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

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

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Post by ww520 »

belltaco wrote: post #490
ww520 wrote: post #413

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

That link doesn't say anything about hiring, and doesn't have any evidence on the top mods paid to "hired" the lower level mods. As for the sleeper mods being added by force, there were definitely warnings about them before, but then the whole sub is wiped out now. Very convenient to get rid of all the evidence.

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

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Post by ssully »

throwaway829 wrote: post #539
caconym_ wrote: post #494

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T_D was chock full of calls for violence since its early days. In particular, I remember looking one day and seeing its whole front page covered in posts glorifying Pinochet for the way he treated his domestic enemies. The mods quite clearly had no good faith interest in keeping this kind of content out, only stepping in (except to ban users going against the narrative) when they were threatened from above. I am myst…

Similar to how leftists promoted the "punch a nazi in the face" meme'. They will of course be the ones defining who is a "nazi".

I mean, the punch a nazi in the face meme was spawned by a self defined nazi being punched in the face.

I am not surprised you a using a throwaway to defend this.

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

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Post by citizenkeen »

Gunax wrote: post #414
ant6n wrote: post #345

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I find it wierd what some Americans consider to be communist. A communist is not somebody who advocates for * equal rights for all people independent of ethnic origin, skin color, gender or religion * public transit * universal access to health care * affordable higher education * affordable housing * or even wealth redistribution via taxes, for example via welfare or a guaranteed minimum income A Communist is somebo…

And a white supremacist is not someone who advocates for bringing jobs back home, or enforcing immigration law. But people still feel free to call Trump racist because of those policies. The reason is that people view him as having ulteriour motives beyond his stated ones. Everyone is for affordable housing, so being in favour of that has no political bearing. But there are different proposed solutions to that. Putti…

Retweeting a video that says "white power" is something racists do, though, so you might need a better example.

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

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Post by gblaickzou »

The “progressives” have made their move in preparation for the election. Here’s hoping ol’Donny wins again so the leftists can start some self-reflection.

Chaptraphouse is nothing compared to all the other “mainstream” subs like politics and news that are still under their control.

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

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Post by skinnymuch »

Crespyl wrote: post #393
dandersh wrote: post #330

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ChapoTrapHouse, which was the largest left wing sub. Edit (since I can't reply): r/politics is American liberalism, which is centrist.

"Largest left wing sub" is probably too broad a term when /r/politics exists. "Largest far-left frequently rule-breaking sub" is a more useful designation.

We need some sort of logic behind words and meaning. To call /r/politics or CNN etc left wing is too much. I don’t have an exact argument on hand. It just feels so wrong to subvert the expectation of a word or phrase this much to casually call stuff like this left wing.

As op said: “ Edit (since I can't reply): r/politics is American liberalism, which is centrist.”

I don’t care about being that specific. Just don’t call it left wing.

Your bias is really showing in your second paragraph. So it’s not about rule breaking repeatedly like many subreddits including I bet /r/politics? There’s a certain frequency with which it has to occur? I Highly doubt that guideline has been followed consistently.

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

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Post by chippy »

jl2718 wrote: post #173

There’s no winning this game. Soon they will be considered liable for anything they didn’t censor, especially from the extreme left, as they are making the appearance of support. I hope they’re paying Michael a massive amount of money to associate himself with this dumpster fire.

a strange game - the only winning move is not to play.

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

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Post by duxup »

TheAdamAndChe wrote: post #542
duxup wrote: post #374

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>lots of other communities are allowed to exist despite having much more and more overt bigotry including celebrations of political violence I would argue that was what TD was until very recently.

Maybe. Those other ones aren't banned though while TD was. Combined with the fact that their new rules explicitly allow for harassment of majority identity groups, I'd say this isn't a good move.

TD wasn't either until just now ... maybe those 'others' will be tomorrow?

I'm not sure the timing of non specific sub banning really means anything.

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Post by duskwuff »

0BADAC1D wrote: post #477
abellerose wrote: post #315

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As a trans person myself. All that subreddit did was target hate towards trans people. Anyone care to elaborate on what else they did with actual proof?

is it hateful to be skeptical of gender?

"Skeptical of gender" is a cover phrase for "denying the existence of trans people". So, yes.

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

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Post by afiori »

13415 wrote: post #379
superkuh wrote: post #51

I have no love for the political ideology or behavior of this group but they weren't breaking any laws or even any more rules than other groups on reddit that still operate. They were just politically unviable. Centralized corporate means to communicate (like, say, this one we're using) always go bad eventually. It's the natural lifecycle of online forums. Once money involved it's only a matter of time before the pro…

I've written about it elsewhere, so just a quick comment: The best thing is to get rid of all political zealots on a forum. The majority of users are not interested in the political opinions of these people (who usually defend fringe views), and political agitation in online forums is not needed or any way beneficial for democracy. It just annoys the vast majority of normal users.

That is for sure how I feel looking at r/pics trending post in the last months
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