Reddit

The karma system is chaotic, people with 70k+ karma can go around and be a troll as much as they want and often these people are moderators who can just lock and remove posts if they dislike it. I think karma should reset after some time and everyone should start from 0.

It is almost impossible to have a meaningful conversation on Reddit as moderators with 70k karma simply lock you if they disagree. Down votes for no reason and without explanation can also ruin your karma to the point you are not allowed to post in certain communities.

For example my post was once removed from a vet subreddit because I was asking what dewormer to use. What is the point of the vet subreddit then?

I can recommend Reddit only if you have stupid questions about life, religion and sexuality or want to post d picks and ask if its big enough. If you would like to have any serious, meaningful conversations just avoid Reddit.

Pros:

• You can often find news and knowledge there before anywhere else. However, this is the merit of its users and subreddit mods alone.
• Subreddit mods generally keep it running in a quasi-civil manner. This deserves some level of appreciation, considering they aren't even paid for this job and they have Reddit Admins breathing on their necks constantly.

Cons:

• As denounced by the others, Reddit Administration promotes user manipulation. However, not only through shadowbans. Be it stringing users or mods with aggressive controls and convenient loopholes, Reddit administration will only benefit their company. The point? This means you can see some, but not all companies in their platform. It is my suspicion that only big name companies and their major competitors are allowed in Reddit. If you are small, then you will be suffer dispensation without notice. Do not believe me blindly, though. Go and ask others.
• Reddit Administration is unprofessional, doesn't give proper clarification about its rulings. Given that, there is no reason to believe they follow their own rulings at all. The platform belongs to them so it is their right, but it also means they have zero credibility as a social media or let alone a knowledge gate.

Even ignoring the huge political quagmire happening in this era, Reddit's current administration makes it unfit to be a space for public opinion.

Most of the content that you will see are bot upvoted posts and comments, mainly to push a political agenda. Sadly moderators and admins of the websites will ban you if you try to question or disagree how the subreddits are run.

Reddit is an echo chamber, run by people that love censorship and hate anyone having an actual critical argument.

I went to this site very open-minded after I saw a colleague I respect use it. I participated in various posts and engaged in different communities. Then, I started posting stuff myself. My first couple of posts got very little traction. My last one got flagged for reasons I never learned. It was a simple post about a technical issue I sincerely needed help with and I posted it on the most relevant community. There were even people responding to it. I never got to view the last few responses because it got taken down. I expect this kind of BS behavior from other sites or for scenarios of community rules violation but this was too much. I even blacklisted the site from both my browsers and my OS so that I never get tempted to visit it on my computer.

Reddit is great! Despite the endless reposts and bots, it’s a treasure trove of unique communities that you wouldn’t easily stumble upon elsewhere (maybe Discord comes close). However, come July 1, 2023, Reddit is changing its long-standing terms of service regarding APIs. This could potentially wipe out most, if not all, third-party apps, leaving users with no choice but to use the Reddit app on their phones or just walk away.