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Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision

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Re: Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision

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Post by codegeek »

jklinger410 wrote: post #8

> No porn. What is porn? > No politics. What is political? > No racism or any form of bigotry. What is bigoted? > A soft rule of: Don't be an asshole. What is an asshole?

Not OP but this can be explained.

Porn = Nude Pictures/audio/videos of human beings. People having sex of any type in the form of video/audio/images.

Politics = Discussion of any political ideology. Libeal/Conservative/Country etc etc. I personally disagree with OP here but wanted to define it for you anyway.

Bigoted = judging/not liking people purely based on where they come from, color of their skin, sexual orientation or religion.

Asshole = someone who engages in bad faith with someone and/or calls them names. disagreeing != asshole. But if you add name calling, verbal abuse, direct threats to someone, I would call them as asshole.

Re: Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision

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Post by przems »

johnchristopher wrote: post #32
carlgreene wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the common sense meaning of something being "political"? Do conversations around minimum wage count? What about current LGBT issues? What is the common sense meaning of bigotry?

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That’s a really disrespectful and patronizing comment to make.

Re: Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision

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Post by detaro »

previnder wrote: post #15
jklinger410 wrote: post #8

> No porn. What is porn? > No politics. What is political? > No racism or any form of bigotry. What is bigoted? > A soft rule of: Don't be an asshole. What is an asshole?

HN is more or less moderated on similar guidelines, and the discussions here are better than on most online spaces I've been a part of. I understand that one cannot draw a line to clearly separate categories from categories, but that doesn't mean that categories don't exist. As to the definition of these terms, I was only thinking of their "common sense" meaning.

HN once tried a "no politics week". It was one of the bigger clusterfucks in the history of the site, and the experiment was quickly abandoned.

Re: Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision

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Post by TrueGeek »

sdaitzman wrote: post #37

"No adult content" "No politics" No thanks! As a practical matter, is sex ed material adult content? Would discussion of LGBT rights (or people), or election results, or the site guidelines, or the Reddit protests be political?

What about arranging IRL protests, union strikes, war zone evacuations? OP's statement of "Politics rots people's brains" is a very head-in-the-sand statement and ignores one of the truly good and powerful aspects of social media.

Re: Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision

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Post by bhandziuk »

mousepad12 wrote: post #30

How come most of these new reddit clones choose a style that aligns more with "new reddit" than "old reddit"? Which I thought we disliked? Please use the full-width of the screen.

Is that why people like old Reddit? I never got what the allure was.

Re: Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision

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Post by grendelt »

mousepad12 wrote: post #30

How come most of these new reddit clones choose a style that aligns more with "new reddit" than "old reddit"? Which I thought we disliked? Please use the full-width of the screen.

I came here to ask if there's an "old.discuit.net" style.

I never adopted new reddit and when I see it, I know I've been signed out. Old reddit is the only "clean" UI in my book.

Re: Show HN: Discuit – A Reddit alternative with a clean UI and a sensible vision

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Post by sdaitzman »

TrueGeek wrote: post #45
sdaitzman wrote: post #37

"No adult content" "No politics" No thanks! As a practical matter, is sex ed material adult content? Would discussion of LGBT rights (or people), or election results, or the site guidelines, or the Reddit protests be political?

What about arranging IRL protests, union strikes, war zone evacuations? OP's statement of "Politics rots people's brains" is a very head-in-the-sand statement and ignores one of the truly good and powerful aspects of social media.

Agreed! I would also argue that it's a deeply political statement.
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