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[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Reddit was amazing in 2008 or so. A real look at valuable information you wouldn't see elsewhere. Then by 2012 it started getting kind of weird. By the 2016 election, the astroturfing had gotten undeniably out of control. And now in 2019 reddit feels like it's 60% robots and people pushing agendas, rather than just regular conversations with regular people.

This was why by about 2017 it was clear another reddit was needed, and voat wasn't going to be it, because it had been ideologically taken over. This is when the idea of saidit was born.

[–]Orangutan[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. The transition from Digg to Reddit was phenomenal or great. Hopefully this can be similar or the pendulum will have to swing again. Voat sucked.

Like the new banner looks!!

[–]Antifa 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The irony of the digg exodus from right wing manipulation, and now the current eeking away of the usebase from cuckit because of left wing manipulation.

A discussion site should always follow a bi-partisan ethos.

[–]Only71Genders 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed. We need people from everywhere on the political spectrum to get together and talk about real life issues. Saidit seems to be working out pretty well in that sense. Any censorship, past what is legally required, will destroy that. And even though I loved Voat's echo chamber for the comedy and companionship, it never felt productive.