r/Negareddit

All two creepy adults need to do to get someone to help them harass a 14 yo girl is to say "She's some random person we're obsessed with. They both drink orange juice so they're the same person" and every redditor and mod falls for it hook line and sinker.

Then Reddit admins do nothing about the report abuse, brigading, ban evasion, child abuse, and stalking.

And the two creepy adults are all "Mwa ha ha lets use some illegal means to look at her privated profile while we openly and publicly discuss our wicked intentions and methods!" and then the subreddit mods see that and say "I find you incredibly trustworthy good citizens and your victim is the one I must truly avoid any belief in."

Is it because they're bullies too so they always side with the bullies against the victims?

I've only been on reddit for probably the past 5 years, and the best responses on reddit posts are all mostly posts from 14-16 years ago.

When I'm searching for information or a discussion and I get pleasantly surprised by the responses, I always end up noticing it's an extremely old post. The top comment doesn't seem to be some weird attempt at a sparky joke that doesn't really contribute like it is now, but rather the top comments look well deserved to be there by being a long, well written response in detail.

I notice now Redditors sometimes even comment "I'm not reading all of that" under anything that's not super short, even if it still could literally be a pretty quick read. I'm not sure why they think not wanting to read is a flex to the point where they come to announce and shame a post or comment that someone put effort into about the discussion or relevant to the subreddit that they are in.

But back to what I'm saying mostly, it also didn't seem to be an echo chamber or things being mass downvoted that didn't make sense to downvote that extremely. Everyone in older comments from years ago seemed to all be pretty evenly mixed, and their emotions seemed a lot more in check and mature. They seemed to be able to handle other opinions, and they just talked to each other a little more like real people in the real world than they do now, if that makes sense?

Something seemed more comfy or casual, I guess, if that sounds right? They didn't seem as far removed from reality as now, and I didn't see many people who seemed to be battling to just be right no matter how dumb it made them start to look.

I really don't think many Redditors even care about the topic they're discussing and only want to feel as if they won a debate and they also try to turn everything into a debate even if it wasn't one. Also, on older posts it seems the commenters were better at comprehending. A lot of times you can tell that Redditors skimmed through a post by commenting a point no one made or something like that.

Also, I noticed there weren't really any stereotypical Redditors putting 500 sentences or words that the OP said in quotation marks and trying to make them feel like what they said was stupid. I think Reddit could've really been a great tool, but people use it in such an unproductive way.

I'm interested in why Reddit is so strange as a whole and wondering if it changed in anyone's opinion who was on Reddit years ago. I don't have experience of actually being on Reddit that long ago, but I was wondering if anyone was to tell me if they agree or disagree and why. Also, if you think it did turn into a mess and was once decent, then what do you think could've happened?

whenever I get them, I feel like im in middle school again. like no one likes the “real“ me, and I get self hate thoughts. worst part is that I remember all the hate comments and replay them in my head, and internalize them. I feel like no one would like me and yet I keep coming back to Reddit for some reason, even though it affects me so much. this is going to sound dumb, but I often vent on here, because I can’t really do so irl, and I’m anonymous here, but it often backfires anyway.

Like sorry that they a complete stranger only get to engage with what I’m saying in the current discussion thread we’re in (that is to be honest the only relevant information they need) and they don’t get to stalk through my whole history to find dirt

I posted a “controversial” opinion about how something being legal doesn’t guarantee that it’s morally correct. I put an example of a 19-year-old boy dating a 36-year-old woman. I explained that the only thing that’s making that relationship OK is the LAW, and just because a group of white politicians said you can doesn’t mean that you should*.* besides, the law that 18 should be an adult was created off convenience rather than literal science. forget “both of them are consenting adults so it’s fine” that boy is a teenager

wouldn’t you know it, I have people completely missing the point by saying “they’re both adults so it’s fine” or “an 19 year old is a MAN who’s capable of making his own decisions.” according to who? the law. exactly. what I’m saying is that the law is not a good indicator of what is morally right. let’s say we lowered the legal age of adulthood to 13. Does that make a 30 year-old dating a 13 year-ok? of course not!!

tho i can say this; I can understand why people have that as a response. Simply because that's the easiest response. It's easier to pass it off as "well they're a legal adult." because the law says it for us. There's a whole lot of neuroscience, psychology, and history that goes into this.

people on Reddit need to take account of the fact that things arent black-and-white and there are in fact nuances to things!

I swear a lot of people on Reddit who will either disagree just to argue, or genuinely stupid.

You could say something that is literally proven by stats, numbers, peer reviewed articles, and experts that have 10+ years of experience down the line. but, what’s gonna happen get -30 down votes, and the people who are disagree, i.e. people who are ignorant or just morons, with you will get more votes than you do.

Tell me why when I said that 18 is too young to be considered an adult because the brain isn’t fully developed by then (which is something that’s been proven by many scientists) and what could you imagine, people disagreed with me. I had said in another subreddit that western beauty standards are for against black women, because the standard is stick thin, and a lot of black women… aren’t stick thin. and I would know because I’m a black female.

Wouldn’t you imagine, suddenly every other black woman is as thin as a pencil. I swear people on here are either the biggest contrarians ever or the biggest morons. It’s like trying to argue with a flat earther.

happens so often, they just crave to make OP the villain any chance they get. That’s why its like walking on eggshells here. Literally I posted once that “oftentimes when I meet shitty people, I get upset, how do I not care anymore“. I really meant “when I meet shitty people, I often get upset” but I got a comment saying “if you meet shitty people often, you are the shitty person”. Not only did this response not answer my question, it just misunderstood me to insult me, just assuming the worst about a person that they don’t know the first thing about! WTf. I hate Reddit. I already feel so isolated, like I can’t relate to anyone. I have a ton of anxiety as well. I came to reddit because I’m desperate for socialization. Reddit has make made feel even more isolated and anxious and increased my feeling of not relating to others, fml.

Every single time I ask a question on there out of curiosity, especially ones with a more personal context, there are always a bunch of people in the comments being morally superior and saying things like "why do you care?" A lot of them don't even engage with the actual topic.

That basically defeats the purpose of that sub. It's literally called NoStupidQuestions. If someone is asking in good faith, why is the default response to psychoanalyze them or imply that they're shallow for being curious?

It just doesn't feel like a safe space to ask things anymore, which is ironic.

Anyways. Just unsubbed.

If anyone knew any subs where I could actually ask questions and not be piled-on or talked down to, I'd really appreciate recommendations.

title says it all. I hope reddit will ban it.

its fucking weird