How Reddit Attracts (and Rewards) the Worst Type of Comments

The best response on Reddit is the very first thing that comes to mind.

Eric Ravenscraft
OneZero
Published in
8 min readJun 28, 2021

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It’s well-known that the first rule of the internet is never read the comments. Personally, I’ve never been a fan of it as a hard, fast rule, but that’s because I have a bit of a bias. I used to be a commenter! In fact, I got my earliest…

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Eric Ravenscraft
OneZero

Eric Ravenscraft is a freelance writer from Atlanta covering tech, media, and geek culture for Medium, The New York Times, and more.