Reddit’s CEO says r/popular ‘sucks,’ and it’s going away

by BreakfastTop6899

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  1. I think the bots suck. Can we remove them first?

    (To clarify not the helpful ones just the ones who push propaganda)

  2. Beneficial-Soft-4427 on

    I hope this Reddit man has morals (I know nothing about him) because the decisions he makes will affect our country. He has the power to do good and change the direction of this country. When I think about twitter and Fox News and Newsmake and the effects of its propaganda on society it’s frightening how much damage those sources do. I hope he keeps reddit free from disinformation as best as he can, I hope he cares. Mark Zuckerberg is soulless because he doesn’t care. Same w Elon.

  3. We’re going to replace it with r/Hot and make it mandatory on every feed with no way of turning off the notifications! – probably

  4. Kenny_Bi-God_Omega on

    He is an absolute twerp.

    He isn’t wrong here at all though.

    r/popular is hugely manipulated by bots.

    It’s commonly populated by the same videos on repeat for a week. Many of them are staged videos that are designed to karma farm and rage bait.

    There’s always a post quite near the top that is literally just a woman with a nice ass doing something that shows off her ass, while a load of nerds congratulate each other on their terrible masturbation jokes.

    ( Edit: I just went to check and right now, one of the top posts is a woman footballer going to the touch line and stretching.

    It is entitled “She understood the assignment”.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/funnyvideos/s/lg4Bb15BxB

    It’s full of nerds making jokes about her ass because she bends over. Imagine my surprise. )

    He is totally right that it isn’t actually what’s most popular, but what’s popular with the most active users. Many of whom are likely bots.

    It’s a mess 🤷🏻‍♂️

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