Mixed take for me. I mean yes absolutely, looking at a subreddit to be a proper organizing platform is a terrible idea, or to see it as a vehicle of change. And it's a fair diagnosis to say many of us are far too online. But I also think it's naive to entirely dismiss the ability to congregate and get news / takes / memes like we do on here.

I will say my own experience colors my perception a lot, but to offer my anecdotal evidence, I was fully radicalized by the subreddit. As a socdem I thought many of the anti-amerikkka & John Brown memes were hilarious, while others I thought kinda 'went too far.' Certain discussions in the comments delved into territories I hadn't even considered before. Part of my reading Lenin for the first time was to better understand what people were on about. Idk man, it's cringe but I'm sure lots of people on here feel the same.

Did my experience have any meaningful material change in the world? Absolutely not. Sure I started donating to some groups and yelled at some cops this summer, but no other real impact other than on my ideology. Which IMO is exactly the entire point, and the subreddit / this website is largely responsible for triggering this for me.