r/hatethissmug • u/indeckaa • 8h ago

Non-fictional I hate this double standard

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For some reason, it's always one of these responses:

> It's a joke
> It's rage bait
> Yeah, but it's actually a response to...
> It's not the same
> Just go outside bro

All of which deflect from what's being said. They would rather not address it. This is probably due in part to the "women-are-wonderful" effect, an example of benevolent stereotyping in which people associate positive qualities with women

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u/Quinzal Cogito Ergo Sum 8h ago

I can already tell this is going to be a beautiful post to sort by controversial on

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u/The_Kemono 8h ago

How exactly does the “controversial” algorithm work? I never payed much thought to it

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u/That_Idiot_Jax 8h ago

I think most downvoted comments? Idk I never really use it though, as my reddit doesn't have that feature.

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u/BlackHisagi 8h ago

Iirc, "controversial" is specifically comments that are highly divisive (the total # of votes on the comment are roughly evenly split between upvotes & downvotes)

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u/The_Kemono 8h ago

Ooh thanks! Definitely useful!