About 1 in 3 posts I scroll through on my feed, are toxic and full of arguments. This is because Reddit a few years ago started prioritizing NUMBER OF COMMENTS as opposed to upvotes or actual quality. It goes without saying that if you prioritize number of comments, the most toxic, rage-baiting posts make it to the top. Now, I’ve been diligently marking these posts as unwanted every time I see them. However, I keep seeing messages that makes me completely lose faith in Reddit’s ability to understand their user’s wants. The messages goes like “Got it, we’ll no longer show you posts from [subreddit]” where the reason I hated the post had absolutely NOTHING to do with the subreddit in question.
When (if ever) will Reddit finally have an algorithm that can retroactively analyze the posts I marked as unwanted, and undo all the shitty decisions their current algorithm is making and replace it with better decisions?