It was INSANE over there sometimes. People would take one blurb and then turn it into a whole creative writing piece. Many people didn’t even bother to read up to the second sentence on AITA before starting to tear the poster to shreds. Admitting fault and apologizing? Never, they just doubled down as if there wasn’t another human on the other side. Death threats occurred over the lamest stuff, and imo it became actively toxic.
There were times that that sub alone genuinely made me concerned about the fate of humanity. The whole point of AITA was supposed to be to see if you were in the wrong, but many redditors turned it into some weird rage-fest. Often, you’d conveniently have at least three posts about the same click bait situation/topic within a week, and the comments were mostly angry mirrors of eachother.
Even if reddit backs down, I don’t think I want to go back.
It was INSANE over there sometimes. People would take one blurb and then turn it into a whole creative writing piece. Many people didn’t even bother to read up to the second sentence on AITA before starting to tear the poster to shreds. Admitting fault and apologizing? Never, they just doubled down as if there wasn’t another human on the other side. Death threats occurred over the lamest stuff, and imo it became actively toxic.
There were times that that sub alone genuinely made me concerned about the fate of humanity. The whole point of AITA was supposed to be to see if you were in the wrong, but many redditors turned it into some weird rage-fest. Often, you’d conveniently have at least three posts about the same click bait situation/topic within a week, and the comments were mostly angry mirrors of eachother.
Even if reddit backs down, I don’t think I want to go back.