I have been on a lot of social media and I am used to trolls and problems. Reddit however, is by far the worse site ever. I will read it occasionally but never put in a comment because of the toxic trolls and moderators on there who bully you off the site when you give an opinion or rant about something that they have specifically asked for.

I followed their exhaustive rules so that was not why they bullied me. In fact the second time they openly admitted after bullying me on there for about 20 min that they were "just messing with me". I don't get that site at all and don't recommend anyone to go and log on an opinion (and some people pay for this service?) just to be shot down by some random idiot who feels like picking on you because they are bored. I believe these trolls may even be the moderators (or at least act very authoritatively like moderators) and make you feel like garbage just for the fun of it. Reddit often comes up in my google searches when I am looking for information on a particular topic and to tell you the truth I would rather be on any site other than reddit--just for these reasons.

The other thing is that we give our opinions free to them so that they can do free data mining (and probably get paid for it) for research companies and then ask people to pay to join --isn't that ludicrous? They should be paying us to participate in their data mining research/opinion polls. This is the worst exploitative site ever.

Also: Was wondering do they ask permission before they post those insulting pictures of people and then get the world to log in and laugh at them? I shudder to think what happens when those people find out their picture is on reddit and no one bothered to inform them. Don't post pictures or videos of people and post them without permission --this is unlawful criminal and ethical behavior. If it happened to you without your permission--you wouldn't think it was so funny.

There are billions of lawyers out there right now who specialize in internet law and make it their business to go after people who post insulting picture/video content without the person's permission---so do it at your own risk. You would think that the politically correct police would be on that-- unless you are witnessing a crime (and even then maybe not) don't post videos/pictures or names online without a person's permission.

You can't assume even the victim wants their privacy violated by putting their private information online--without their permission. Even if you have the best of intentions don't assume they will be appreciated by the person involved.

This just makes common sense --one day trolls with cameras are going to piss the wrong people off and regret the decision to point a camera in someone's face. You are not photo journalists or private investigators (they have to follow a lot of laws and procedures as well or else get sued or fired). Don't decide to be a guerilla investigator--anybody would advise you against it. I get the group "anonymous" and the new wave of kids who want to be "truthers" getting at answers no one wants to address. But there is protocol for this behavior... and if you don't follow it you can get into a lot of trouble real quick.