Other than the better discussion and nicer people that other commenters already mentioned, I’ve also seen a lot less of the same boring memey replies that permeate every post on Reddit now.
Yeah, I’m sadly guilty of bringing some of that meme-reply bullshit here, and I’ve decided I’m going to stop. I wish there was like a patch or a pill I could take, like they have for smoking. Maybe just downvotes to meme-replies would suffice for me.
Those replies have their place when used infrequently, the repetition is when it gets annoying. Also, with subreddits hitting millions of users, it just becomes a feedback loop when those replies keep getting thousands of upvotes, and other people start parroting it.
Don’t beat yourself up though, a lot of times you just grow out of it.
Other than the better discussion and nicer people that other commenters already mentioned, I’ve also seen a lot less of the same boring memey replies that permeate every post on Reddit now.
Yeah, I’m sadly guilty of bringing some of that meme-reply bullshit here, and I’ve decided I’m going to stop. I wish there was like a patch or a pill I could take, like they have for smoking. Maybe just downvotes to meme-replies would suffice for me.
Those replies have their place when used infrequently, the repetition is when it gets annoying. Also, with subreddits hitting millions of users, it just becomes a feedback loop when those replies keep getting thousands of upvotes, and other people start parroting it.
Don’t beat yourself up though, a lot of times you just grow out of it.