We still have inline images in comments though which are arguably just as bad, if not worse. I can’t be the only one that noticed how rapidly /r/unexpected comment sections went to absolute shit when gif comments became a thing in the Reddit mobile app.

I’ve already seen numerous cases of people using the place like discord and dropping gifs in reply to a comment, and getting upvoted because “lol moving pictures”.

They contribute nothing, they’re distracting, take up a lot of space in the comment chain if you like compact mode, often spammed by users that have nothing intelligent to add but feel the need for attention anyway.

I’m patiently waiting for the setting to disable it.

You’re lucky if you get a full word. The worst were the one letter chains that culminated in F U C K M E or something.

Yeah, it killed my will to participate in the comments. So much of it was those dumb jokes and chains. Originally has left the train a long time ago. I ended up sort of loathing the “humor” on that place.

To me, this felt similar to “clapter comedy”, wherein there is no laughter, just applauses. Nothing funny is being actually said, there is no setup, no punchline. It is just people sorta agreeing that something should be funny because they agree with it, and if you’re the first yo say it, then all your unfunny friends will give you the thumbs up.

For the record, I am a complete lunatic in real-life who joke about everything and I find almost everything hillarious. It is pretty damn sad that I get no enjoyment from theses.