So for years now I’ve been a fan and causal user of Reddit. I’ve seen many posts from informative subs to small community subs to other subs and there’s always troll comments, aggressive comments, etc. I may laugh at the witty ones but most of the time I think “was that really necessary? why do you have to be a dick?”

I know better than to post or comment but lately I’ve been trying to use Reddit more so I think to myself, “as long as I’m not being a dick and just make objective posts I should be fine” wrong. so wrong. I made a post asking a neutral question on a male advice sub and got over a hundred comments with most of them accusing me of being the problem, insults, “witty” jokes etc. and the most frustrating part is most of those comments saying I’m the problem are because my post either didnt have enough context or they didn’t even read the context that isn’t there. On another post I make a comment about how I think women in Hollywood should be treated and soon get a comment dismissing my opinion (even though there were many comments saying negative things and no one said anything about that) then I reply and someone else chimes in with their “witty” statement. If I don’t say anything it feels like I’m giving in and people will just pile on. If I do say something it makes people either mad or it gives them a sense of joy to know that someone is “triggered”. Then there are the subs on here that post fights, public freakouts, nice girls, idiots in cars etc all dedicated to mocking people at their absolute lowest moments. It’s all so vile and inhuman and it makes me sick. And it’s not just now and it’s not just Reddit. Back then it was Yahoo answers, formspring, anonymous tumblr asks etc deep down were really just ugly vile creatures.

It’s all… too much. I don’t want to use Reddit anymore but I wanted to get this out before I walk away. Thanks for reading if you did.

Tl;dr: The anonymity of the internet brings out the worst in people and it hurts my feelings too much.