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Seems like lately, there's a large amount of users trying to argue, or scrutinize every detail. I thought I hung out in fairly neutral Subreddits... Btw, this is a newer account, I have been around awhile

I created a posting on r/Baking and said I was going to bake something based on the posting at a later date. Finding the old posting is hard given the enormous amount of traffic. If I find and update the posting will it pop up at the top again or be left somewhere in deep time?

As we know, when someone posts a post or a comment it will get automatically upvoted by the OP themselves.

But I have encountered some comments without any votes (not even a zero score!).

My only hypothesis is that they undo their automatic vote (of course, who on Earth do this?).

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What is up with Kroger ads on Reddit these days?

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I used to be able to type in soccer.reddit.com or MagicTCG.reddit.com in my browser and it would take me to the subreddit. In the past week, doing that will take me to my homepage and if I want to go directly to the subreddit, I have to type reddit.com/r/soccer, etc.

Did something change recently or is this just on my end somehow?

Can someone please tell me, when the platform to promote a sense of community decided it was better to have a safe space than an actual dialogue? I understand that this is a worldwide platform, but surely intelligent people east and west have to believe the free exchange of ideas outweighs your right to be offended? If that is the case then this structure doesn’t serve the community, it serves the individual. This platform has allowed for the creation of a million tyrants, each with their own kingdom of personal dogma. I encourage people to find other outlets, with restrictions that make sense regarding children and exposure to subject matter inappropriate. Then for any community 18+ that you join grow the hell up, and recognize things you should have known. There are all kinds of people in this world, who have a voice, and no one except children are entitled to a “safe space”. So if on a thread you say something, and people give you negative feedback? Listen to the feedback, maybe it will be to your benefit, or disregard it, but blocking people over stupid remarks and denying people their voice is cowardly. Dialogue is better than living in a vacuum. If you are mature enough to have a job, pay your own bills, raise your own children, vote, fight in a war? Then you are certainly capable of hearing someone be offensive, make an ass out of themselves, ask stupid questions, and yes even troll. This platform allows for none of those things. I’m almost tempted to post this on the conspiracy thread. The potential of this platform has been completely negated by would be tyrants.

I noticed a bunch of accounts only 1-2 months old posting solely pro-Israeli content. I engaged with one of them calling it out, was immediately bombarded with downvotes, multiple people coming at me, and then BANNED from worldnews.

They aren't even trying to hide it anymore, but that sub is completely compromised.

My default homepage setting is "Best". Shouldn't that only show posts that have more upvotes than downvotes? Why is reddit now showing me all these garbage posts that have been instantly downvoted to oblivion? Is there some way I can fix this?

Suddenly we have to make new avatars and they all look UGLY AF? What is this? New rollout? Glitch? Either way, my avatar now looks like a kicked meatloaf.

Is this a Reddit thing or a my-computer thing?

Looking at Reddit it seems like most posts I see in the recents are AITAH posts, but I know there’s other types of posts such as r/science posts for instance. I like seeing AITAH posts but I also like seeing more of a variety of posts. So are most recent posts on Reddit AITAH or do I just have my settings set so that I mostly see AITAH posts?

So, I was trying to post on another forum - to get advice about a friend who is going through a very difficult time with his kid - and I find out that I'm shadow banned.

I'm not a spammer and I didn't post anything malicious.

I'm just griping. I liked that forum. Ugh.

Edit: I think I figured out why.

[Same question, 17 days later](https://imgur.com/a/haKzyeO)

We all know by now that people don't read the sidebar. More than 80% of this sub's posts are about Meta the company, despite clear text in the sidebar saying this isn't the appropriate place for such posts. I'd like to suggest the mods go one step further. Have Automoderater leave a comment on every single post telling people the purpose of this subreddit and where they can go if they need help with Meta, Inc. At the very least, it would help lost redditors find the help they're looking for. Then the rest of us can resume sitting around and bragging, "I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym".

What do you think?

Did people create new accounts or did they stop using Reddit altogether?

I've not delved into whether this is due to a posting or moderator influence, but over the past couple of years, r/Science is showing an increasing percentage of left-leaning and feminist topics within a global move toward sociological posting with a bias.

However benevolent the intention, the trend seems to be away from "hard" science (physics, chemistry, biology...). Often the articles supporting the "good cause" (so to speak) report studies that ignore scientific good practices such as

• Objectivity, impartiality and independence. ...
• Honesty in communication.
• not stating intended conclusions before establishing the methodology.
• providing references (not relying on socially accepted "facts" or conventional wisdom)
• not pandering to expectations of funding sources.

Today for example, among 27 link posts, the r/Science front page shows the following:

1. male sexism
2. women victimized in grant applications
3. Trump populism
4. Republicans contesting election results
5. narcissistic CEO's
6. Police misbehavior against Black residents
7. free bicycle distribution in India helps rural girls
8. Better social norms improve gender equality (nurture > nature)

So that's 8/27 of politically oriented articles, all to the Left.

Isn't science supposed to be neutral and isn't this all the more important in a US-centric gateway in an election year?

Edit: I said "a couple of years", but just came across this thread from three years ago which says exactly the same I just did, even with similar wording. This to add that I do personally support many (but not all) of the POV expressed in these articles, but think they should be excluded from scientific debate, at least to the extent they all lean in the same direction. Not only that, but they could fuel a narrative about "Marҳist infiltration". Its probably best to keep that kind of debate away from science.

Edit2: If you disagree, you might say why and then argue the point.

r/philosophy has a big problem, they are extremely heavily moderated, to the point that almost no one can make a post. If you check by new in r/philosophy you will see maybe 15 posts in the last 1-2 weeks, and many of them from the same people.

It is entirely possible that the owners of r/philosophy are farming reddit views in an effort to generate sole traffic and earn money from the monetisation program.

It’s a rigged and corrupt subreddit that doesn’t allow philosophical discussion unless you adhere to their impossible rules, and even then your chances are slim. I intend to uphold the values of a community that encourages and ensures meaningful discussion, but everyone will have a fair go.

I am from Australia, I do not have access to the monetisation program, I will not use this subreddit as a means to make money, and I am passionate about philosophy. Share this, and post away !

r/philosophyopen - join up!