This week I chose to focus mainly on the political subreddit section. Based on the top stories of the day and the hundreds of comments I went over, I can say with relative certainty that this section is primarily comprised of people with liberal views, with a smattering of liberarians thrown in for good measure. Convervitive comments are few and far between. When people in this subreddit comment on stories, it is common to see straw man arguments, unsubstantiated claims, feeble analogies, and outright rudeness. When people start posting constructive, thought out, and intelectually honest comments, however, then clarifying debate between opposing viewpoints typically ensues. Current topics that can be found on the "what's hot" page include the PATRIOT act, FOX news, and Ron Paul.On a different note, I found how easy it is to sink hours and hours into browsing reddit.com Here is a sample of some observations I made during my explorations:
- people will post on anything and everything, from current events to old TV shows to their new haircut
- user-made comics based on various rage faces are common
- the programming subreddit is among the largest (~338K subscribers)
- the Atheism subreddit subscribers (~121K) outnumber both the Christian and Religion subreddit subscribers (~ 10K each) by about 12 to 1
- the cannabis subreddit has the most detailed description I've encountered
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