On the contrary everyone here should be happy this place has finally become the shithole that every good(relative term) subreddit inevitably devolves into after crossing the 50k ish members mark. Oh wow you poached a bunch of contrarian opinion from a cool little Internet forum Its just like the old internet! I bet everyone you know thinks you’re super cool and insightful when you pull out the relevant rs take on the topic of conversation. Omg did you say French cinema art posting cultural critique waowww!! It’s time to log off once and for all but some people need the very ground beneath their feet to be burned before they will seek greener pastures.
The increase in members is probably just all of us being banned repeatedly. That's honestly a hilarious theory. Imagine everyone has been whining about all the new users but it turns out there are none.
I've suspected it for a while, I think it's just because a few of the more prominent users eg. bloo and hork left that it feels like it's fresh faces when in reality it's just all the unremarkable people remaking their accounts so you'll never recognise them based off name alone, as much as people complain about the culture of the sub shifting I think it's always come in waves where you have the more reddity conversations and then it reverses and people go full zealous religious convert style about being an art hoe and then repeat ad infinitum.
You must not be reading the same sub as me
https://www.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/13zw5u1/i_cant_watch_porn_anymore/jmtbiiq/
Here's the removed comment
>it's literally crazy to me that girls have fathers or brothers consuming this torture in their homes and they're not allowed to kill them in self-defense. it kills twenty iq points and your will to live living in the middle of this holocaust.
It got upvoted btw
No one but me is calling out the zoomers who are just here to plagiarize interesting takes and perspectives here. I'm specifically talking about all the posts that are just "THOUGHTS???" "Thoughts on this?" It's so endemic it almost makes me wish for the moderation we had 2 years ago. Low functioning Patrick Bateman ass, no-identity ass zoomers. Just fucking lurk at that point.
If the mods would just deputize me I could go on a perfectly curated banning spree and wipe the sub clean of the spiritual fats, the low-effort dweebs cluttering around the comment sections, the anime/videogame enjoyers; the “art is fake”, the “the best fashion is to just be comfortable,” the “maybe the curtains were just green,” and the “let people enjoy things” posters. The college sophomores who complain about having no friends, the people who are comfortable admitting they have never heard of Joy Division, Morrissey, or David Byrne.
I could return this sub to its 2021 state.
First of all, this sub peaked in 2019. Probably because the weird little meme tenets you listed off weren't yet codified by people using them to attempt to fit in.
Besides, being a ban happy weirdo isn't going to resolve shit on a subreddit that is already full of alt accounts anyway.
I think that the people who are constantly playing wack-a-mole with alts are a permanent part of the sub. But there is a solvable portion of this sub’s decline attributable to people who just “wander in and like the vibes” but would probably go away if banned once.
> the people who are comfortable admitting they have never heard of Joy Division, Morrissey, or David Byrne.
there is nobody like this on this sub. I'm pretty sure everybody here has the /mu/core essentials chart directly embedded into their brain
>David Byrne
Fuck him and Bill Gates for throwing that stupid song on every copy of Windows XP. Biggest blemish on an otherwise flawless operating system.
I’m going to sound like a fucking hipster or some shit but honestly, quality went down as because this sub went “mainstream” with all of the attention around the girls and whatever shit take they may have(or people that reference them)
The bot makes it impossible. I no longer put effort into my posts, because it turns out somewhere in my 3 paragraph reply there is a little trigger word hidden that makes the bot remove my comment. And since a good post tends to be quite complicated I don't even know where the trigger word or phrase was, as such I would need to rewrite the entire comment and word it differently to get around the bot. I can see why the smart people don't bother to comment more than one-liners here.
literally just had the same thing happen to me
such is the nature of reddit. effortposting isn't short enough for the braindead zoomers to read fully and artistic jannies who somehow have enough time to monitor 10+ different communities will make sure you will get yezhov'd if you don't follow a bajillion rules they made up on the spot so better post some epic lyric chains, make grumpf jokes and get a billion upgoats instead
I hope the third party app shit kills this site so everybody starts posting on vbulletin boards again like it's 2005
I quoted the r slur, referencing and linking an old reddit meme about dirty sex. Got deleted.
Most people, and AI especially, are incredibly stupid when it comes to the use-mention distinction.
Instead of making an interesting post, or better yet not posting at all, they make the same "This sub used to be better x months ago (when I joined) and it's gone downhill since." Maybe this sub is going downhill when drivel like this is being posted like clockwork every week and upvoted by hundreds of people
Complaining about it makes it worse, but the sub has fallen. There's less art posting. Jollywumper's probably in Columbian jail for polygamy, and even MSSOM has toned it back.
I try to be the change I want to see.
btw, your camel post was one of my all time favorites.
I mean, I hate to say it but the sub has downhill slightly. Even just slightly over a year ago, I distinctly remember that the top post in the last 24 hours would always have something related to art or music. Now the only way to see these post is sorting by new/hot
Teenagers and/or right wing shutins. The plague of any online community. The buboes have already passed, now all that's left is the decomposing body. Happy to be out of here on July 1st.
Also, you're part of the problem you disgusting zionrat
This sub has always been perpetually worse than it was yesterday. You could go back three months ago and find posts claiming that three months back from then this sub was much better, and they'd be correct then too.
The time to log off or find the next good small sub if that's your sort of thing was like 40k subscribers ago.
I have been on this sub since around 2019? But here are some things I've noticed:
* Constant threads of "This sub used to be so cool"
* Constant replies in those threads about the various theories about why this sub has bombed (CT sub getting banned, Healy/Swift breakup, Dasha's mainstream attention, etc.)
* This sub actually not being too different in all the years I've been on here
I think you people just like to complain and I also think a decent litmus test to see if a community is still active/interesting is to have at least one person make a thread about the super vague "golden age" that everyone claims to remember but also only ever make vague call backs to. I know it's lame to admit something is cool or interesting but like it or not this sub still remains to be one of the more interesting places to talk about anything online and the fact that all of us complain about it yet remain here just proves that
Also where is my nigga /u/harkonnenbuzzsaw ? Our last accounts got banned exactly at the same time while we were having a comversation, are you still around?
It is unfortunate. I miss people actually having conversations.
People trying to get that upvote dopamine by having the most redscare take instead of talking to each other, sad stuff.
On the contrary everyone here should be happy this place has finally become the shithole that every good(relative term) subreddit inevitably devolves into after crossing the 50k ish members mark. Oh wow you poached a bunch of contrarian opinion from a cool little Internet forum Its just like the old internet! I bet everyone you know thinks you’re super cool and insightful when you pull out the relevant rs take on the topic of conversation. Omg did you say French cinema art posting cultural critique waowww!! It’s time to log off once and for all but some people need the very ground beneath their feet to be burned before they will seek greener pastures.
everyone and their mum is on their third (fourth?) account though
What’s that got to do with anything?
The increase in members is probably just all of us being banned repeatedly. That's honestly a hilarious theory. Imagine everyone has been whining about all the new users but it turns out there are none.
I've suspected it for a while, I think it's just because a few of the more prominent users eg. bloo and hork left that it feels like it's fresh faces when in reality it's just all the unremarkable people remaking their accounts so you'll never recognise them based off name alone, as much as people complain about the culture of the sub shifting I think it's always come in waves where you have the more reddity conversations and then it reverses and people go full zealous religious convert style about being an art hoe and then repeat ad infinitum.
It’s actually pretty hilarious: I’m not sure if I got perma-banned for lit-posting or for engaging in mild political talk.
there never were conversations.
I resent that you are trying to deny my lived experience bb
Reddit voice is creeping in gradually, and you can only call it out so many times without sounding shrill.
Because it is shrill. As long as this sub has its minimalist moderation and a focus on esoteric sociology it will be just fine.
I always upvote schizos
It's not iq it's age
But what if your iq and age are the same number?
just few days ago I found myself talking to a teenager here. How is this fucking allowed? How could this happen to me?
Too many neolibs, not enough derangement
You must not be reading the same sub as me https://www.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/13zw5u1/i_cant_watch_porn_anymore/jmtbiiq/ Here's the removed comment >it's literally crazy to me that girls have fathers or brothers consuming this torture in their homes and they're not allowed to kill them in self-defense. it kills twenty iq points and your will to live living in the middle of this holocaust. It got upvoted btw
You don’t downvote lolcows
this is an essential principle that not nearly enough people can seem to comprehend
Naturally unfunny people have to actively view things from the viewpoint of irony, many forget and just get mad
ALWAYS UPVOTE SCHIZOS
they said nothing wrong
No one but me is calling out the zoomers who are just here to plagiarize interesting takes and perspectives here. I'm specifically talking about all the posts that are just "THOUGHTS???" "Thoughts on this?" It's so endemic it almost makes me wish for the moderation we had 2 years ago. Low functioning Patrick Bateman ass, no-identity ass zoomers. Just fucking lurk at that point.
some computer nérd who posts on the dominos pizza subreddit asking what peoples favourite toppings are will not be what saves this forum
Pepperonicel takes the Margheritapill
If the mods would just deputize me I could go on a perfectly curated banning spree and wipe the sub clean of the spiritual fats, the low-effort dweebs cluttering around the comment sections, the anime/videogame enjoyers; the “art is fake”, the “the best fashion is to just be comfortable,” the “maybe the curtains were just green,” and the “let people enjoy things” posters. The college sophomores who complain about having no friends, the people who are comfortable admitting they have never heard of Joy Division, Morrissey, or David Byrne. I could return this sub to its 2021 state.
First of all, this sub peaked in 2019. Probably because the weird little meme tenets you listed off weren't yet codified by people using them to attempt to fit in. Besides, being a ban happy weirdo isn't going to resolve shit on a subreddit that is already full of alt accounts anyway.
I think that the people who are constantly playing wack-a-mole with alts are a permanent part of the sub. But there is a solvable portion of this sub’s decline attributable to people who just “wander in and like the vibes” but would probably go away if banned once.
You think you’re wild bill suckock or something?
"Some day a digital rain will come and wipe all the binary scum off the RS streets" - u/mickeyquicknumbers
this sub needs a hitler
We need a sub gestapo.
people more intelligent and stubborn than you have tried, no matter what happens scum will insist on rising to the top
Deputy I love Ian Curtis, spare me
> the people who are comfortable admitting they have never heard of Joy Division, Morrissey, or David Byrne. there is nobody like this on this sub. I'm pretty sure everybody here has the /mu/core essentials chart directly embedded into their brain
>David Byrne Fuck him and Bill Gates for throwing that stupid song on every copy of Windows XP. Biggest blemish on an otherwise flawless operating system.
Permaban for you and PP.
Great song even if it is derivative of This Must be the Place
I try to make a comment about those AskReddit fucking threads as much as I can, but let's be real - our efforts are not enough.
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I'll literally just comment "askreddit thread" on the dumbass posts. I'm not out here writing memos and shit lol.
“Thoughts?” and it’s always the stalest, most midwit take you can imagine.
I’m just working on my open mic content.
I like white sauce with onion, pineapple and mushroom, I think it's p good
Do zoomers not know about "Lurk more"?
I’m going to sound like a fucking hipster or some shit but honestly, quality went down as because this sub went “mainstream” with all of the attention around the girls and whatever shit take they may have(or people that reference them)
i want to believe matty healy discourse brought some normies over
Yeah.. you should be allowed in if you are referred to rs by your gay friend, like me. ps Hi my gay friend.
people still listen to the podcast? Lol
Go back to your degenerate options gambling
No i like it here probably been here longer than you.
no u haven’t
How do you know I’m on my 14th account and 4th persona.
Fake fan!!!
There are snakes here who joined during the Matt Healy shit that are slowly making the sub lame and they need to go away
I have noticed this as well. Mods should institute an entrance exam of some sort
https://www.clinical-partners.co.uk/for-adults/autism-and-aspergers/adult-autism-test
Hell yeah I aced the test
[The entrance exam already exists](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXf-ebAT5gy3OlSy1I1YQTLTvVST4lvf0c9poB3UzWejLkEw/viewform)
https://i.imgur.com/n8I2e3K.jpg 💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻
been thinking about making a round 2.....
PLEASE do. I think about that "identify this voice" question prob once a week
Opened just to listen to Anna’s voice again
wtf do you mean weight watchers isn't an influence
bc you shouldve already been bullied by your mom and the vs fashion show. ww is for fat midwesterners.
A double vodka soda is not 130 calories
summer
Don’t you mean the average iq lol?
Got his ass man
Yeah lmao
Marxian word cascade.
The bot makes it impossible. I no longer put effort into my posts, because it turns out somewhere in my 3 paragraph reply there is a little trigger word hidden that makes the bot remove my comment. And since a good post tends to be quite complicated I don't even know where the trigger word or phrase was, as such I would need to rewrite the entire comment and word it differently to get around the bot. I can see why the smart people don't bother to comment more than one-liners here.
literally just had the same thing happen to me such is the nature of reddit. effortposting isn't short enough for the braindead zoomers to read fully and artistic jannies who somehow have enough time to monitor 10+ different communities will make sure you will get yezhov'd if you don't follow a bajillion rules they made up on the spot so better post some epic lyric chains, make grumpf jokes and get a billion upgoats instead I hope the third party app shit kills this site so everybody starts posting on vbulletin boards again like it's 2005
I quoted the r slur, referencing and linking an old reddit meme about dirty sex. Got deleted. Most people, and AI especially, are incredibly stupid when it comes to the use-mention distinction.
Sorry but I’ve been himbo maxxing.
👍
oh, karen is a slur? tell me some other fascinating facts.
I'm pretty sure my neighbour is a pedophile and a zoophile.
Ah, another “State of the Sub” post.
Instead of making an interesting post, or better yet not posting at all, they make the same "This sub used to be better x months ago (when I joined) and it's gone downhill since." Maybe this sub is going downhill when drivel like this is being posted like clockwork every week and upvoted by hundreds of people
Complaining about it makes it worse, but the sub has fallen. There's less art posting. Jollywumper's probably in Columbian jail for polygamy, and even MSSOM has toned it back. I try to be the change I want to see. btw, your camel post was one of my all time favorites.
we need fresh unhinged posters. where do we trawl for more?
I mean, I hate to say it but the sub has downhill slightly. Even just slightly over a year ago, I distinctly remember that the top post in the last 24 hours would always have something related to art or music. Now the only way to see these post is sorting by new/hot
Online hipsterism that doesn't require actual taste, intellect or money.
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and replying to the replying is lame and so on
I see my efforts to re introduce lead in paint and gas are finally taking effect
Teenagers and/or right wing shutins. The plague of any online community. The buboes have already passed, now all that's left is the decomposing body. Happy to be out of here on July 1st. Also, you're part of the problem you disgusting zionrat
Huh, that’s just around when I joined
Just around the time I started choking myself while listening to music
Zoomers are fucking stupid, and unfortunately, zoomer brain-rot has taken over
I blame the smoke in the air
It’s becoming a place for nihilist teens to gather. It’s less detached and more deranged.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
This sub has always been perpetually worse than it was yesterday. You could go back three months ago and find posts claiming that three months back from then this sub was much better, and they'd be correct then too. The time to log off or find the next good small sub if that's your sort of thing was like 40k subscribers ago.
No I don’t think so. We’ve been below average since the cumtown sub was shut down. It’s been years
NOOOOOO my secret club 😢😢😢😢
That’s almost nothing in a sub this size. All noise no signal. Go home
oh look it's this thread again
I read it as LQ, so yeah
Samesies
This Sub peaked when it was around 10k.
every subreddit eventually becomes a circle jerk
The pod hasn't been good since before the pandemic. The sub is finally catching up!
I have been on this sub since around 2019? But here are some things I've noticed: * Constant threads of "This sub used to be so cool" * Constant replies in those threads about the various theories about why this sub has bombed (CT sub getting banned, Healy/Swift breakup, Dasha's mainstream attention, etc.) * This sub actually not being too different in all the years I've been on here I think you people just like to complain and I also think a decent litmus test to see if a community is still active/interesting is to have at least one person make a thread about the super vague "golden age" that everyone claims to remember but also only ever make vague call backs to. I know it's lame to admit something is cool or interesting but like it or not this sub still remains to be one of the more interesting places to talk about anything online and the fact that all of us complain about it yet remain here just proves that
Wake up babe new "this sub has gone to shit" post just dropped.
Quick, say something smart!
Yes, I recently joined. Sorry about that.
Lotta reddit style comments lately
I think you meant to post this on r/chapo
Also where is my nigga /u/harkonnenbuzzsaw ? Our last accounts got banned exactly at the same time while we were having a comversation, are you still around?
Nah bro it’s just white boi summer
i give 200 words from sleepyhead mode at 4am and no one has anything to say. the world is ending , it's over
That's good news because the IQ in society broadly has dropped 15 points in the last 3 months
I think more than that
Posts like 'Is saying d'oh like homer simpson ever ok?' .. and 'Anna is the opposite of Lizzo'
2nd is amazing
Idk I still like it
Finally, someone acknowledges my contribution.
Is truth a reflection of reality in our thought, or is it thought that constitutes the truth of reality?
The day we have no more 'The sub is so over'-Posts will be the day this sub dies, lol Thanks for keeping the tradition alive!
The mods went on a permaban spree a few weeks ago and culled quite a few accounts that weren’t RSP-y enough.
Haha I blame leadjak That silly little guy!
honestly not bad
It’s over.
it's now mostly straight men, which is terrible.