/r/SubredditDrama is where most of the drama that arises across the various subreddits of Reddit is frequently posted. The obvious reason is that everyone knows, or quickly learns, that the users of /r/Drama can be highly toxic so they choose to contribute to the more friendly subreddit. However, I’d venture to say a good majority of the submissions to SRD quickly devolves into, if it doesn’t start as, a circlejerk of people trying to out virtue signal one another or make “jokes” with the intent to be upvoted and recognized by certain “power users.” I won’t even get into how pathetic it is to feel validation from that. Aside from the criticisms of the general users of SRD, there are also the problems with moderation.

One of the first things any new subscriber to /r/SubredditDrama will discover is the rules that must be followed to have a submission remain up. I’ll freely admit to testing out the boundaries of what is and is not allowed with submissions I’ve made, which is why I’ve had around ten posts removed for various rule infractions. If every user had to follow these rules, there wouldn’t be a problem. However, there exists a group of users who have the “privilege” of being friendly with the moderators or are, in fact, moderators themselves.

If you search through the submissions of SRD, you’ll see that any submission by a moderator or certain users will quickly be commented in by other moderators or certain recognizable users. These comments frequently have absolutely nothing to do with the topic of the post but will act to promote the post to bring it more visibility. It’s also quite common for these submissions to themselves be breaking a rule but, for some inexplicable reason, are not removed by a moderator.

In my opinion, /r/SubredditDrama is adequate for the user who occasionally browses when a particularly controversial submission reaches the front page. But for users such as myself who have been around since before the creation of both /r/SubredditDrama and /r/Drama, and have been able to observe the growth of these subs, I can unequivocally say that despite the problems SRD has, /r/Drama is absolute shit. But it didn’t always use to be that way.

Back in the golden years of /r/Drama when the majority of the moderators were actually active and had not yet become bored with the subreddit and become inactive as a result, it was “fun.” Although maybe “interesting” or “amusing” would better describe the sub. Those adjectives can no longer honestly be used to describe /r/Drama. 99% of the users are trying too hard to be edgy or regurgitating some popular meme to fit in and feel some sense of belonging. Probably for the first time in their entire life. This is also true of SRD. I’m tired of it and I can guarantee I’m not the only one. My proof? Look at the list of moderators on both subs I’ve mentioned and look at each of their activity. Some are still active, but not in the subs they’re supposed to be moderating. These people used to be active enough in the sub to be made moderators, but they seemingly no longer care sufficiently about the sub to contribute to it.

Over the next couple weeks, you may notice some users who were at least somewhat active who will no longer post on /r/Drama or /r/SubredditDrama or both. I won’t say all of them were my alts because it’s likely users may choose not to post for whatever reason in a complete coincidence that has nothing to do with me. But I’ll admit some of the accounts were actually me messing around for fun. But both subs have become boring and it’s your fault. If you’ve ever posted some idiotic meme to fit in, if you’re a moderator who allows your friends to break rules with no repercussions, if you had to take your ADHD medication to have the attention span to read this post, then this message is for you: lol, faggot.

Tl; dr: /r/SubredditDrama = /r/Drama in every way that matters.