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  • I don’t know about proof but when you spend lots of time on a platform you naturally start to notice patterns.

    There was an essence of superficiality that permeated a lot of the content that I consumed on Reddit, even the niche subreddits.

    For example, on the movie or video gaming subreddits people would often ask for recommendations and I noticed a lot of the top comments were single word answers. They’d just say the name of the movie or game. There was no anecdote to go along with the recommendation, no analysis, no explanation of what the piece of media meant to them.

    This is a single example. But the superficiality is everywhere. Once you see it, it’s very hard to unsee it.























  • On the last day of my college internship a senior VP at my little company invited me into his office presumably to get to know me prior to extending a full-time offer. To break the ice he asked me what my favorite Star Wars movie was. I smiled and replied that I could never get through any of them.

    As I was uttering these words I began to notice the giant Star Wars poster directly behind the gentleman. It then dawned on me that his office was chalk full of Star Wars memorabilia.

    The man did not ask me any further questions. He shook my hand, thanked me for my great work, and I never stepped foot into those offices ever again.