The Code

Edited on 4-22-2018: Grammatically and Visually

Reddit has a lot of problems I think they are trying to solve but, simply are not taking the proper actions needed to remedy them.

I joined Reddit earlier this year searching for an internet forum to have civil adult conversations with others about topics I refer to as "The Big Four", sex, money, religion, and politics.

Instead, I have found yet another website dedicating itself to what seems only like a shiny new emblem on the same old internet gas station.

"The Popular Four" is what Reddit serves up, porn, kids, cats and other animals, and shit-posts from legions of internet edge-lords trying to sound controversial and/or cool while talking about current events.

Reddit established itself as being unique from "the other guys" by implementing a voting system, giving the Reddit community tools to make their own way, and establishing a clear manifesto of site rules. The problems stem from the fact that none of these things are used in the way Reddit administrators hoped they would be.

The voting system is constantly abused as means to annoy, troll, and in some cases witch-hunt other Redditors, the tools provided are only best used by those who know how to extract their true power and the majority of them have chosen to build communities they oversee with fascist like rule, and the administrator's own manifesto is rarely enforced.  

"The Front Page of the Internet", Reddit's tagline is fitting, to a degree.  

Common popular internet finds are what you will see on the front page upon first visiting the site.

Let us take a look, shall we?

The first post is a picture of an owl, someone lifting its feathers to reveal this owl, to my surprise, has particularly long legs. Interesting and comical, I'll file this post as cats and other animals.

The second post is a short video of a family revealing a homemade Blockbuster Video display for their autistic Son who was upset that the company's local store closing. A charming post, filed under kids.

The third post is a "Today I Learned" selection.

Today I Learned, or "TIL" is a very popular subreddit with many different interesting and insightful facts. This one is about politics and the voting system in India.

Today, it only took three posts to find the first "gold nugget" Reddit promotes as the thing you, the visitor will readily find and the thing Reddit promotes as having more of these to offer in your future on their site.

A quick tally of what the other 22 links were based on categories for the top 25 total:

• Two more posts filed under cats and other animals.
• Fifteen shit-posts
• One "rare" cross-category shit-post involving an animal. 
• Four more "gold nuggets", two of them involving any applicable information for the common Redditor.  

Reddit's successful click rating for me today is 0.200 or 20% out of the top 25.

I'm not really impressed with Reddit as of yet. 

Reddit's popularity is actually what allows them to claim themselves as the front page of the internet.

Too bad most common Redditors are only interested in creating yet another cesspool.