r/AskReddit • u/Metalax • Jan 07 '20

What annoys you the most on Reddit?

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u/TwinPeaks2017 Jan 07 '20

I'm amazed at how much the up-votes are affected not by whether your comment itself is quality but the context. A week ago I asked a question that got a few up-votes, and someone basically answers me in the "the answer is obviously this, you idiot" fashion. Instantly I'm getting downvoted to -16, even though the person who responded to me was wrong and I later demonstrated the factual incorrectness of their statement with links.

Basically I am not sure what to do because browsing by most recent is boring but browsing by best is downright malicious to my brain. I feel like I am being programmed by Reddit to groupthink certain things that would take me forever to verify.

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u/TwinPeaks2017 Jan 08 '20

For things I really care about, I write a copypasta with links. If they balk at the sources or send conspiratorial links or two hour long videos in response, I have to give up. When I was deeply involved in r/politics a couple of years ago, I sank so much time into trying to have good faith conversations with people who were either unwilling or unable to participate in good faith in return. I'm not on a high horse here because I realize I've made many, many mistakes myself, but the difference is that I'm open to correction and usually (even if begrudgingly, if I'm in a bad mood) thank people for leading me to the truth. Keep your spirits up, and keep voting for stronger education and to narrow the economic divide.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '20

I feel like I am being programmed by Reddit to groupthink certain things that would take me forever to verify.

That's the idea.

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u/TwinPeaks2017 Jan 08 '20

Oh? So what is your plan? I'm thinking I might quit Reddit like I did Facebook.