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Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by rootusrootus »

forbiddenlake wrote: post #74
jimbob45 wrote: post #23

Reddit mods wantonly abuse their power and I'm not even talking about politics. Ever been to r/science? 8/10 comments are deleted and those posts can't be read ever again (I'm understating that number, if anything). Honestly, half the reason I come here is because you can still view dead comments - censorship is a surefire way to get me to leave your community.

> Ever been to r/science? 8/10 comments are deleted and those posts can't be read ever again Note that this is clearly spelled out in the subreddit rules, and is by design. 8/10 comments on reddit as a whole are jokes, anecdotes, off topic, or simply low quality. /r/science tries to promote high-quality discussion of actual science, does so by heavy moderation, and doesn't pretend they're not deleting most comments.…

> 8/10 comments on reddit as a whole are jokes, anecdotes, off topic, or simply low quality.

I would guess that is a significant underestimate. I had one post become reasonably popular, and I was amazed at how awful, low quality, and incredibly redundant the replies were. 99% of all the top level replies were some version of the same low-effort comment.

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by jaywalk »

_emacsomancer_ wrote: post #164
jaywalk wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that you'd describe Reddit as "center-right" currently is enough to tell me you're coming at this from a very different perspective than the average person. I would say that Reddit began as libertarian, and is now far-left.

> I would say that Reddit began as libertarian, and is now far-left. In the same way that Biden, who pushed Reagan from the right on 'tough on crime' laws, is portrayed as the far-left.

I wouldn't call Biden far-left by any means, and the support he has on Reddit doesn't seem to be much more enthusiastic than "he's the best chance we have of getting rid of Trump."

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by nkozyra »

WorkingDead wrote: post #121
staycoolboy wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, /r/politics is an echo chamber. But there is an enormous difference between that and T_D. I don't ever recall seeing posts on /r/politics being stickied that called for violence, whereas that happened routinely on T_D. Your comment is not sarcastic, it is misleading, misiniformed and ultimately destructive.

BS. The only difference between the two discussion groups is that TD dropped all the pretense. I have seen the same kinds of things that are loosely defined as 'calls to violence' in both places.

"Dropped the pretense" is an inference you're making into the motivations of the posters.

Indeed, the difference between making a direct call to violence and an inferred one are very different things.

The problems with TD stemmed far beyond inciting or glorifying violence. As mentioned, the biggest problem with /r/politics is it's an absolute echo chamber. Not even in the same realm.

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by throwaway45783 »

belltaco wrote: post #129
throwaway45783 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's wrong with /r/conspiracy?

It has a lot of far right misinformation, fake news and articles from fishy sites. The mods are biased and wont moderate those. E.g from yesterday https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/gwgv6i/awfully_...

Sounds like typical conspiracy theory behavior to me, not sure what you expected from a conspiracy subreddit or why you would want the subreddit banned.

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by tmpz22 »

hckr_news wrote: post #144
tmpz22 wrote: post #43

“After making a shit ton of money, raising way more money then we needed to, and ultimately handing the future of the platform to soulless investors, I’ve decided to leave to better support people oppressed by police brutality” seems like a more honest statement to me but I guess it doesn’t read as well. Edit: Snark aside, his actions and financial commitments to various organizations (as well as some of his future e…

You have a point but it doesn’t make anything he said any less true.

Agreed, and I added a small edit to my original comment to reflect t hat.

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by nromiun »

augustt wrote: post #160
nromiun wrote: post #109

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Just take any (communism, revolution etc) agenda from the far left and try to post against that in some popular subreddit. I guarantee that you will get banned immediately. At this point they should just post a "Only Leftists allowed" banner. That would be so much easier.

Why even lie like this. r/unpopularopinion is basically conservative talking points 101 for instance. Do you seriously think posting "I don't think the means of production should be seized" will get you banned from r/pics? Come on.

So on a supposedly unbiased website the only place conservatives can hang out is at r/unpopularopinion? That doesn't sound wrong to you?

And yes, even on non-political subreddits politics has taken root. Any time there is a political photo it turns into a full blown political subreddit.

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by _emacsomancer_ »

nromiun wrote: post #156
alecb wrote: post #143

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How do you develop a worldview where the grotesquely status quo mainstream of Reddit is considered "far-left"?

Because I have seen multiple times that any political post or comment right of the far left getting banned? And reddit isn't connected to real life and "mainstream" in any way. In fact they can give Twitter a run for their money based on how disconnected from reality they are.

> Because I have seen multiple times that any political post or comment right of the far left getting banned?

Try posting anything that is mildly critical of Biden from a slightly further left position on r/politics and see how well you fare.

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by lksaar »

metalchianti wrote: post #141
sfkdjf9j3j wrote: post #87

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It was by far the largest online conservative community, and it funneled people into even more extreme communities. I don't really get bringing up the freedom of speech angle here - r/the_donald has always aggressively deleted posts and banned users for expressing anything but complete loyalty to Donald Trump.

This opinion bothers me. TD was always an explicitly pro-Trump subreddit. You expect anti-Trump content to be modded or removed. The modus operandi of /r/politics is much more nefarious. It is branded as a general politics-related subreddit but content that doesn't fit the left-leaning narrative is removed for ambiguous reasons.

You'd expect mods of t_d to not partake in smear campaigns against survivors of a school shooting, actually remove calls for death of various politicans, not telling people to harass journalist and maybe remove blatant fake news.

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by s9w »

throwaway45783 wrote: post #174
belltaco wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has a lot of far right misinformation, fake news and articles from fishy sites. The mods are biased and wont moderate those. E.g from yesterday https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/gwgv6i/awfully_...

Sounds like typical conspiracy theory behavior to me, not sure what you expected from a conspiracy subreddit or why you would want the subreddit banned.

I hope she reads this bro

Re: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns from the Board of Reddit

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Post by pnako »

ilikehurdles wrote: post #89
buttersbrian wrote: post #64

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> So much of what is happening now lies at your feet. I just don't know how much of a responsibility reddit has in strong-arming sub-reddits that are communities, whether we like them or not. So I struggle with Ellen's indictment. It makes it seem like Reddit is a root level cause for where we are at today -- It's not, and is only a symptom. I believe it is unfair to say reddit, and their (somewhat) hands off approac…

Reddit, among other social media websites, has been used as an avenue for the radicalization of, particularly, young males.

What exactly do you mean by 'radicalization'? Do young males have opinions that are fundamentally different from their fathers or grandfathers?
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