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Firecracker
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"Why is r/BlackPeopleTwitter/ so unmistakeably white?"


  

          



https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/

  

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that Obama Biden pic is funny though
Feb 16th 2017
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because the address contains /r/?
Feb 16th 2017
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yes
Feb 16th 2017
3
Shit makes me uncomfortable like when white friends mimic black speech
Feb 16th 2017
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Okp is mostly white people
Feb 16th 2017
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      This is not true. There's less than 10 of us that post, I'd guess.
Feb 16th 2017
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           right
Feb 17th 2017
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                Picture posts.
Feb 17th 2017
11
                     no, man
Feb 17th 2017
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It's Reddit.
Feb 16th 2017
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all of reddit is basically dickhead whites
Feb 17th 2017
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In defense of Reddit
Feb 17th 2017
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      Yeah, some of the real specific subbreddits are cool
Feb 17th 2017
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      Could you list some?
Feb 18th 2017
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           It's all about what you want to find
Feb 18th 2017
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it is and it is not. I've been reading it for about 2 years now
Feb 17th 2017
12
My coworker loves it
Feb 18th 2017
16

Atillah Moor
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1. "that Obama Biden pic is funny though "
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bearfield
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Thu Feb-16-17 06:02 PM

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2. "because the address contains /r/?"
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Firecracker
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Thu Feb-16-17 06:14 PM

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3. "yes"
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dustin
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Thu Feb-16-17 06:31 PM

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4. "Shit makes me uncomfortable like when white friends mimic black speech"
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Whatever the reason is, it's probably related to why /r/hiphopheads is mostly white dudes

As Paul Mooney would say...

  

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MEAT
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Thu Feb-16-17 06:57 PM

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5. "Okp is mostly white people "
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“There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus

  

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KiloMcG
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Thu Feb-16-17 09:36 PM

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7. "This is not true. There's less than 10 of us that post, I'd guess. "
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Ashy Achilles
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Fri Feb-17-17 03:52 PM

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8. "right"
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this keeps getting repeated and i just don't see what stats people are using

  

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MEAT
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11. "Picture posts. "
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Ashy Achilles
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Fri Feb-17-17 06:24 PM

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13. "no, man"
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there are more white people than i used to think but i wouldn't say "most"

  

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flipnile
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Thu Feb-16-17 08:03 PM

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6. "It's Reddit."
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Effa
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9. "all of reddit is basically dickhead whites"
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who think they know everything.

fucking lemmings

  

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Y2Flound
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Fri Feb-17-17 04:48 PM

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10. "In defense of Reddit"
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There are many smaller communities that are great, it's nice that whatever you are into there are people there that are into it.

Improv comedy, specific workout plans, an artist etc...

The big popular subs like anywhere else on the internet get over run with dickheads, but I think a lot of people gets scared off of reddit by all of the bad (and rightfully so), but it's easy to unsubscribe from all of that and find the places you can enjoy talking with people.

  

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flipnile
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14. "Yeah, some of the real specific subbreddits are cool"
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A lot of cool people on reddit. A lot of douchebags, too. Some of everything.

  

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C. Thelonius
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Sat Feb-18-17 06:45 AM

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15. "Could you list some? "
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I've avoided reddit for same said reasons. Would like to find those groups you're talking about.

#NP: Janelle Monae-DC, Pusha T-Daytona, Royce-Book of Ryan, Blue Note All-Stars-OPOV, Chris Dave/Drumhedz-Glow, Conway-GOAT, Black Milk-Fever, KRIT-4eva Is a Mighty.., Phonte-NNIGN, August Greene, Jericho Jackson
@LargesseMorlu

  

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Y2Flound
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Sat Feb-18-17 11:25 AM

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17. "It's all about what you want to find "
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I listed things like improv, that's a big hobby of mine, I've made good friends on there that I've gotten together with in other cities to do shows.

If you think of any hobby, celebrity, TV show etc you are into there is probably at least 1 active sub reddit dedicated to it.

  

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double negative
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Fri Feb-17-17 06:09 PM

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12. "it is and it is not. I've been reading it for about 2 years now"
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i think what happened is that it was an - in joke for a lot of people

then it got popular and now its making the front page

but, the cool thing is sometimes a thing thats deeply black and deeply spot on is posted and non blacks are like "I don't get it...whats so funny? I need this explained" and the black posters are doing back flips because its spot on.

then when those posts come up the second great thing is the response from black people along the lines of "oh, so its cool to laugh at us but when the pain comes through its not so funny huh?"

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legsdiamond
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Sat Feb-18-17 10:52 AM

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16. "My coworker loves it"
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He is a skater/left leaning dude but since he is white I feel like he prolly isn't seeing some of the trigger I would see.

I have no idea how it works but he talked about subreddits and what not.

It's the internet so if you go looking for political shit I bet you will see all types of racist shit.

When I search UX topics sometimes a Reddit thread pops up. Never seen anything besides answer to the questions.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

  

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