Reddit is Dying
I’ve had it. I am officially done with the absolute absurdity that is Reddit. I've used it for years, and for a while it was fine, but in the past few years it's become an absolute embarrassment of an app. The other major platforms I've used—Pinterest, X, Facebook, you name it—don't compare to the deeply neurotic, narrative-controlling attitude that Reddit has adopted.
Reddit has devolved from a digital town square into a collection of mini-dictatorships run by basement-dwelling bureaucrats disguised as Mob bosses.
I can't tell you how many times I've been lying under a car, staring at some confounding issue, with my phone in one hand, trying to find information about the solution, only to find it on Reddit, but then to scream in frustration as all the comments are people whining about how the post is in the wrong place, wrong community or whatever. LOCKED, it reads. They act like they are sealing off a demonic gate. "This has been answered already." So why the hell is the post even UP. Delete the thing. But no, its left on the internet like a soggy turd, to frustrate people who want a simple answer, not a pedantic lecture on etiquette.
The Book of Neckbeard
(Volume 1 of 20 of the Reddit User Agreement)
Reddit truly thinks every user should memorize a 10,000-page manual on the minutia of how to read and post. Every single thread now features a massive, condescending disclaimer at the top where a MOD demands everyone "behave" and threatens bans for any "perceived sleight." It’s pitiful. We’re talking about grown adults being treated like toddlers in a playroom by 50-year-old weebs, picking their teeth and applying more OCD rules to a platform that is already suffocating under the strain of authority.
THE HYPOCISY:EDDIT VS. X
The irony is laughable. You see it in every sub: users and mods pissing and moaning about X being an "authoritarian toilet." Yet, on X, I can speak my mind absolutely freely. On Reddit? You’re walking on eggshells, terrified that a volunteer with a power trip is going to ban you because your post "violated the spirit" of some obscure rule hidden in a sidebar.
They scream about "authoritarianism" elsewhere, but they have successfully built the ultimate REACTIONARY ECHO CHAMBER. You don't get "freedom of speech" on Reddit; you get "freedom to agree with the moderator," or you get the boot. It’s a place where nuance goes to die and groupthink is enforced by the ban-hammer.
The Sinking Ship
Wall Street is finally catching on to the fact that you can’t run a social media company like a North Korean labor camp and expect to stay profitable. As of February 2026, Reddit stock (RDDT) is in a total freefall.
| METRIC | JAN_2026 | FEB_2026 | DELTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOCK_PRICE | $245.00 | $165.00 | -32.6% |
| SENTIMENT | BULLISH | PANIC_SELL | VOLATILE |
The stock has plummeted over 30% in a single month. Investors are hitting the "SELL" button because they realize a site run by OCD gatekeepers isn't a growth engine—it's a graveyard. Authoritarianism doesn't scale.
Rigid Confomity
Reddit’s leadership is learning the hard way that when you prioritize control over community, you end up with neither.
