Yes, yes, sensational title. Today's thesis is completely crazy and unlikely to actually be correct. But hey, I thought it might be interesting. Of course, this post's written mainly from an American perspective.
Reddit has a multifaceted reputation. As
one of the most popular websites on the Internet, the online hub has earned a name for itself as a place where you can find
funny pictures,
personal insights from celebrities, and atheists.
Lots of atheists. As we've also seen, however, it has its seedy underbelly, harboring
MRAs,
racists, and
literal pedophiles.
The things that lurk behind that friendly gaze...
We can praise or condemn the site as much as we want. Reddit's existence, for better or for worse, has overtaken the role of the traditional internet forum. Sure, social media has played a role in the decline of online forums in general, but Reddit is easily the most forum-like of the big sites today. Reddit's features make a lot of smaller forums redundant, and over time,
forums have been dying out.
What can we learn from this? Let's go way out into left field and talk about street gangs.