Venting Every Comment Section is becoming like Reddit

[EternalShore]

So recently, I've been noticing that YouTube comment sections have becoming increasingly, well, terrible~ :( and well, ig, it's not true for just YouTube but everywhere like Twitter too~ >_< Everyone wants to be the "funny guy" who can say a quick quip and get the most likes or whatever~ It reminds me of how a whole lot of threads on Reddit about how to do something have tons of replies such as "touch grass", "just do it", etc.~ No one cares about saying anything nice nor helpful more than just being "funny"~ and it's honestly just gross~ I never liked memes much compared to kyute animal videos ofc, and seeing every comment section always get flooded with them is just awful! :( I guess it's unfortunate that as society becomes more and more consumed with trash, I fail to fit in more and more~ :(

 

[Forever Sleep]

What shocks me even more is how nasty some people are. Like- it can be the most inoffensive video and there's a whole load of hate in the comments.

That's what amazes me about this place. For the majority of the time, people are mostly civil and yet, we're talking about the most controversial subjects there are pretty much. Things very likely to cause intense emotional reactions yet, there's (comparatively) less shit talk. Not always of course but, mostly I think.

 

[darkshadownice]

Redditors legit can be some of the nastiest people you can come across on the internet. Super passive aggressive in their responses, and if you don't post the correct response, you get downvoted to hell or get banned off of a specific subreddit, or both. Reminds me of petty high school drama really. As for the "bleeding effect" it has on the Twitter or Youtube comments; Reddit is one of the most popular websites on the internet. It naturally is going to spill onto other popular social media platforms.
Kind of sucks, but people spewing vitriol and/or epithets towards others which tend to elicit a more emotional response, is unfortunately a part of human nature.

 

[vercabow]

personally i think there is a jarring lack of empathy online. no one gives a steaming shit about anyone and just says whatever. i don't use social media at all besides youtube, so i think everyone is just so chronically online that they think they're replying to a bunch of text instead of an actual person.

 

[EternalShore]

personally i think there is a jarring lack of empathy online. no one gives a steaming shit about anyone and just says whatever. i don't use social media at all besides youtube, so i think everyone is just so chronically online that they think they're replying to a bunch of text instead of an actual person.

yeah, agreed~ :( but unfortunately, it's just a symptom of humans lacking empathy everywhere~ Many people just act kind and sympathetic irl, but they will gladly do nothing in order to help a group or abandon someone in their time of need~ :(
it's like empathy needs to be learned through hardship and even then, it can lack~ after all, many people who get out of hardship think that everyone can just by working hard, but unfortunately, not all hardships nor people's goals are the same~ :(

 

[ClownWorld2023]

I think some of the subreddits are being brigaded, because I refuse to believe people can be that stupid.
See 'worldnews' for example.

 

[Young]

Reddit is toxic as hell. If you post anything out of curiosity you get downvoted to oblivion and the comments you get have some hostility to them, you can sense it. Glad I deleted it.

But still a good place to look for a quick answer to a random question.

 

[dragonofenvy]

Am I a bad person for being amused by the quips?

 

[EternalShore]

Reddit is toxic as hell. If you post anything out of curiosity you get downvoted to oblivion and the comments you get have some hostility to them, you can sense it. Glad I deleted it.

But still a good place to look for a quick answer to a random question.

Unfortunately, too true for both of these~ >_< and yes, it definitely is worth it to stop using it~ :)

Am I a bad person for being amused by the quips?

depends on which ones~ The ones which are basically middle fingers, yes~