This isn't a survey of 100k people. It's a survey that occurred when the subreddit had 100k subscribers.
This survey occurred in 2017.
The write-in responses people are quoting should be considered in context of how the sub used to be (very socdem) vs how it is today (waaaay better).
The subreddit is literally nothing like this anymore, and you can at the very least assume that every survey participant has aged by 4 years since it occurred.
I moderate the subreddit, wasn't around when this survey occurred. It's not perfect but it's bloody decent compared to what it used to be. And it's definitely way better than the radlib and breadtube-ey type spaces on reddit.
Pretty much, I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt though. I am hopeful that they wouldn't do this in bad faith because it is rather easy to discredit.
Thank you for the fact-checks. I apologize for locking the thread earlier, this is a great lesson for all of us libs, regardless of the OP's intentions. We all learn and grow over the years and that's what truly builds solidarity :heart-sickle:
It's fine! I wasn't really bothered by the locking , just that it needed a response and the various sus things in it clearing up. Criticism from further left is what pulls communities and their members leftwards so I'm never against that. It's a useful function, it just seems odd to criticise the subreddit for something it was years ago rather than something it is today. There are definitely still bread-tubey libs there but even the China threads have a very solid two sides to them and we do an enormous amount to keep things mixed rather than allowing radlibs to run amok. It's certainly not an ML community, but it's a very socialist one.
The demographics will definitely be dominated by comfortable white westerners though because the demographics of reddit are dominated by that.
Ok just to clear some things up.
This isn't a survey of 100k people. It's a survey that occurred when the subreddit had 100k subscribers.
This survey occurred in 2017.
The write-in responses people are quoting should be considered in context of how the sub used to be (very socdem) vs how it is today (waaaay better).
The subreddit is literally nothing like this anymore, and you can at the very least assume that every survey participant has aged by 4 years since it occurred.
I moderate the subreddit, wasn't around when this survey occurred. It's not perfect but it's bloody decent compared to what it used to be. And it's definitely way better than the radlib and breadtube-ey type spaces on reddit.
So basically this is either :bait: or OP just didn't understand what they were actually posting. Love how try-hard this post turned out to be.
Pretty much, I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt though. I am hopeful that they wouldn't do this in bad faith because it is rather easy to discredit.
Thank you for the fact-checks. I apologize for locking the thread earlier, this is a great lesson for all of us libs, regardless of the OP's intentions. We all learn and grow over the years and that's what truly builds solidarity :heart-sickle:
It's fine! I wasn't really bothered by the locking , just that it needed a response and the various sus things in it clearing up. Criticism from further left is what pulls communities and their members leftwards so I'm never against that. It's a useful function, it just seems odd to criticise the subreddit for something it was years ago rather than something it is today. There are definitely still bread-tubey libs there but even the China threads have a very solid two sides to them and we do an enormous amount to keep things mixed rather than allowing radlibs to run amok. It's certainly not an ML community, but it's a very socialist one.
The demographics will definitely be dominated by comfortable white westerners though because the demographics of reddit are dominated by that.