“You have been banned for wrongthink”
Image by josephvm from PixabayReddit is dead.
At least artistically and creatively speaking.
What started as a bastion of independent thought, Reddit has slowly devolved into a den of groupthink, censorship, and corporate greed.
“It’s true, both the government and private companies can censor stuff. But private companies are a little bit scarier because they have no constitution to answer to, they’re not elected really — all the protections we’ve built up against government tyranny don’t exist for corporate tyranny.
— Aaron Swartz, co-Founder of Reddit
There are three fundamental problems with Reddit:
- Censorship
- Moderator Abuse
- Corporate Greed
But first, you should understand that the history of Reddit doomed it from the start.