It’s hard to put my finger on the exact problems but it feels worse than the typical decline of large subs.
This thread posted today in response to the protest shows a lot of what I mean: https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/14cbtjv/who_here_is_in_favor_of_just_replacing_these_shit/
Mob mentality, selfishness, scapegoating, lack of critical thinking… It’s just so toxic compared to where it was even a year ago.
I’m excited at the prospect of building a more positive, welcoming place here to discuss the NBA.
More than the past year imo; I’d say for the last 3 years or so. I largely started avoiding the comments, but then I realized that a league as popular as the NBA would have news coverage anywhere. I then started following The Athletic for my news; that being said, I do miss having good conversation about the NBA with others. I’m hoping that constructive criticism and disagreements can be upheld here, as that was lost on the subreddit years ago.
100%. I’ve been a big contributor to /r/memphisgrizzlies and before all the brigading that came with the Ja drama it was so much better than the general NBA sub. Small communities are where it’s at, as long as people stay active.
r/nba has been pretty bad as long as I can remember. Every thread has always been low effort jokes like LeSomething.
Agreed, I found it hard to spend a lot of time there because there was a ‘shared knowledge’ of NBA basketball that was so, so uninformed but taken as ‘the way things are’ that all I could do was shake my head.
try being a Grizzlies fan for the past 12 months lol but seriously, you hit the nail on the head
Yeah, it just descends into tribalism, and stupid jokes that are tired and old. The only things that get upvotes is drama and hot takes. Kinda sad to be honest.
The mods are largely to blame for what is happening to that place right now. If they stuck to the spirit of the protest by boycotting Reddit while it was closed, then it would only be a little toxic.
But nope, they had to create GDTs and post on other open subs. That put their credibility and sincerity under scrutiny, and the entire blackout pointless. Nobody’s buying their story that they weren’t threatened - everyone’s going to think that was the case and they’re selfish cowards. Any attempt to now close threads for being off topic would come off as them silencing backlash.
If you want actual discussion you need to go to r/nbadiscussion. They have rules that are enforced.
I guess that raises the question, do we want this community here on Lemmy to have rules that are enforced?
