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Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by draw_down »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #32
abritinthebay wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not... really. The Donald/GamerGate/alt-right/troll factor has got immeasurably worse over the last 2 years. They’ve done nothing about it - in fact seem to tacitly be ok with it (preferring the useless “leave them in their own space” approach that has kept failing for years ) Reddit is doing far far worse than even Twitter at combatting these issues. At least Twitter seems to be (kinda ineffectually) trying.

> Reddit is doing far far worse than even Twitter at combatting these issues Do you have a source for this claim? Genuine question. Searching Google Scholar for "flame wars" or "Twitter Reddit sentiment" failed to produce anything useful.

> Searching Google Scholar for "flame wars" or "Twitter Reddit sentiment" failed to produce anything useful.

Oh, well, I guess that settles it then!

Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by komali2 »

kaffee wrote: post #34
gowld wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maintaining civil order is everyone's responsibility, not merely professionals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles Denying a citizens obligation to be active member of the social order reduces us to passive objects in society. Why are you fighting copyright monopolies? You are doing free work for the any-copyright industry.

Really, copyright is about "civil order"? Interesting. This is the first time I have heard that particular justification for IPR. edit: ok, that's not true. the MPAA/RIAA advertisements do equate piracy with violent crime.

Well, perhaps not for many consumers, but I know artists for example that regularly utilize copyright law to protect their creations.

Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by jbigelow76 »

ihuman wrote: post #39
jbigelow76 wrote: post #37

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Interesting that he named his daughter after himself. Check your privilege bro, who says he determined the name? Maybe Serena Williams liked the name and wanted it for their daughter.

What does that have anything to do with privilege?

Sarcasm based on the OP's assumption that it was hubris that led the name selection of their daughter. It was literally the first thing the OP commented on. Where it entwines with privilege is the OP's assumption that Serena had no agency in the naming.

Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by [deleted] »

pentagonpapers wrote: post #35
abritinthebay wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not... really. The Donald/GamerGate/alt-right/troll factor has got immeasurably worse over the last 2 years. They’ve done nothing about it - in fact seem to tacitly be ok with it (preferring the useless “leave them in their own space” approach that has kept failing for years ) Reddit is doing far far worse than even Twitter at combatting these issues. At least Twitter seems to be (kinda ineffectually) trying.

That's laughable. We know for a fact the DNC was paying people to sit on Reddit all day long with talking points to sway public opinion. It's the failure of Reddit to be transparent about thier political goals. It's clear to anyone who isnt blind that in the last four years Reddit has been structurally attacked by the left and turned places like politics, world news, even conspiracy into liberal talking points.

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Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by kolbe »

gowld wrote: post #26
kaffee wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why are you taking it upon yourself to say such a thing? You're doing free work for the legal industry. Fighting copyright monopolies is hard enough without adding Stockholm syndrome to the mix.

Maintaining civil order is everyone's responsibility, not merely professionals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles Denying a citizens obligation to be active member of the social order reduces us to passive objects in society. Why are you fighting copyright monopolies? You are doing free work for the any-copyright industry.

You have a very bootlicky idea of "civil order." You'd make a great citizen in an unjust totalitarian state.

Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by sctb »

virtuexru wrote: post #29
abritinthebay wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not... really. The Donald/GamerGate/alt-right/troll factor has got immeasurably worse over the last 2 years. They’ve done nothing about it - in fact seem to tacitly be ok with it (preferring the useless “leave them in their own space” approach that has kept failing for years ) Reddit is doing far far worse than even Twitter at combatting these issues. At least Twitter seems to be (kinda ineffectually) trying.

You seem sane.

We've already asked you to post civilly and substantively (as the guidelines ask) or not at all. We ban accounts that won't, so could you please improve this?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by autotune »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #32
abritinthebay wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not... really. The Donald/GamerGate/alt-right/troll factor has got immeasurably worse over the last 2 years. They’ve done nothing about it - in fact seem to tacitly be ok with it (preferring the useless “leave them in their own space” approach that has kept failing for years ) Reddit is doing far far worse than even Twitter at combatting these issues. At least Twitter seems to be (kinda ineffectually) trying.

> Reddit is doing far far worse than even Twitter at combatting these issues Do you have a source for this claim? Genuine question. Searching Google Scholar for "flame wars" or "Twitter Reddit sentiment" failed to produce anything useful.

/r/HailCorporate has plenty examples where corporations can be shown manipulating Reddit on a daily basis. I have to use a word search and replace plugin just to restore some amount of sanity to content and even then it's iffy.

Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by eitally »

Karunamon wrote: post #33
abritinthebay wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not... really. The Donald/GamerGate/alt-right/troll factor has got immeasurably worse over the last 2 years. They’ve done nothing about it - in fact seem to tacitly be ok with it (preferring the useless “leave them in their own space” approach that has kept failing for years ) Reddit is doing far far worse than even Twitter at combatting these issues. At least Twitter seems to be (kinda ineffectually) trying.

As much as I don’t want to bring that particular debate here, this comment reads like anyone with conservative politics is a troll to be silenced. As someone who doesn’t agree, please understand how offensive and unconstructive this statement is.

Because those subs have absolutely nothign to do with conservative politics and everything to do with alt-right echo chamber trolling.

There are plenty of places you can find polite political discourse on Reddit, like these:

/r/PoliticalDiscussion/ And for logical, not emotional political debates:

/r/AskAConservative /r/AskALiberal /r/DebateCommunism /r/DebateFascism /r/LibertarianDebates /r/DebateAnarchism

Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by dpcx »

greenleafjacob wrote: post #20

Isn’t it misleading to say Reddit is backed by YC now? > reddit has had a long and complex history, starting as one of the first Y Combinator companies, then as a division of Conde Nast, and three years ago spun out as an independent entity. Then they raised 50M in 2014.

If that's the case then it should be considered misleading to note that they were a division of Conde Nast.

But it's not. It's a historical fact that all three of those things happened, and some people might not know how Reddit got to where they are.

Re: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Steps Aside, Focuses on Initialized Capital

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Post by tptacek »

greenleafjacob wrote: post #20

Isn’t it misleading to say Reddit is backed by YC now? > reddit has had a long and complex history, starting as one of the first Y Combinator companies, then as a division of Conde Nast, and three years ago spun out as an independent entity. Then they raised 50M in 2014.

Not really. YC is usually a minority shareholder, even for newer companies.
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