The Vancouver Media Thread | Part VIII

[StickShift]

I don’t know where else to put this—has anyone else noticed a distinctive shift in tone at r/canucks this year? I rarely post there but I do browse.

It’s gone from being a fairly self-deprecating meme-first community—to being abnormally full of posters with abnormally rose colored glasses who fangirl over players.

Critical or self-deprecating posts seem to get downvoted very quickly. Like—that’s not the Canucks community. I’ve been around a while. Even the old Canucks.com forums were never quite like that.

Am I out of touch? Or are the children wrong? Or are the Canucks astroturfing their subreddit?

 

[Nuckles]

I don’t know where else to put this—has anyone else noticed a distinctive shift in tone at r/canucks this year? I rarely post there but I do browse.

It’s gone from being a fairly self-deprecating meme-first community—to being abnormally full of posters with abnormally rose colored glasses who fangirl over players.

Critical or self-deprecating posts seem to get downvoted very quickly. Like—that’s not the Canucks community. I’ve been around a while. Even the old Canucks.com forums were never quite like that.

Am I out of touch? Or are the children wrong? Or are the Canucks astroturfing their subreddit?

For what it's worth it was also like that during 90% of the Benning era. Any sort of (very valid) criticism would get downvoted to oblivion.

I don't remember fully, but an NHL team (Oilers?) got caught astroturfing on this site a while back

 

[rypper]

For what it's worth it was also like that during 90% of the Benning era. Any sort of (very valid) criticism would get downvoted to oblivion.

I don't remember fully, but an NHL team (Oilers?) got caught astroturfing on this site a while back

100% on the first bit. Then it kind of slid into a non serious low quality meme site. I used to frequent it and started to feel like that meme of Steve Buscemi "hello fellow kids" and started to visit less and less and post here more because the age and maturity level was more my speed.

 

[Jack Tripper]

I don’t know where else to put this—has anyone else noticed a distinctive shift in tone at r/canucks this year? I rarely post there but I do browse.

It’s gone from being a fairly self-deprecating meme-first community—to being abnormally full of posters with abnormally rose colored glasses who fangirl over players.

Critical or self-deprecating posts seem to get downvoted very quickly. Like—that’s not the Canucks community. I’ve been around a while. Even the old Canucks.com forums were never quite like that.

Am I out of touch? Or are the children wrong? Or are the Canucks astroturfing their subreddit?

That’s Reddit in a nutshell—because of the moderation and upvote system, all team subs tend to lean a certain way over time.

r/Canucks were big Benning boosters for years, and that general optimism has mostly stuck around.

The sub also skews pretty young, which explains all the meme-heavy posts—but also the lack of historical cynicism that longer-term fans of the team tend to have.

 

[HairyKneel]

When did Jeff Patterson acquire a lisp?

Him and 300 pound Sekeres piling on. They hate the team.

 

[rypper]

When did Jeff Patterson acquire a lisp?

Him and 300 pound Sekeres piling on. They hate the team.

Seething with hate.