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Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by dpbriggs »

_1qd4 wrote: post #307
samfriedman wrote: post #159

The title should be updated, as T_D was just one of a large number of subs banned today; even then, it has been largely irrelevant since the admins' earlier decision to quarantine it and impose other restrictions. Other larger banned subs include /r/GenderCritical (anti-Trans) and /r/ConsumeProduct which was ostensibly for criticism of consumerism and product promotion, but hid a large strain of antisemitism below th…

/r/ConsumeProduct was antisemtic? I never saw that in the posts of theirs that made the front page. It was always memes about over-consumption, they might make fun of disposable make-up wipes for example ("And when you're done, just throw it away!" cue gallery yelling in a robotic voice: CONSUME PRODUCT ). Genuinely curious what the link to antisemitism is. Is the thought that consumerism = big business, and big busi…

Things got dicey on that subreddit the further down a page you'd scroll

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by GoodJokes »

txcwpalpha wrote: post #23

About time. However, this move was mostly symbolic. r/the_donald has been inactive for months without a single new post on it. AFAIK the community had already moved on to another site off reddit. Much more significant IMO is that the ban also includes r/ChapoTrapHouse, which is a "left"-leaning subreddit accused of much of the same stuff r/the_donald was.

what was chapo accused of? The original quarantine was due to the sub posting about John Brown (killer of slave holders). Reddit didn't like that. Slave holders are people too.

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by duxup »

lumberingjack wrote: post #377

I was still using the site but now my front page is empty I tell you empty not one sub I had is LEFT

That's a pretty weird thing to have happen. How many subs could you possibly been following?

Not that many subs get banned...

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by AnthonyMouse »

TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #356
williamgrant wrote: post #314

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It is a common sentiment there that the only good Democrat is a dead one. A similar sentiment is commonly expressed by far left individuals and groups on Twitter, Facebook and other mediums. "the only good Tory is a dead Tory" has been the popular refrain for decades. It's depressing these sentiments are carelessly amplified and approved by so many. Edit: Apparently this has caused a stir. I encourage others to not…

They're not. Not only is "The only good Tory is a dead Tory" not a popular refrain at all [1], but a quick search for "The only good Republican is a dead Republican" returns a lot of hits for the "[...] dead Democrat" quote and almost none for the search phrase. These attempts at false equivalence reliably appear in these situations, and there's reliably nothing to back them up. The difference is the right is trying…

Republicans use "Democrat" as a swear word. Democrats more commonly resort to epithets to describe their opponents.

Relevant Google autocomplete for "the only good ...":

The only good cop is a dead one

The only good pig is a dead pig

The only good fascist is a very dead fascist

Nothing there referring to liberals/progressives/Democrats.

I also gave it "the only good c..." to see if it would give up "conservative" and it gave "christian" instead, so there's that.

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by christkv »

CM30 wrote: post #183
ve55 wrote: post #7

Worth taking note that in today's climate, you really cannot win when you are in a position to moderate important things that a lot of people use. There is constantly tremendous pressure on you to perform opposing actions, and even making no decision at all will cause you significant mental stress and harassment, regardles of what the issue is. You have to pick who you want to cave to, and to what extent, and no matt…

The best solution is not to cave to anyone. It's to come out, say what you think is best, then tell anyone who disagrees to either take it or leave the platform. If enough companies, groups and individuals do that, this sort of pressure will stop, since people will learn it doesn't work. Most people won't stop using a platform over this stuff anyway.

The problem is the advertisers who have your proverbial nuts in their hands.

If you could live without advertisers then maybe it would work.

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Post by hhhhhhhjjjjjjju »

ve55 wrote: post #7

Worth taking note that in today's climate, you really cannot win when you are in a position to moderate important things that a lot of people use. There is constantly tremendous pressure on you to perform opposing actions, and even making no decision at all will cause you significant mental stress and harassment, regardles of what the issue is. You have to pick who you want to cave to, and to what extent, and no matt…

I run a video game clan with a fairly active discord channel -- the stance I've taken is: there are no rules beyond:

1. nothing illegal (includes cheating at games) 2. no racism / homophobia / transphobia 3. no harassing other members 4. everyone has different beliefs and come from different parts of the world -- if you are offended, ask the offender to stop, otherwise see a mod

so far there are around 50 people in the chat and almost no issues even though we have members who are rep/dem/other, religions ranging from Christian to Satanist, and we regularly post political and religious memes and such.

I don't know how but thus far we've had no real issues.

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by [deleted] »

Melkor765 wrote: post #456
skrowl wrote: post #341

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "everyone I don't like is a racist" debate strategy isn't a good look, but "every conservative is racist" is just pathetic. There was literally zero racist activity on The_Donald. The mods were very transparent and showed EVERY ACTION once they hit quarantine (to show they didn't deserve to be quarantined). The only racist posts came from new accounts / people who had never posted in The_Donald that were immediat…

To anyone reading, this is not true.

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Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by belltaco »

ww520 wrote: post #413
belltaco wrote: post #404

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that was the case but I am open to sources.

I am also open to the sources that the low level mods were "hired" by the top mods.

That's the default of how it works on Reddit.

https://mods.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004273892-M....

You made the claim that the admins added mods, what made you think so?

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