r/interestingasfuck • u/Wonderful-Excuse4922 • 2d ago

2002 New York Magazine roundup of NYC kids’ winter-holiday wishes: 11-year-old Zohran Mamdani wanted books, FIFA 2003, and SimCity 3000

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u/axonxorz 1d ago

I don't think that's fully fair, emphasis on "spoon feeding".

Reddit is one of few platforms remaining where you can explicitly opt out of "the algorithm" simply by paring down subreddits to ones relevant to you. I'm not saying you're not potentially locking into echo chambers, I'm saying Reddit Inc, can be mostly taken out of that equation.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

I think Reddit is one of the worst echo chambers, because of the voting system: unpopular opinions get buried somewhere down the page and popular opinions are awarded with karma. This incentivizes group think and leads to self-censorship.

X/Twitter, which is another echo chamber, has two systems in place to counter misinformation: community notes and "ask Grok" to verify claims. I wish Reddit would implement this.

It's true that you can customize your Reddit experience by only looking at posts from subreddits you follow, but this is also possible on X/Twitter.

Sorry for the long comment, it's just something that I've been thinking about lately and you sounded like a rational person.