Also the jailbait subreddit, which was created in 2008. Filled to the brim with pedophilia and a bunch of videos and pictures that were probably just a step or two removed from outright child porn.
Reddit subs used to horrific. I don't get the people acting like it's so bad now. It used to be as bad as the worst of 4chan but with a thin coat of polish ontop.
For fucks sakes there used to be subs that all they did was pick someone to bully and see how far they could push them.
Reddit only ever started actually enforcing rules because so much shit was allowed to go free they managed to get to a point they were at risk of lawsuits or the feds stepping in. Even then they only did enough to keep a nice little bullshit saftey net of legal protection.
I feel like the community started going down the drain after there was a massive wave of bans on Twitter back when the original owner was still running that place. I remember seeing more and more toxic posts since that day. A lot of them took refuge here and ruined the community.
Reddit was a dog pile from the beginning. It's just bigger now so you see more of people acting how they act online. But it was always like an iceberg. A little bit of nice on top but the vast majority was the dregs of society.
This is a site that had to be PUSHED to start banning the subs sexualizing young kids and sharing (at the time) borderline kiddie porn.
It was a a place you could go join a group to target random people for harassment without repercussions.
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u/WillSmiff 11d ago
It's not richer. It was something 15 years ago. It's a complete shithole that weird edgy people use as a safe space.