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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 an addictive website for sharing and discussing media. It consists of user curated subforums. | '''Reddit''' is an addictive website for sharing and discussing media. It consists of user curated subforums. Users can vote on 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 and often through the actions of politically motivated moderators. Redditors are conditioned to crave the upvotes, and can easiest achieve this by 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. | 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 and often through the actions of politically motivated moderators. Redditors are conditioned to crave the upvotes, and can easiest achieve this by 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. | ||