Don't worry, there are pockets of rude people on here, too. Because that culture is spilling over everywhere.
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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Redditeers are the bottom of the barrel.
I'm pretty sure the ratio of rude people in the entire user base isn't the same when comparing the two platforms, so that plays a role too. However, I think it's mostly a numbers game. Even if that ratio was the same, a bigger platform automatically means that you're going to bump into a lot of rude people there. Think of it like this: If the ratio is just just 1%, that's 1 in a small place and 100 in a big one.
On top of that, people tend to remember negative encounters very well. Even if you got only 1 nasty comment, it's going to sting. If you got 100 comments like that, you'll feel like the whole world is out there to get you. The human mind has this strange bias towards negative reactions.
When you know your account can and will be temp/perm banned by a fucking bot, you kind of stop caring about your account and your behavior on that account.
I was pretty careful until I had my 13 year old account perm banned without warning for saying "it's ok to punch a Nazi". Now I'm probably on my 40th account and I could care less about calling a Trump supporter a product of incest who should play on the freeway.
Ban me. I'll be back in 5-10 minutes.
Keep in mind that nice people have learned their lesson. Most people don't take critique kindly, especially when it comes to grammar. And it's often best to just keep your mouth shut, and worry about your own problems.
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Real humans exist on Fediverse. Bots, trolls, and normies exist on Reddit.
Cultures/conventions are assumption-rivers, aka "religions".
Toxic-culture's a habit, an ideology, a "religion", a self-reinforcing-feedback-mechanism, & a kind of "food" for ones who want that particular substance.
Once entrenched, it's nearly-impossible to change a culture.
Chaning a culture generally requires focus+action both at the top AND grass-roots.
Without both, nothing'll change, usually.
( without grassroots, nothing'll change, no matter what the leader wants/does )
& Reddit's CEO has paid himself $1/8B IN A SINGLE YEAR, while Reddit wasn't in profit, so DarkTriad's their corporate-culture, fersure, in my opinion.
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Why are people so rude on Reddit
Yes.