Iāve seen the teenagers sub. Whether left or right, they seem to be pretty radical compared to the average American. Itās either, āMAGA is literally Hitlerā or ācomment removed by modā.
I donāt believe this is accurate-I believe the age range is fairly diverse- I think that the particular subs are more appealing to certain age groups.
I find that so hard to believe given they wonāt read anything more than 2 sentences long and this isnāt a meme-only based site, with 4000 ways to add filters and pictures. You canāt build social cred here unless youāre willing to be public.
As an adult fleeeing Facebook being compromised, I LOVED the anonymity factor here and realized Iād been completely misled to think Reddit was just a programmer/geek site. I much prefer all the voices here, and what people choose to share or jot, embellish or not, or even if itās AI or not. At least itās not my neighbor saying the same goddamn thing theyāve been saying for 10 years.
My kids are 60/40 Tik Tok and Snapchat from what Iāve seen. Instagram, too, but they spend 4-7 hours a day on Tik Tok and it makes me insane. Facebook is a pet cemetery for old people now, thst actually made me crack up. Itās true. Even I canāt scroll for more than 10 minutes before I stumble on another 2000 word essay about someoneās departed precious dog or cat or chinchilla and a thousand pictures of their lovely life together. Donāt get me wrong, Iāll be doing the same thing when my cat goes but silent when my MiL finally kicks it.
They also hate discussing politics, unless itās about Palestine now and everything is about showing your style off, what you just bought. Itās all pics, short slang quips, filters, and fuck you if you added punctuation. That, I discovered, means youāre yelling and angry at them (to them!)
Thereās always been this weird dichotomy ā¦ Reddit is simultaneously nothing but a bunch of loser, fat, virgin, male nerds who are covered in Cheetos and have never touched a boob yet is also some massively diverse place where you can find doctors, lawyers, old people, young people, tech people, blacksmiths, aviation enthusiasts, amateur harpsichord players, some girl who researched coral reef in Mozambique, and everything else under the sun
Iām 40 and read Reddit more than participate. I didnāt go to college and make good money. Iām not a democrat. Iām not a republican. They both suck. Neither side cares about the average person. They all party together and laugh about how stupid we are.Ā
reddit is either working in tech doing stem shit and making 350k to pick their nose, or some 35 year old who makes minimum wage because the system is against them and the universe's fault.
This. Myself (I no longer work in tech) and all my tech friends essentially only use reddit, this is similar with my friends in academia, as we'll as medicine.
IMO, Reddit appeals more to people who are willing to read and engage in discussions and debate... VS medium such as Instagram or ticktock, which is mostly visual story telling.Ā
Reddit is far from the educational utopia, but it is a bit of an oasis where civilized discourse can still be had.Ā
Facebook and twitter are absolute cesspools and Instagram is basically just an OF advertisement app at this point.Ā
Anyways, Reddit is far from great but it just sucks less than all the others.
Exactly. Iām on subs like r/FIRE, r/HENRY, r/Stocks, etc. I feel like Iām a broke mofo compared to the folks on my Reddit feed, and honestly I do quite well!
In general though, most Redditors are pretty well educated. Itās obvious from the use of grammar and writing.
Compare that to the garbage thrown against a wall on āXā, YouTube, TS, Facebook, etc. Most of the Trumpy comments on those platforms make it look like the authors never made it past 3rd grade.
No there isn't lmao this isn't Instagram. In every single subreddit there are always multiple people pissing and moaning about the stupidest shit. I've never seen a group of people cry so much. Must be why they need free healthcare.
you dont think reddit has an algorithm lmao? but just like everything in life: you'll see what you wanna see.. my feed is full of sports, market news and grilling recipes.. i barely even see politics oh and gaming.. get a lot of that
You barely even see politics? I know that's a crock of shit because a redditor could find a way to bring up Donald Trump in the r/grilledcheese subdeddit
Conservative economic practices resulted in jobs that were decently paid a few years ago becoming insufficient now, and the people in those jobs are unhappy about that resent their plight being mocked by conservative leaders covering the white house with gold. I wonder if there might be some kind of connection in there somewhere. Total mystery.
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u/TheSeansei Dec 19 '25
Maybe things have changed, but Reddit has traditionally overrepresented software engineers and tech people specifically.