The more internet-savvy elements of Trump's base and potentially some Russian bots used the controlled forum format to game the site's popularity algorithms and amplify the bigoted subtext of Trump's platform. By now, Reddit had undeniably become a breeding ground for extremism.
After the election, the company found itself mired in a game of subreddit ban whack-a-mole that treated symptoms but never touched the disease. Despite pushback from admins and the non-hateful majority of the user base, the latent issue persists to this day. As there's nothing worse than heading into your favorite little hyper-specific subreddit only to discover it's been taken over by posters maligning Muslims or commenters degrading women, I've put together a primer on which subreddits are even greater cesspools of white male fragility than the rest of the site, so that you can stay vigilant when venturing in or avoid them altogether.
What it pretends it is: The premiere forum to discuss all things Donald Trump. What it actually is: The premiere "safe space" on the web that bans any and all users who dare offer anything but total fealty to "God Emperor Trump," as he's known in these parts, let alone dissenting opinions. What it really is: Buncha hosers who're none-to-pleased that they live in a progressive country that doesn't religiously discriminate as much as its southern neighbor. Eschewing the politeness stereotypical of Canadians, this sub's users instead spend their time cheering the deaths of those who had the gall to be feminist or simply not Islamophobic.
So full of Canadian pride is this lot that they wish for its downfall and muse about assassinating Justin Trudeau as remedies for the country's gradual diversification. What is pretends it is: A place for people from the continent of Europe to discuss all things European. What it pretends it is: The unpleasant truths the mainstream media doesn't want you to see. What it really is: Yet another place to bash not just Muslims , but all sorts of brown people. And in no uncertain terms, either: see this text post titled, " Here at uncensored news we love racism, bigotry, misogyny, hatred, xenophobia, transphobia, homo phobia etc.
What it really is: Painfully unoriginal memes that lean on hackneyed stereotypes about black people , Muslims , women , and the LGBTQ community , usually with less comedic structure than a Laffy Taffy wrapper, and sometimes with no joke pretense at all. What it pretends it is: Not your daddy's "cringe" subreddit. Coontown was a subreddit devoted to spreading racist anti-black hate speech. It was essentially a witch hunt, with thousands of people bullying the social media pages of individuals, Reddit accused of being involved in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Sunil Tripathi, a year-old college graduate, was among the accused. Users sent his family insulting messages such as branding him a jihadist, a bad American, sick in the brain, and a variety of other derogatory terms. Sunil Tripathi, the initial Boston Bomber perpetrator, was discovered dead in the Seekonk River a few days after the Bombers were detained.
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Naturally, many of the users who previously spewed racial slurs at CT just moved over to Gab or Voat, where their behavior is proudly fostered. And similar strategies may work for other platforms. The question of how to to combat racism and hatred at large is one that is really too much for a major platform like Reddit or even Google or Facebook.
The best they can hope to do is strike at it when and where it appears.
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