Someone here said it feels like the sudden spike in China bad shit is an op, I honestly can’t imagine it’s not. That place used to be a fun surf, but holy shit it’s rough atm.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    3 years ago

    Reddit is fully manipulated by neoliberal think-thanks

    Meh. Its definitely a website that has become shamelessly co-opted by advertisers and marketing agencies. But the exact flavor of politics pulling the strings on the back end isn't as clear cut as that. If the sub was just shamelessly plugging neoliberalism night and day, you wouldn't have /r/conspiracy doing InfoWars shit and the Bitcoin subs infecting every economic discourse.

    Reddit feels far more like generic Disneyfied Consumerism crossed with Techbro Libertarianism. I don't think its a coincidence that subs like /r/conservative and /r/Libertarian and /r/MensRights and /r/4chan are more popular than the /r/neoliberal sub.