I'm someone that doesn't have many friends or many people to talk to about life and it's dilemmas. So when I had any sort of problem I often went to advice type subreddits to talk it out. So yes AITA was one. But also AmIBeingTooSensitive, Relationships, OffMyChest, etc. And I'm a mom so parenting subreddits were a good resource. And also subreddits like LoseIt and PetiteFitness were helpful because I struggle with my weight.

But one thing I noticed before all the drama was that the people on reddit got more and more hateful. Instead of trying to help the poster, they'd tried to find more to the story to make them this evil person. And they'd completely fabricate a separate reality and just tear OP a new one based off of assumptions.

So I was already kinda done with Reddit before the drama with 3rd party apps. I knew that it was causing me more problems than help. I had already started telling myself to stay away. It's toxic. So I'm happy to have an excuse to get out.

So hopefully an alternative emerges with nicer people. Or maybe I should just go find friends.

[–] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was INSANE over there sometimes. People would take one blurb and then turn it into a whole creative writing piece. Many people didn't even bother to read up to the second sentence on AITA before starting to tear the poster to shreds. Admitting fault and apologizing? Never, they just doubled down as if there wasn't another human on the other side. Death threats occurred over the lamest stuff, and imo it became actively toxic.

There were times that that sub alone genuinely made me concerned about the fate of humanity. The whole point of AITA was supposed to be to see if you were in the wrong, but many redditors turned it into some weird rage-fest. Often, you'd conveniently have at least three posts about the same click bait situation/topic within a week, and the comments were mostly angry mirrors of eachother.

Even if reddit backs down, I don't think I want to go back.