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[[File:Reddit.png|thumb|The karma system does weird things to your brain]] | [[File:Reddit.png|thumb|The karma system does weird things to your brain]] | ||
'''Reddit''' is | '''Reddit''' is an addictive website for sharing and discussing media. It consists of user curated subforums. People can ''upvote'' or ''downvote'' links and comments to decide what is shown near the top for about one day. Users receive worthless points (''karma'') according to the votes they receive. | ||
A downside of the karma system, as noted by many, is that it tends to result in group think by effectively censoring views divergent from the mainstream via downvoting. Redditors are conditioned to crave the upvotes, and can easiest achieve this by posting cats | A downside of the karma system, as noted by many, is that it tends to result in group think by effectively censoring views divergent from the mainstream via downvoting. Redditors are conditioned to crave the upvotes, and can easiest achieve this by posting cats, parroting the latest mindless memes or by virtue signaling. The quality of larger subreddits is mixed to very bad. Some subreddits can be entertaining and useful though. | ||
== Incel-themed subreddits and bannings== | == Incel-themed subreddits and bannings== | ||
Reddit hosted some of the largest incel forums, most of which have been memoryholed for "bullying" and "harassing" of women. Equating ''"misogyny"'' with genital mutilation, stoning and wife-beating is of course ludicrous. | Reddit hosted some of the largest incel forums, most of which have been memoryholed for "bullying" and "harassing" of women. Equating ''"misogyny"'' with genital mutilation, stoning and wife-beating is of course ludicrous. | ||
Below is a list of prominent incel Reddit forums. | |||
In the archives on Archive.org, one can sometimes access <nowiki>/top/?sort=top&t=month</nowiki> or <nowiki>/top/?sort=top&t=all</nowiki> to see some of the top posts. | In the archives on Archive.org, one can sometimes access <nowiki>/top/?sort=top&t=month</nowiki> or <nowiki>/top/?sort=top&t=all</nowiki> to see some of the top posts. | ||