Important to remember only 3200 subs originally committed to the blackout. We had almost 3x that number join. More than 2x are still dark!
The emoji hating folks on reddit were a weird subculture. Acting like you’re too mature for emojis is… Really immature imo
Women tend to use emojis more and if there’s one thing reddit hates it’s women
I’ve always saw the bias against women on reddit until about a week ago when I got a chance to really understand that it’s more like pure, unfiltered hate against women.
I rarely post to social media because it’s a huge energy drain on me but I decided to make a post on a support subreddit regarding toxic masculinity. I talked about how I was a target for bullying and harassment for not being ‘manly’ and shared experiences of witnessing gross and manipulative behaviour against women and lgbt+ people.
I received a lot of positive feedback. Some men spoke up about seeing the same, unacceptable behaviour from their coworkers. Some women confirmed what I said was true and a few were happy just being validated.
My post had to be removed because the moderator of that subreddit had been receiving threats about my post. My post didn’t violate any of the reddit or the subreddit rules. Some very angry individuals who couldn’t read the nuance in my post had claimed it was hate speech.
The moderator contacted me and thanked me for talking about such topics. Ultimately she couldn’t deal with the hate that was being directed at her, which I completely understand.
That whole incident really opened my eyes to just how much hate women get on that site. Leaving reddit for good got so much easier after that.
One of my most down voted comments came when I said that feminism isn’t anti man, it’s pro woman, and in turn, pro everyone.