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It's hard to put my finger on the exact problems but it feels worse than the typical decline of large subs.

This thread posted today in response to the protest shows a lot of what I mean: https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/14cbtjv/who_here_is_in_favor_of_just_replacing_these_shit/

Mob mentality, selfishness, scapegoating, lack of critical thinking... It's just so toxic compared to where it was even a year ago.

I'm excited at the prospect of building a more positive, welcoming place here to discuss the NBA.

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[–] Darren 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More than the past year imo; I’d say for the last 3 years or so. I largely started avoiding the comments, but then I realized that a league as popular as the NBA would have news coverage anywhere. I then started following The Athletic for my news; that being said, I do miss having good conversation about the NBA with others. I’m hoping that constructive criticism and disagreements can be upheld here, as that was lost on the subreddit years ago.

[–] ThunderTenTronckh 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

100%. I've been a big contributor to /r/memphisgrizzlies and before all the brigading that came with the Ja drama it was so much better than the general NBA sub. Small communities are where it's at, as long as people stay active.

[–] b000urns 4 points 1 year ago

don't suppose you want to be the one to create /c/memphisgrizzlies ? lol

[–] StrangeWorrier 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Heat sub usually is either doomers or delusionals.

[–] b000urns 3 points 1 year ago

pretty sure all team subs suffer from that, especially on game day

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Very true. Huge doomer here.