It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it’s generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there’s no algorithm promoting outrage all the time.
For me, the anticipation of toxicity was a huge deterrent for me ever participating in real discussions, but here I feel like I can be myself.
I think it’s healthier this way.
With regards to snoo, snoo actually predates reddit. Alexis drew it up in late 2004, and they wanted to call reddit “snews” with “snoo” as the logo