Missing those days of the old subreddit when I was just getting engaged in lefty politics. That sub was so uplifting. So many detailed analyses that I wish I saved. So many hilarious posts that always filled me with joy. Before I found the old sub I thought leftists were humorless assholes but r/cth really brought me along and cemented myself as a leftist.
I can’t exactly pin what’s different here but the whole vibe is off. I really wish it could capture the spirit of the old place but I’m not so sure. I know I’m not the most prolific poster but I’ve given this place 6-7 months and I’m not certain whether I want to continue or not. I’ll admit, I got caught up in the GME hype. Maybe because I seriously thought my life would materially improve at least slightly. I’m done with that stocks shit for right now. The split that happened on the site as a result of it was pretty bad. I really hope we can all do better, especially at lashing out at each other.
If you’re from the old sub who’s been along for the ride I thank you from the bottom of my heart. My life is much richer thanks to you all of you.
I think /r/chapotraphouse was unique because it was a leftist place where people were positive, excited, and optimistic instead of trying to attack and out-left each other all the time like most lefitst places do. Even the policing of chuds was done cheerfully, with strength and pride.
I’m still optimistic about this place being the closest to that original. Some of the positivity disappeared because the 2020 election was a fuck and because Covid sucks, but in general people are more serious and productive minded. It’s sad to hear that some people are turned off and thinking of leaving… but hopefully that’s temporary and the overall project keeps going.
I think /r/chapotraphouse was unique because it was a leftist place where people were positive, excited, and optimistic instead of trying to attack and out-left each other all the time like most lefitst places do
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wut?
man that was like one of the main things the entire sub was about. this place is far FAR better on that account. hell reddit still has the dumbass “leftists” who will ban you over disagreements about videogame plots (seriously just had the alltheleft douchemods do that to me), this place is far far better than the reddit one even if it’s far smaller and way less active. hell man I had to explain cth to so many progressives and leftward moving libs cus so many of them had been viciously attacked whenever they ever went there. reddit cth did nearly as much to push away leftist-curious libs as it did to attract them.
I’m of the firm belief that many of the “leftists” we’d find on reddit who were always spending every bit of their time attacking other leftists were simply plants, rightwin nuts who wanted to fuck with leftists groups and found that most leftists forums are basically set up just to do exactly that. I’ve talked to so so so many people on reddit who claim to be leftists but have no fundamental understanding of any of the politics, not like detailed quotes from the 1850s but I mean just fundamental ideas like belief in collectivism or basic mercy and acceptance of human rights for everyone.
I’m not talking reddit in general - just the CTH sub. Other leftist reddit subs are exactly that - shitty mods and negative vibes. Cha.Cha is definitely better than the remaining leftist reddit subs.
reddit cth did nearly as much to push away leftist-curious libs as it did to attract them.
That wasn’t my experience - but of course everyone has their own.
I’m of the firm belief that many of the “leftists” we’d find on reddit who were always spending every bit of their time attacking other leftists were simply plants, rightwin nuts who wanted to fuck with leftists groups and found that most leftists forums are basically set up just to do exactly that. I’ve talked to so so so many people on reddit who claim to be leftists but have no fundamental understanding of any of the politics, not like detailed quotes from the 1850s but I mean just fundamental ideas like belief in collectivism or basic mercy and acceptance of human rights for everyone.
You’re right about both of those. But I think the average reddit leftist is well-meaning - they’re just dreadfully hobbled by the lack of education AND the confusion created by liberal/conservative/reactionary propaganda.
I know exactly what you mean. I wish it was the same but it’s just not, and I don’t know why there hasn’t been any attempts to just make a new sub on reddit that I know of.
I don’t know why there hasn’t been any attempts to just make a new sub on reddit that I know of.
They were all banned and will be banned again. That is something you should take away, leftist humor, politics and talking points will get you repressed.
There is also, sadly, this spirit of motivation if you find your community, alas the community existed only at one place and one time and your unique outlook at that moment. Forever after we have to find ideas of home in other places and with new social relations we actively produce. That is something we have in my opinion to strive for, though I suck at it, to build a permanent revolutionary movement.
People are pointing to primaries and yes the sub got very very dark after Bernie lost (I pretty much stopped posting and moved to twitter), but the sub was fucking amazing once the protests started. The daily megathreads, the shitposts, the collective fascination at police cars being smashed. It became such a positive good vibe place.
I’ve said this since the beggining, but I think having comms was a mistake. What was great about the sub was that it was a huge mishmash of shitposts and effort posts. There was no such thing as off topic.
Ultimately though this place is great, I’m thankful for the admins and mods keeping the community going. I think the closer we get to the original userbase of the subreddit the better it’s gonna be
If we didn’t have comms, the front page would be entirely made up of twitter screenshots (like the old sub) and everything else would get buried in new.
It takes 2 seconds to look at a shitpost and upvote it whereas it takes 5 minutes to read through an effortpost and engage in discussion. That’s why having multiple comms is good, it gives effortposts a chance.
Yes, how is a site with at most 1000 users online at a time justified in splitting into 50 different communities and then expecting that to function like the entirety of Reddit.
From the beginning I advised against that, all the way back on the initial Discord.
All it does is factionalize even further and promote tribalism on a site that would not even be considered a small subreddit.
The way to fix it now would to return to one board with a lot of posts, just one main site with no smaller communities because that achieves nothing right now besides emphasizing how empty this place is.
I like the coms having c/fitness or c/food let’s us discuss shit that has little to nothing to do leftisum while still not having to deal with all the bullshit that comes with reddit.
We could just use the main page as we did the subreddit for those things. A flairing system would go a long way towards the function you’re talking about, not a split community system on a subscription basis.
I think we should have more comms personally. There is literally no difference if you sort by all. I usually don’t even look at what comm stuff is posted in
I was an advocate of streamlining the channels to make things easier on that end when I was modding there, but I left shortly after that. Fewer channels definitely makes things easier to follow
did nobody consider a tag structure+filter (I don’t need to see gardening posts, not looking for direct action stuff today) instead of subdirectories?
I mean, I’m always a slut for that sort of structure literally anywhere in literally anything, but I do think it’s the best idea here.
We lost the wierd twitter contingent. No one posts stuff like “Spinning my dick in a poop bucket like a cement mixer” anymore.
The people here now would have never thought of asking a chud to post a pic of his dick and then harrassed him until he did it.
