Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
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Re: Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
#2Reddit politics aside, good. The incel movement seems to live in false-defeat than actual truth. The reality is that (their) personalities and approach can be as fluid and evolve as the intrigues of a woman.
Re: Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
#3So where do I go now?
Re: Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
#4The original post on r/announcements:
> Changes to Our Policy Against Bullying and Harassment
https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/dbf9nj/chang...
A key highlight for Reddit readers, or “TL;DR” as the parlance is:
What should I do if I see content that I think breaks this rule? As always, if you see or experience behavior that you believe is in violation of this rule, please use the report button [“This is abusive or harassing > “It’s targeted harassment”] to let us know. If you believe an entire user account or subreddit is dedicated to harassing or bullying behavior against an individual or group, we want to know that too; report it to us here^.
Re: Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
#5Another regrettable decision by the idiots in charge. Keep banning people left and right for ludicrous reasons and then act all surprised when they radicalize/implode. Marginalized persons need access to the mainstream, not further banishment.
Re: Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
#6Another regrettable decision by the idiots in charge. Keep banning people left and right for ludicrous reasons and then act all surprised when they radicalize/implode. Marginalized persons need access to the mainstream, not further banishment.
“Ludicrous reasons”
These words are doing a lot of work here considering the change is:
“anything that works to shut someone out of the conversation through intimidation or abuse, online or off.”
Maybe having to stop and think how their actions affect others is a step in the right direction.
Re: Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
#7So where do I go now?
Outside.
Re: Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
#8How dare a private megacorp whose business model relies on eyeballs watching ads do whatever it takes to avoid driving said eyeballs away.
A common pattern I've found among the HN or 'liberterian' crowd is that they correctly point out a problem then come up with the most absolute wrong 'solution'. In this example, the problem being 'maybe we shouldn't have surrendered public speaking places to a handful of adtech megacorps that only care about maximizing engagement', the correct solution being 'we should abandon and dismantle these platforms for federated or decentralized alternatives', and the solution most people on here come up with being 'actually they should just unban Nazis'.
Re: Reddit has broadened its anti-harassment rules and banned a major incel forum
#9Another regrettable decision by the idiots in charge. Keep banning people left and right for ludicrous reasons and then act all surprised when they radicalize/implode. Marginalized persons need access to the mainstream, not further banishment.
“Ludicrous reasons” These words are doing a lot of work here considering the change is: “anything that works to shut someone out of the conversation through intimidation or abuse, online or off.” Maybe having to stop and think how their actions affect others is a step in the right direction.
I could apply this to many other default subreddits though.
The things I see on /r/politics and the stuff I saw on /r/the_donald when it was on all are often quite similar, but only one of them got quarantined.
Reddit politics in general are cancer.