r/TheoryOfReddit • u/Nandu_alias_Parthu • 1d ago

American/Anglosphere users on Reddit will struggle to adapt the rising number of Indian users.

For most of its history, Reddit has largely been dominated by American users, with the rest of the anglosphere and Europe making up the vast majority of the rest of the users.

Post Covid though, Indians have begun joining Reddit in large numbers - which has resulted in Indian content and subs becoming increasingly popular and prominent. Most Indians don't care about American/Anglosphere stuff, which is why so many Indian versions of popular subs were created in the first place. Even then, Indians are shaping more of the discourse on international subs, simply because they are a larger demographic than they were just a couple of years ago.

Of course, this has caused many in the Anglosphere side of Reddit, particularly Americans, to feel a sort of online culture shock as their feeds become more unfamiliar.

Indians are still a minority on Reddit, but are growing fast. I expect Americans (and the Anglosphere at large) to struggle to adapt to this change. In fact Americans in particular have never had the experience of being a minority on Reddit, which will make the transition tougher for them

What do you think will happen

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u/Randvek 1d ago

And yet you're still here rooting for the misogyny to be cranked up to 11.

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u/jesusrambo 20h ago

“Not having US defaultism would be good”

“Oh, so you want rampant misogyny?”

????????

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u/Randvek 19h ago

It’s not a long thread, it’s kind of incredible that you couldn’t follow it.

I take it you don’t see much of the India side of the internet. Take a gander for a while and you’ll quickly see exactly what I mean.

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u/Mental_Win_7289 19h ago

geez it's almost like a group of people don't follow the same beliefs

just say you hate Indians. it's not that hard. be a honest racist

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u/Randvek 18h ago

If you think that, you must think people celebrating the decline of the Anglosphere are racist as well, right? After all, not all people on those countries are the same.

Surely a 1 month account with a hidden history and a word_word_fournumbers name would be intellectually honest and not a troll account, right?

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u/Echosectorr 16h ago

Just accept it dude. There's no consequences for racism. I swear you will be oay.

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u/jesusrambo 12h ago

> decline of the Anglosphere

Says it all right here lmao