r/pics and r/funny used to be better.

English is a pretty awful language. Having in laws who aren't native english speakers and a pre-schooler, I often have to explain stupid english rules that are stupid.

This is true.

There are three timelines though.

Say your name is Trump to the Starbucks Barista.

As avclub favorite Dan Savage has pointed out, the cuckold fetish goes back way before mid 2000s.

And yet you post on avclub, which is hardly better.

Isn't Reddit still in love with Bernie? Followed by RAND PAUL!

They can even do so sneakily!

r/askscience is pretty amazing in how they have heavy handed, benevolent moderation. But they benefit from a focused topic.

So then we have to go back to geocities and myspace 1.0?

Yup. Discus forces the highest voted comment to become the "main thread".

https://www.reddit.com/r/al… is even worse.

Some specific examples: Reddit is the best forum for a lot of games. It's so-so for PokemonGo, but it's far superior to the official forum for Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes.

You go to Jezebel for social and political issues.

I agree, and I'd like everyone to get off my lawn.

God yes. Tumblr is a freaking mess, and it's all people posting other people's content, so it's impossible to find their actual content.

Such as?

Well, Fark was always one guy posting things he found on the internet. I'm not shocked he's still doing it.

The main subs haven't been good for years, but there are plenty of gems in the smaller subs.