A data scientist recently set out to quantify the most toxic community on Reddit. And because I'm self-hating, or something, I decided to spend two days reading every single comment posted in it. Here's the thing: Reddit's so-called "most toxic" community is a place devoted to outing bigotry elsewhere on the site. Which, as I learned in my hours of lurking, says quite a lot about some other, bigger Internet fights. Onward!
Wake up, sheeple
Wake up, sheeple
Wake up, sheeple
A data scientist recently set out to quantify the most toxic community on Reddit. And because I'm self-hating, or something, I decided to spend two days reading every single comment posted in it. Here's the thing: Reddit's so-called "most toxic" community is a place devoted to outing bigotry elsewhere on the site. Which, as I learned in my hours of lurking, says quite a lot about some other, bigger Internet fights. Onward!