @JustaSamoyed
      @JustaSamoyed 4 месяца назад +2

      Reddit is pathetic.

  • @Nullifys
    @Nullifys 2 года назад +26

    Now how does this only have 13k views. This is like a high budget documentary, something you would see on Netflix, this is crazy man, your going places.

    • @VisualVenture
      @VisualVenture  2 года назад +3

      Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. Glad you could be here to join the journey my friend!

  • @ohmyrufiohhh1303
    @ohmyrufiohhh1303 5 месяцев назад +5

    I quit Reddit because I constantly got banned for nothing

    • @slashinatorz1961
      @slashinatorz1961 5 месяцев назад +1

      I lost access to my ReimisAlley subreddit because of Reddit & the psychopath stalking me.
      I had to create other accounts because I was being stalked by the worst user on the site then Reddit banned all my accounts for using multiple accounts.

  • @UseedNapkin
    @UseedNapkin 6 месяцев назад +7

    I think one of the most important reddit problems that you didn't cover is the psychological affect of downvoting. It discourages unpopular opinions, which is necessary for humans to evolve. If we didn't have unpopular opinions we wouldn't have advancements in science, math, culture, geography etc etc

    • @pedolover69
      @pedolover69 6 месяцев назад +3

      Reddit ain't playing no roles in human evolution. Real discussions can only happen face-to-face.

    • @SantaFishes101
      @SantaFishes101 5 месяцев назад

      so true

    • @UseedNapkin
      @UseedNapkin 5 месяцев назад

      @vxo4436 you'd be surprised, every conversion plays a role in someone's life. How they think and react.

  • @rottjavel3073
    @rottjavel3073 Год назад +29

    reddit has destroyed my mental health. Hanging around meme subreddits has gotten me harassed for being lgbtq. Hanging around lgbtq subreddits has gotten me insulted for not believing in communism, being called a fascist enabler because i'd consider myself a libertarian (freedom of speech, bodily autonomy and stuff) with some social values (regulations, helping the poor, universal healthcare with the option of going private etc.). Hell even going onto a subreddit as seemingly innocent as r/cats you will see people calling the owner an abuser for not having spayed their cat yet. I remember a 15 year old kid being berated because he asked reddit for help with his injured cat that his parents refused to take to the vet

    • @Shalale
      @Shalale Год назад +1

      I really enjoy when we see ourselves in the mirror of a social media app like reddit or twitter and our reactions as a society to eachother makes us so sick of our own stupidity ..that we prefer to break it and run away😂 , this is actually helpfull for some self awarness.

    • @Inspirator_AG112
      @Inspirator_AG112 Год назад +1

      Interest subs are often civil, examples below.
      Academic Discussion
      r/AskAcademia
      r/AskPhysics
      r/biology
      r/chemistry
      r/compsci
      r/computerscience
      r/Economics
      r/highschool
      r/InformationTechnology
      r/languagelearning
      r/literature
      r/MachineLearning
      r/math
      r/Physics
      r/programming
      r/robotics
      Academic Help
      r/AskComputerScience
      r/AskHistorians
      r/askscience
      r/chemhelp
      r/explainlikeimfive
      r/GetStudying
      r/HomeworkHelp
      r/learnfrench
      r/learnmachinelearning
      r/learnmath
      r/learnprogramming
      r/learnspanish
      Hobbyist Subs
      *Subs named after specific video games.
      r/blacksmith
      r/crochet
      r/knitting
      r/woodworking
      Other Productive Subs
      *Software subs are decent.
      r/fixit
      r/homeautomation
      r/productivity
      r/TechSupport
      r/ZeroWaste

  • @Goastyy
    @Goastyy Год назад +58

    I really hate how everytime the good people who make decisions on what is morally right always dies or gets left to rot in the dark some way or another all the time everytime.

  • @TheWeirdPantsCharacter
    @TheWeirdPantsCharacter Год назад +8

    getting banned for saying "chicken sandwich" is like getting in jail for drawing a doodle on an abandoned building

  • @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy
    @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy Год назад +6

    The Reddit communities have way too many rules. You go to upload a perfectly legitimate post to a community, and it ends up being removed. Seems like there's a very very narrow margin of acceptable posts in these communities.

    • @EdgeO419
      @EdgeO419 23 дня назад

      and the rules are so vague for the specific purpose of the mods misinterpreting their own vague rules to ban people for "breaking the rules"

  • @coleman4840
    @coleman4840 2 года назад +24

    Reddit is just one of those apps that really pisses me off. Especially when it comes down to politics. Anybody who identifies as a Republican on that app is struck down almost instantly. Sure I may not agree with the Democrats, but I’m always willing to understand their opinions no matter how much I disagree. Reddit is full of crybabies and asocial people. I feel that everybody is entitled to voice their opinions, even if you may not agree with the other person, but at least be respectful.

    • @polycube868
      @polycube868 Год назад +5

      That's my main complaint against Reddit, especially the NASCAR sub.

    • @harrietxo2310
      @harrietxo2310 Год назад

      Good point but due to how vast it is surely there are subreddits for republicans or right leaning individuals

    • @Inspirator_AG112
      @Inspirator_AG112 Год назад +1

      I know of two much better subs for politics:
      • r/moderatepolitics
      •r/NeutralPolitics
      The interest subs are also very civil. The list below is just a sample.
      Academic Discussion
      r/AskAcademia
      r/AskPhysics
      r/biology
      r/chemistry
      r/compsci
      r/computerscience
      r/Economics
      r/highschool
      r/InformationTechnology
      r/languagelearning
      r/literature
      r/MachineLearning
      r/math
      r/Physics
      r/programming
      r/robotics
      Academic Help
      r/AskComputerScience
      r/AskHistorians
      r/askscience
      r/chemhelp
      r/explainlikeimfive
      r/GetStudying
      r/HomeworkHelp
      r/learnfrench
      r/learnmachinelearning
      r/learnmath
      r/learnprogramming
      r/learnspanish
      Hobbyist Subs
      *Subs named after specific video games.
      r/blacksmith
      r/crochet
      r/knitting
      r/woodworking
      Other Productive Subs
      *Software subs are decent.
      r/fixit
      r/homeautomation
      r/productivity
      r/TechSupport
      r/ZeroWaste

  • @NetNarrator
    @NetNarrator 2 года назад +54

    An excellent video! Thanks for raising awareness!

  • @pedolover69
    @pedolover69 6 месяцев назад +4

    I made a small post on a game subreddit, and replied to one of the commentors about quitting the game. Got dogpiled by 100 people, downvoted to oblivion and even got a mental health warning (users reported me for being suicidal despite NEVER once implying that). Wtf.
    I now understand that I have to avoid Reddit like the plague, even avoid it in my search results. Jesus fucking christ.

    • @GameStoryArchive1
      @GameStoryArchive1 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah. The "a user has reached out to us about your mental health..." message is due to you hurting someone's feelings or ego but they have nothing to report you for so they opt for that instead. It's laughably childish and petty behaviour.

  • @Jawst
    @Jawst 7 месяцев назад +16

    I've never used Reddit and I'm glad now I haven't😂 seems like one of the most toxic places online

    • @GameStoryArchive1
      @GameStoryArchive1 7 месяцев назад +11

      It really is. I got sucked into the site and the longer I stayed on it, the worse my mental health got. Reddit is full of social rejects, sociopaths, narcs & autists. You can post the most innocent, mundane thing and you'll get mocked, dogpiled on and made out to be something you're not. There's stories of users receiving death threats (though I never got any thankfully). It's a horrible place.

    • @ThiCC_Yosh
      @ThiCC_Yosh 4 месяца назад +2

      It is, more than half of my posts get toxic people. Just now I was asking for help and disregarded everyone’s advice because i have severe mental illness and a dude accused me of making excuses when he doesn’t know what its like having a mental illness that doesn’t respond to normal advice. u can ask for stuff like best headphones or tips to bake clay but in general, just avoid this site like the plague.

  • @mistab2300
    @mistab2300 2 года назад +53

    sweet vid my dude, I've been really frustrated with how reddit's been run these days. Ever since the banning of 2balkan4you because of some comments, I've really lost hope. It was the best subreddit for jokes with balkan people and was really great to see how other people think in and around my country. The community was real and nobody was really serious.

    • @mistersir7882
      @mistersir7882 2 года назад

      yeah banning of 2balkan4you by reddit was disappointing, esp for me because i had never been on reddit when it existed. now i see all the memes about banning of that sub and getting to know the drama in the balkans and it makes me kinda restless sometimes

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 Год назад

      Dat's insane

    • @Bizinxis.
      @Bizinxis. Год назад

      2balkan4u was great, RIP2AREAL1

    • @deadmama7528
      @deadmama7528 Год назад

      Also 2MiddleEast4u

  • @Captn-Z-Fear
    @Captn-Z-Fear 2 года назад +56

    I've been watching this channel grow, and its amazing! The video editing style, commentary, and chosen topics all hit the spot perfectly! Great job Visual Venture!
    As for Reddit, I my self quit the platform, not because of toxicity, but because I believed that Reddit itself was spying on my private information.
    Any time I would start watching a new Netflix series, or download a new steam game on my pc, almost instantly, despite not opening the app for weeks, I will see that Reddit has sent me a "new" notification, suggesting subreddits I should "check out". Conveniently these notifications fit the exact activities I have recently been doing on the internet. The notifications go as far as to suggest subreddits based on Discord or phone conversation.
    It honestly made me angry, I've long sinced abandonded the platform.

    • @VisualVenture
      @VisualVenture  2 года назад +8

      Thanks for sticking around 🙏🏽. Always appreciate you. And glad you recognized its toxicity

    • @djprincegrandmasteryrjdalo2905
      @djprincegrandmasteryrjdalo2905 Год назад

      To be honest with you bro I don’t even think that was even reddit, I just think that’s just social media and your phone in general. It’s no secret that apparently that governments and chickadees are listening in onto your phone and using AI to advertise your products that you like…

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 Год назад +1

      I get the same thing with RUclips. Videos pop up in my home feed based on something I said or did. Visited an old cemetary with my husband recently and we were reading some of the names on the graves, the last one being "Wooten" which my husband said he had never heard before. Very next day I start getting videos in my home feed for a news reporter named Jeremy WOOTEN. Another time I had a DREAM about a song from 70s that I had not heard in many years. Next day, the exact band and song video were in my home feed.

    • @MailMainbutnot
      @MailMainbutnot Год назад

      @@reesedaniel5835 well, the dream is 100% just a coincidence, because mind reading doesn't exist yet, at least not in a meaningful way

  • @GodlessFiend
    @GodlessFiend 9 месяцев назад +5

    As a former redditor myself from March 2021 to March 2022( so one yr ) i’m ashamed to even have been on there for that long, and boys that I learn a lot on Reddit since. I’m glad I have deleted the app as of now. It’s like the most toxic Fanbase since Facebook and Twitter(even though I’ve never been on Twitter but have browsed on the website before Elon changed it to where you have to sign in to browse ugh). But now that reddit has been deleted permanently from my phone I can focus on the real world instead of the social media world. I mean with the exception of being on RUclips here, but this is different. Would I ever recommend reddit for anyone to try out? No, hell no in fact, in fact screw all social media sites and apps(except RUclips because I know it’s not a social media platform I think)
    Edit: i’m sure if Reddit was a safe haven I would be there longer but it’s just an ugly mess with creeps pedos and weirdos alike(no offense to anyone who still uses Reddit)

    • @basedmuslim12345
      @basedmuslim12345 6 месяцев назад +1

      i used reddit since 2020 August 12th. Till 2023 October, my account is perma banned now and same for my ip. I got banned for minor reasons or medium reasons where 1 week ban itself is enough but perma ban? the perma ban itself is a very powerful thing, why are they literal perma banning people for minor reasons now, what a clown app.

  • @myplaylist7007
    @myplaylist7007 5 месяцев назад +7

    Save your sanity, don't use reddit.

  • @thedreamingwriter7947
    @thedreamingwriter7947 Год назад +26

    I go on reddit sometimes. Usually I only go on r/fantasywriters and other little communities like that, usually relating to literature or fantasy. It's actually one of the rare non-toxic corners of reddit
    Edit: corrected spelling.

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 Год назад +5

      Guess depend what subreddit u attend

    • @Inspirator_AG112
      @Inspirator_AG112 Год назад +4

      There are _many_ civil corners of Reddit: the interest subs.
      Academic Discussion
      r/AskAcademia
      r/AskPhysics
      r/biology
      r/chemistry
      r/compsci
      r/computerscience
      r/Economics
      r/highschool
      r/InformationTechnology
      r/languagelearning
      r/literature
      r/MachineLearning
      r/math
      r/Physics
      r/programming
      r/robotics
      Academic Help
      r/AskComputerScience
      r/AskHistorians
      r/askscience
      r/chemhelp
      r/explainlikeimfive
      r/GetStudying
      r/HomeworkHelp
      r/learnfrench
      r/learnmachinelearning
      r/learnmath
      r/learnprogramming
      r/learnspanish
      Hobbyist Subs
      *Subs named after specific video games.
      r/blacksmith
      r/crochet
      r/knitting
      r/woodworking
      Other Productive Subs
      *Software subs are decent.
      r/fixit
      r/homeautomation
      r/productivity
      r/TechSupport
      r/ZeroWaste

    • @ferret9263
      @ferret9263 Год назад

      @@Inspirator_AG112 r/urbanexploration is a pretty chill one for the most part, and r/shittyminecraftsuggestions is really funny at times, and of course there r/memes and r/usernamechecksout and r/wooosh. r/minecraftcommands has helped me multiple times, and r/cats is always positive and wholesome

    • @pedolover69
      @pedolover69 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@Inspirator_AG112No, I disagree. I got hella bullied in many of these subreddits for 'asking stupid questions'. Literally attacked for wanting to learn.

    • @Kos1256
      @Kos1256 5 месяцев назад

      The civil corners of reddit are with people who aren't toxic and have a sense of morality and are genuinely smart went on r/fountainpens before the people were pretty cool ngl

  • @Kwarduk
    @Kwarduk 2 года назад +41

    My run in with a reddit moderator was on a game reddit where someone posted a player teamkilling people who said they had a vaccination, I said that guy was trash, but still respected peoples right to choose if they want a jab or not (body autonomy and all that), after a short debate, a mod came in, called me an anti-vaxxer, and threw in a family tragedy for good measure and banned me.
    Guess I was the victim of an overzealous mod, and I get to wear that badge with honour

    • @scrittle
      @scrittle 2 года назад +10

      There's no nuance to Reddit. You're either hard right or hard wrong, freedom of speech my ass

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 Год назад +1

      @@scrittle 😂😂 it's not allow . It's a private company

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 Год назад +1

      @@scrittle I will allow in my forum. How one can have a dialogue and they keep banning for small - simple shit .

    • @mdjey2
      @mdjey2 Год назад +2

      "family tragedy" that very likely might had never happened.

    • @polycube868
      @polycube868 Год назад +1

      The NASCAR sub instead of talking about the actual racing once got into an argument on if drivers were vaccinated or not and criticized them and called them idiots for disagreeing with some faceless loser on the internet's opinion.

  • @kinzaanwar
    @kinzaanwar 10 месяцев назад +10

    I don’t usually comment, but I just had to say that you create videos like a creator with millions of subscribers would. The style and content of your videos is just so polished and professional. I don’t understand how you’re so underrated! If you keep this up, you’re going to be big in no time. Stay grinding 🫶🏼🥰

    • @VisualVenture
      @VisualVenture  10 месяцев назад +3

      Yoo thank you for taking the time to say that. Absolutely made my day

    • @kinzaanwar
      @kinzaanwar 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@VisualVenture I’m so glad!! I just had to give credit where it was due!! ☺️

  • @only_valid_opinion1506
    @only_valid_opinion1506 8 месяцев назад +3

    I literally got banned off a subreddit for posting a “Low Quality” meme, post warning? Definitely, Post deletion? Bruh, A BAN? You gotta be kidding me 😭

    • @basedmuslim12345
      @basedmuslim12345 6 месяцев назад

      same for me but with a comment i made that unintentionally sounded racist but then I got perma banned from that sub. What happened to warning or mute for a week consequences? Can't they just straight up remove the comment? Why even a ban?

    • @only_valid_opinion1506
      @only_valid_opinion1506 6 месяцев назад

      @@basedmuslim12345 Reddit mods be tripping over there power bro💀

  • @bluescat581
    @bluescat581 Год назад +36

    I use reddit only for answers to questions, one time I asked about finding let's play channels with no swearing and I basically got cussed out. This is an example of the type of people on reddit I can't stand.

    • @player70477
      @player70477 9 месяцев назад +1

      fr bro i asked why playstation fans hates on xbox and all i got was hate and i decided to never use reddit again

    • @Kos1256
      @Kos1256 5 месяцев назад

      I have never encountered a reddit user like this probably because I only use it to answer questions and show something I made also I just go on their to look at cool stuff

  • @Nerdbookworm
    @Nerdbookworm Год назад +39

    Recently left it due to how idiotic their mods are. I reached out to a domestic violence victim because she was upset and suicidal and because I said “kill” in my message ( I said “please don’t kill your self”) I got IP perma banned for “threatening violence”

    • @fightfannerd2078
      @fightfannerd2078 Год назад +5

      Wow lol reddit is terrible now

    • @pedolover69
      @pedolover69 6 месяцев назад +2

      The sheer irony. I got reported for 'suicide' because I said I might quit playing a game. *facepalm*

  • @Hadeshy
    @Hadeshy Год назад +3

    One of the comment I see the most on reddit "dunno why you're getting downvoted for that"
    And it says a lot. I've seen so many people getting downvoted to the ground, not even for voicing an unpopular opinion, but just asking questions or things like that.

  • @Ali-xs2ij
    @Ali-xs2ij 10 месяцев назад +6

    Reddit is the worse version of Twitter.

    • @thomaspaine7098
      @thomaspaine7098 9 месяцев назад +1

      Naw, even Reddit hates pedos

    • @ayoo3775
      @ayoo3775 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@thomaspaine7098Go to r/teenagers and that’ll change your opinion. Most people on that sub are grown men.