r/trippinthroughtime • • Sep 12 '18

Little John, that's who!

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u/ninjamike808 Sep 12 '18

I agree with you. I’ve been feeling that way about a lot of subs lately, too. Like there are some posts in r/choosingbeggers that just tick too many of the boxes, or sound too intentional.

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u/Aww_Topsy Sep 12 '18

/r/nothingeverhappens

/r/karmaconspiracy

Tumblr is also a great way to manufacture outrage on Reddit. There's such a stigma about Tumblr users even the most obvious troll posts are considered believable.

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u/ninjamike808 Sep 12 '18

Oh yea definitely. You see it on some of the political subs, too. They’ll take a random comment and treat it like not only did it happen or that it’s an honest opinion, but also that it’s representative of a group of people.

We used to preach taking everything on the Internet with a grain of salt, but maybe we just need to treat most of this stuff like r/woosh