Reddit

So after years using the internet and killing an unprecedented amount of time that should have been used a little more productively, I discovered one of my favorite websites ever.

“Reddit is a social news website where the registered users submit content, in the form of either a link or a text “self” post. Other users then vote the submission “up” or “down,” which is used to rank the post and determine its position on the site’s pages and front page.” That’s the quote I copied from Wikipedia because it’s explained perfectly. It’s a very simple website and extremely addicting. It’s also very educational under most subforums where you can learn about science, politics, and other things. I slowly realized though…reddit is a more simple form of Facebook. I know this because look at both sites, Facebook is a large social networking platform where people share pictures, videos, and general thoughts that are either liked or commented on by fellow users. Reddit is a large social news platform where people share pictures, videos and general thoughts/questions that are upvoted/downvoted or commented on by fellow users. The difference is Facebook has too many useless features and contains too much personal information, while reddit on the other hand asks for little to no personal information such as your email to register for the site. There are also many people that use reddit without an account, as I did for a short time.

So in reality, reddit is just a way more educated and simpler version of Facebook. The biggest difference is people post stupid and pointless things on Facebook and no one corrects them. Actually, their friends might even agree with their pointless post. For example, Rebecca will update her status: “OMGGGzz i’M sooo bored”, her best friend Rachel will comment. “i noesssss!!!!”

Now…on reddit, Rebecca will post: “OMGGGzz i’M sooo bored” and be downvoted and belittled into oblivion because of her stupidity and non-contributing brain. In my opinion, a much better choice. But obviously I’ll still continuing wasting my time on both websites.