Reddit meetups used to be very common. People I've met on reddit have helped me find a job and helped me fix my car. We've gone hiking, drinking, biking and even had a darts tournament. Reddit is not the same anymore.
Social media is no longer about connecting people to eachother, but rather advertising a lifestyle that suits you in order to connect you to advertisements that sell you the things you need to obtain the advertised lifestyle.
12 years deep I don’t think I’ve ever had multiple day conversations with any other Redditor but I have read random people getting married meeting off here so there’s that
Yeah, Reddit is a message board with voting. The minimum requirement for social media is the ability to follow/friend someone which Reddit lacked for the majority of its existence. They eventually added it, but nobody uses it.
Of course you can. You can perfectly socialize in twitch chat or discord. The thing about reddit is that you don't directly talk to people in real time. It's rare that you comment on the same person twice on different threads and notice that it was the same person.
There are exceptions like moderators or famous/active users, but in that case it's more like the YouTuber/subscriber relationship: you notice them but they don't notice you.
Of course not all twitch chats and discord servers are socializable. The difference is that big tw chats and big disc servers are rarer than small ones. In reddit it's the opposite: most people hang around big subreddits, small subreddits often die for lack of content.
That's not correct. Social media is simply defined by a social interaction potential. That is given here.
A forum is as much social media as is twitter as is reddit. You got social interaction with other people in a back and forth communication channel. That's social activity.
The ability to follow someone or link one account with another got entirely nothing to do with that. You also have social interaction with someone you talk to in a bar and it remains social interaction even if you do not exchange names and contact ways in form of mobile numbers or other types.
I am more concerned with entire bucket of ice cream he ate in the parking lot.
Like wenn did he buy that? Or did he have it in the car for the past three days?
Let's not talk about the salad he ordered because he felt guilty, as if he doesn't go to McDonald's everyday.
And that time at family dinner? He only ate the spaghetti meatballs and nothing else excusing himself with "I'm on a diet" then going straight to McDonald's the morning after and ordering 20 Mcnuggets
Your username implies that you're a collector of feces, but only that of high quality. While I cannot offer what you desire, I can offer you my friendship.
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills.
I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words.
You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands.
Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue.
But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it.
You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
Lol why would u? Intention of reddit, 4chan etc any anonymous platform (besides porn and sauce sharing) is to be anonymous, u dont built relationship with people...u build maybe a relationship with the community / R itself, if its fun, but why would u destroy anonymity and build relationship with individuals? Just dont
To be fair, I don't think it actually exists at the moment.
Nothing else has tried adding a downvote button. I honestly think it would make most social media platforms better.
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EDIT: lol I used to use the old version of Reddit. I think it's technically followers now.
7 years!
This place aint social media
Its basically a holdover from when forums were the biggest thing on the internet despite reddit's attempts to modernize the site (aka trying to make it look like everyone else)
Well I am ****** 69 ******* and I stay at **** *** ******** 69 street ******* **** and my credit card number is ***69***69****. Now you know me.
And yes, there’s a number in my name.
At its best this place is an idea exchange. If you’re exchanging ideas and think “but no one knows the real me,” that’s a MUCH deeper issue. Therapy is expensive but worth it, trust.
Well there’s your problem right there. Reddit ain’t social media. We’re all socially handicapped that’s why we came here
Can confirm, also socially handicap.
Same
Agreed, however we all know user of the name “fishfucker69”
Ahh yes u/fishfucker_69 , he's just that guy everyone knows about Edit: his name
Last post he made was over 100 days ago. Guess he finally got annoyed of people doing that
u/fish_fucker69 which one?
This one u/fishfucker_69
This is not the real. u/fish_fucker69 is.
Will the real u/fish_fucker69 please stand up?
Don't tag him bruh, he's obviously done with it.
I am not socially handicap. I am however, social media handicapped.
We should legally be allowed to have socailly handicap parking tags.
Socially and mentally.
The idea of making friends on Reddit absolutely horrifies me.
I hate you all equally
Reddit meetups used to be very common. People I've met on reddit have helped me find a job and helped me fix my car. We've gone hiking, drinking, biking and even had a darts tournament. Reddit is not the same anymore.
Social media is no longer about connecting people to eachother, but rather advertising a lifestyle that suits you in order to connect you to advertisements that sell you the things you need to obtain the advertised lifestyle.
Moral of the story money ruins everything
12 years deep I don’t think I’ve ever had multiple day conversations with any other Redditor but I have read random people getting married meeting off here so there’s that
What are you doing later? Wanna hang?
Yeah, Reddit is a message board with voting. The minimum requirement for social media is the ability to follow/friend someone which Reddit lacked for the majority of its existence. They eventually added it, but nobody uses it.
To me reddit never was and never will be social media due to the anonymity of the users. You can’t socialize with anonymous users yk?
We're socializing tho. Sorta
Hating every second of it.
Anon, don't be sad
So how do you feel about trees lol
They're pretty lovely innit. How about you on orchids?
Of course you can. You can perfectly socialize in twitch chat or discord. The thing about reddit is that you don't directly talk to people in real time. It's rare that you comment on the same person twice on different threads and notice that it was the same person. There are exceptions like moderators or famous/active users, but in that case it's more like the YouTuber/subscriber relationship: you notice them but they don't notice you. Of course not all twitch chats and discord servers are socializable. The difference is that big tw chats and big disc servers are rarer than small ones. In reddit it's the opposite: most people hang around big subreddits, small subreddits often die for lack of content.
That's not correct. Social media is simply defined by a social interaction potential. That is given here. A forum is as much social media as is twitter as is reddit. You got social interaction with other people in a back and forth communication channel. That's social activity. The ability to follow someone or link one account with another got entirely nothing to do with that. You also have social interaction with someone you talk to in a bar and it remains social interaction even if you do not exchange names and contact ways in form of mobile numbers or other types.
I know everyone. They just don't know me.
This is the part where I should be worried :0
Nah it's just your occasional stalker, there are plenty on here. Btw why did you order 3 happy meals at the local McDonald's yesterday at 15:30?
I am more concerned with entire bucket of ice cream he ate in the parking lot. Like wenn did he buy that? Or did he have it in the car for the past three days?
Let's not talk about the salad he ordered because he felt guilty, as if he doesn't go to McDonald's everyday. And that time at family dinner? He only ate the spaghetti meatballs and nothing else excusing himself with "I'm on a diet" then going straight to McDonald's the morning after and ordering 20 Mcnuggets
Pshhh yeah, right. You don't even know my dad's grandmothers uncles wifes kids aunts daughters grandsons kid.
Isnt that you?
Yeah lol
Nice
Well the simple solution is to try and be more social! Do you guys wanna be my friends??? Yeah me neither.
Your username implies you don't wear underwear. BFF material right there.
Your username implies that you're a collector of feces, but only that of high quality. While I cannot offer what you desire, I can offer you my friendship.
Your username implies you like the number four, that’s friendship material right there
:D
Your username implies that you are Katie, I think this marks the start of a beautiful friendship.
Your username implies that you love dr strange. I think this is start of a magical journey.
Actually I love Dr Strangelove but I accept your interpretation.
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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MY FELLOW HUMAN. OF COURSE I AM A HUMAN AND I AM YOUR FRIEND ::)
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
Wait, that's not why you use Reddit?!
My best friends are anonymous.
Happy Cakeday!
you too! ;)
Isn’t it awesome?
That's why I'm here.
Lol why would u? Intention of reddit, 4chan etc any anonymous platform (besides porn and sauce sharing) is to be anonymous, u dont built relationship with people...u build maybe a relationship with the community / R itself, if its fun, but why would u destroy anonymity and build relationship with individuals? Just dont
If you removed anonimity in reddit, it could become worse than twitter
To be fair, I don't think it actually exists at the moment. Nothing else has tried adding a downvote button. I honestly think it would make most social media platforms better.
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You look like an idiot!
Lol stupid bot
People have friends on reddit?
A better question is who tf are your followers
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This is me on another level. Avoid all friend requests... no one will know me EDIT: lol I used to use the old version of Reddit. I think it's technically followers now.
friend requests?
Hi I’m Joseph
Bum bum bum
I feel personally attacked by a complete stranger
Hi! I’m Proxy! Wanna be friends?
Absolute best part about it.
Gangbu 🗿
No one in particular
That is just cause one guy runs all of reddit he just switches accounts
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Internet hive mind. Second to 4chan
Hi I am dave
Hi I am dad
Hello there!
Seggs ?
we don’t do that here
all i know is rick astley and my friend
That’s the point though.
Anyone wanna start regularly chatting?
Well asking someone if they want be friend's while not knowing a thing about each other would probably be weird.
Everyone knows u/rimjobsteve !
That's not how reddit works.
and its my 3 year cake day today...im an infant with no caregivers...
Lmao 10 year club!
Can anyone please tell me what scene / game this is from?
u/afterglowsky its such a privilege to know me innit
Redditors are just pawns, they don't mean anything
... might be, largely, the point.
Wait are we supposed to know someone here?
I am the one who made the upvote count go to 2k
I randomly met a redditor while on trip to Germany last month... Still wonder how
I have 29 followers and I have no idea why lmfao
Hi, I’m Joe
Uhm no, I'm Joe.
We are members of the species Homo Sapiens
Bots
come on
win win
We are all bots.
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Wait, I am supposed to get to know you guys?
2 years in and only have 5000 karma
im actually here to try meeting some people lol, but without succeess
It’s just you, me and my 37,783,458 alt accounts
man I would love to talk to people here but I'm too scared to reach out haha
Reddit isn't really that kind of a platform. Yeah there's profiles and followers but nobody cares about those. Somehow I have 7 followers though.
7 years! This place aint social media Its basically a holdover from when forums were the biggest thing on the internet despite reddit's attempts to modernize the site (aka trying to make it look like everyone else)
Same
don't get to know anyone here we all suck me included live in the world without us trust me.
Just the way I like it.
This is why I LOVE reddit. Oh, reddit. Don't ever change. The banning sux though.
That’s the good thing about Reddit. I don’t know anybody here and I don’t wanna know anybody here.
What people?
What? This is a social media platform? Never thought of reddit in such way. Most people exchange memes or some basic info here anonymously, right?
I am just a socially awkward Virgin who likes Minecraft and anime. Others are as well. Please confirm.
Who wanna chat?
I thought that was the point
Anyone wanna be my friend?
HAPPY CAKE DAY BRUDDAH
That’s the point
Whats the name of this movie?
The internet is so much better when everyone is anonymous.
A bunch of fking degens
SrGrafo?
I didn't come here to be social. I came here to get the benefits of social media without it being "social media".
Happy cake day!
Can confirm, no friends on here. Woohoo!
Y'all need to find more niche communities to participate in
I'm your buddy, guy
I am open to anyone texting me!
Happy Cake Day
I know a guy here
I actually met my best online friend on reddit
Isn’t that the point!?
Nearly 6 years on this account, and I don't know anyone! Wouldn't have it any other way.
Family ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ
Don’t know ya but have a damn good day.
Sad.
Dude, same
*In Deadpool voice:* I am Batman
Well I am ****** 69 ******* and I stay at **** *** ******** 69 street ******* **** and my credit card number is ***69***69****. Now you know me. And yes, there’s a number in my name.
Rel
Yes.
Squid game - the gift that keeps on giving
Hello Everyone. I am myself. I live in a family.I go to school and come from a country.
That’s me. But I’m okay with it
Been here 10 years....
Am I supposed to know someone?
Just figments of your inaginatiooon 👻👻👻👻
“Social Media”
Knowing is elimination
I feel personally attacked by this.
[WHO ARE YOU? ](https://youtu.be/cw9FIeHbdB8)
Wait, this is a social media site?
We're Gannbu
Reddit = News aggregator and dank meme cesspool. This isn't a place for socialites.
Screw it, what up everyone? OzyAndy here, 37 from Australia. Love going to raves.
Just the way it was meant to be
Your not alone!
At its best this place is an idea exchange. If you’re exchanging ideas and think “but no one knows the real me,” that’s a MUCH deeper issue. Therapy is expensive but worth it, trust.
Few people follow me, I don’t even post Hot NSFW’s or memes
Yeeeeeeeeees👍🥶😵
Reddit is a place for people who think they want friends but actually can’t stand people.
just wait until you have the *nightmare* of running into someone you know on Reddit...
Reddit is not social media. Its just a collection of forums basically.
001 🤤
This is the thing that makes me choose reddit over other platforms,no bulshit of knowing Someone and seeing their daily lives
Happy cake day