Research: The whole Reddit has become more negative over time. Also, the longer the community exists, the more negative it get — and the longer a comment thread continues, the more negative it becomes

beep@piefed.world · 2 days ago

Research: The whole Reddit has become more negative over time. Also, the longer the community exists, the more negative it get — and the longer a comment thread continues, the more negative it becomes

rozodru@piefed.world · 2 days ago

always used to be like this even back in the PHP BB forum days. Except back then it was something like “all threads eventually lead to Hitler”

If a forum thread was long enough, several pages in, eventually it would get to a hitler reference for something and then you knew that thread was done.

Research: The whole Reddit has become more negative over time. Also, the longer the community exists, the more negative it get — and the longer a comment thread continues, the more negative it becomes

Research: The whole Reddit has become more negative over time. Also, the longer the community exists, the more negative it get — and the longer a comment thread continues, the more negative it becomes

Does vitriol make you feel special? — Harvard Gazette