I don't know how many people on here have used or use reddit but if you have, would anyone agree that the quality has freefalled to the floor? There's a couple different subreddits (forums basically) with Japan being the main one, Japan life (living in Japan), Japan travel, and moving to Japan among the bigger ones. Honestly the moving to Japan one is probably the most helpful of the bunch but the rest are just unusable.
The main Japan forum doesn't allow any posts or discussion regarding any topic covered by the other forums, so can't post about travel there or moving or life within the country. This causes it to be nothing more than posts about news articles and tabloid articles. The general environment in the the forum is of extreme negativity and constant, incessant complaining about everything related to Japan. While I don't pretend that anyone needs to like everything about Japan, the users there do the opposite. Everything is problematic about the place - the food, the culture, the customs people have at work and in private life, the Olympics, the politics (I've never seen people more involved and concerned about japanese politics than the non Japanese citizens on he Japan subreddit who just constantly crap on the LDP for whatever reason), behaviors of people, work life , etc etc etc.
And the worst part is that the other forums are so overmoderated and the moderators are so controlling that you can hardly post anything anywhere. For example the Japan life forum has a rule that only those living in Japan can post. While my wife and I don't live in Japan, half her life is still in the country and she lives in the country half the year and half the year in my home country. When asking questions regarding taxes, my post was deleted and I was banned because I didn't physically live within Japan, even though my family has to deal with issues of someone living in Japan. Doesn't make any sense. Just today I made a post asking people recommendations on placed to visit in Yamanashi prefecture and my post was deleted because Japan guide exists and I can find information there. So why even have a forum?? The forums used to be really great 6 years ago when they weren't so overmoderated but I feel like they're just useless now.
Is it just me or has anyone else been driven away from these subreddits and reddit as a whole because of nonsense with these moderators and general negativity and complaining from users?
The main Japan forum doesn't allow any posts or discussion regarding any topic covered by the other forums, so can't post about travel there or moving or life within the country. This causes it to be nothing more than posts about news articles and tabloid articles. The general environment in the the forum is of extreme negativity and constant, incessant complaining about everything related to Japan. While I don't pretend that anyone needs to like everything about Japan, the users there do the opposite. Everything is problematic about the place - the food, the culture, the customs people have at work and in private life, the Olympics, the politics (I've never seen people more involved and concerned about japanese politics than the non Japanese citizens on he Japan subreddit who just constantly crap on the LDP for whatever reason), behaviors of people, work life , etc etc etc.
And the worst part is that the other forums are so overmoderated and the moderators are so controlling that you can hardly post anything anywhere. For example the Japan life forum has a rule that only those living in Japan can post. While my wife and I don't live in Japan, half her life is still in the country and she lives in the country half the year and half the year in my home country. When asking questions regarding taxes, my post was deleted and I was banned because I didn't physically live within Japan, even though my family has to deal with issues of someone living in Japan. Doesn't make any sense. Just today I made a post asking people recommendations on placed to visit in Yamanashi prefecture and my post was deleted because Japan guide exists and I can find information there. So why even have a forum?? The forums used to be really great 6 years ago when they weren't so overmoderated but I feel like they're just useless now.
Is it just me or has anyone else been driven away from these subreddits and reddit as a whole because of nonsense with these moderators and general negativity and complaining from users?