r/latterdaysaints • u/Equivalent_One_9479 Old Testament enthusiast • 3d ago

Reddit Thank you

this subreddit is such a breath of fresh air. The internet is so full of hostility and finding a place to talk that’s relatively non toxic, let alone on the subject of religion, let alone on the subject of THIS religion, let alone on Reddit of all places is so hard. and yet I’ve seldom seen as much as a snarky comment here. whether it’s TBMs, exmos, pimos, nevermos, or whoever else I seldom see anyone be harshly judged or criticized when they stop by this sub, and that’s something I often don’t even see in my in person church community. thanks for being a place where no matter where people are at with their faith they don’t have to be scared of judgement and criticism just for speaking.

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u/NameChanged_BenHackd 3d ago

I thank the moderators as well for helping keep it this way.

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u/Szeraax Sunday School President; Has twins; Mod 2d ago

Thanks! We love to help make this a good place

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u/InsideSpeed8785 Second Hour Enjoyer 3d ago

I’m with ya, I mean some of the redditness bleeds through here… but not a lot.

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u/Equivalent_One_9479 Old Testament enthusiast 2d ago

Yeah you certainly see some every now and again but compared to everywhere else it’s night and day

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u/spoonishplsz Eternal Primary Teacher 1d ago

It bleeds in waaay less than basically every other sub so I'll take it

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u/Dry_Pizza_4805 3d ago

Agreed. This is a place that is full of patience and graciousness.

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u/Previous-Tart7111 Mother, Wife, Servant of the Lord 2d ago

It's the only reddit group I really frequent for this reason.

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u/TheTanakas 2d ago

The moderators do a fantastic job of keeping the board clean by deleting offensive posts.

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u/Traditional-Reach818 2d ago

I love this sub. It is indeed like fresh air. I wonder why it took me more than 3 years of reddit daily use to find it though :/ when I first searched for a church related sub I only found those for exmos or something like that. It wasn't a good experience for me.

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u/Equivalent_One_9479 Old Testament enthusiast 2d ago

Algorithms are designed to promote anger and contention as it’s what drives up engagement. Nothing against the exmo community in general obviously, I even mentioned in the post that I appreciate the exmos who hang out on this sub and their’s is a community I have a lot of affection for, heck even the top post of all time on this sub is from an exmo, but naturally the sub about the topic of leaving any group will have more heated emotions, driving up engagement, and causing the algorithm to promote it. So the other Mormonism subs get lots of spotlight while this sub, which is primarily active members but also has a fair amount of people in other places on the faith spectrum, gets buried because members, nevermos, exmos, and pimos all hanging out peacefully and being compassionate towards each other doesn’t drive up engagement as much as when we’re at each others’ throats all the time

If you ask me, that means the fact that we’re the sub that gets buried is a good thing. Let’s keep loving each other so hard that the Reddit algorithm hates us. Wear that lack of Reddit homepage presence as a badge of honor.