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Re: Whats the point of this website?
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UserU
on 05/05/2021, 12:39:08 UTC
My main issue with Reddit is it is an echo chamber. The upvote/downvote system is supposed to be used on the basis of what constitutes a valuable post, but instead is used on the basis of "I agree/like this" or "I disagree/don't like this/don't understand this". Post a chart with colorful lines talking about going to the moon and you'll be boosted to the front page in no time. Post an in depth evaluation or criticism about some piece of the technology and you'll either be ignored or downvoted. Go to the front page of some crypto subreddit right now and I guarantee the top posts will be some memes about how we are all going to be rich and/or laughing at boomers or "non believers", but you'll have to dig deep to find some meaningful discussion about Lightning or Taproot.

It's a shitpost haven no doubt for most of the subreddits.

For instance with the Cryptocurrency subreddit, the amount of memes have caused the subreddit to split into its own meme community due to the rampant abuse of MOONs.