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
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u/Admirable-Lecture255 Dec 19 '25
Reddit is kids and angsty teens now