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Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

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Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

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Post by TeMPOraL »

crocodiletears wrote: post #66
dx87 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My history class must have skipped over the part where the american revolution was organized on twitter and facebook.

IIRC, The American revolution was coordinated and funded by the existing colonial administrations, with aid from France. It was a secessionist movement backed by regional business interests in response to a reassertion of imperial sovereignty by a previously lax British government. Something to be proud of, certainly. But not a grassroots thing, even if it did have some degree of popular support.

Was there ever a grassroot revolution that wasn't instigated, or at least backed, by foreign powers? I can't think of one.

Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

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Post by root_axis »

ve55 wrote: post #115
SubiculumCode wrote: post #103

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Discord, a monopoly?

When you're able to play a video game and have a large amount of users agree to use anything besides Discord, then I'll grant this objection. Until then, I'll refer to it as a monopoly (not over all communication of course, just within its own niche).

All the voice chat options that existed in the gaming world prior to Discord's dominance still exist, except with those options you have to pay for your own hosting like every gaming clan used to do prior to Discord. This is the cost of "free". It doesn't help that Discord has the best chat client on the market, so the competitors need to step it up.

Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

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Post by sk1one »

wyxuan wrote: post #104

If you've *seen* the moderation (or the lack thereof) you'd understand why it was banned. Place was crazy with all kinds of nasty language. I'll admit I joined early on but I also left early on after seeing how lax the moderation and how much of a toxic mess it was - even more than the sub.

there are literally nsfw subs full of porn but you cant handle a few words?

Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

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Post by SilasX »

ve55 wrote: post #115
SubiculumCode wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Discord, a monopoly?

When you're able to play a video game and have a large amount of users agree to use anything besides Discord, then I'll grant this objection. Until then, I'll refer to it as a monopoly (not over all communication of course, just within its own niche).

Not a big gamer, but I’ve done voicechat in games over jitsi and Zoom.

Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

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Post by madeofpalk »

scarmig wrote: post #149
madeofpalk wrote: post #99

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Did you're read the article, and the statement Discord put out? I think the stated reason is the believable. > Discord says it did not ban the server for financial fraud — rather, it was banned because it continued to allow “hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings.”

I think at this point every single unpopular or questionable action made by an institution is going to go with a "it's to prevent hate/discrimination" justification. It's an easy way to get a credulous mob on your side; you can always nutpick random examples; and if someone argues against it they just prove they're one of the racists/whatever.

I mean your comment is based on the assumption that hate speech doesn't happen online. in my experience, places like discord and a bunch of subreddits are sweltering with it. it is not surprising at all that something that blew up as fast as this had trouble moderating hate speech out and became a host for it.

Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

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Post by llampx »

skarz wrote: post #131
BelenusMordred wrote: post #16

For all the uneasy feelings I get about the triggerhappy banning by these platforms, there's probably a light at end of the tunnel. Boot enough people and the better alternatives might actually flourish with network effects.

Wait you actually think that when people are banned they simply just "go away"? Vanish in to thin air? Problem solved?

The way bans on reddit have tended to work is that by dispersing the group, there's an additional barrier created to stop the spread of the idea. This has happened with fatpeoplehate, the trump reddit, and with the red pill reddit among others. Its not just a group of people of a similar knowledge level and similar ideas coming together, it is also new users happening across the subreddit and deciding to take part. Take away the new users and it becomes an echo chamber.

This is what makes Youtube, Reddit and Facebook so powerful. They can choose who can stay on their platform, and how much discoverability their ideas have if they are allowed to stay on the platform.

Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

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Post by to11mtm »

easton wrote: post #100
xiphias2 wrote: post #52

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It worked, Gamestop postmarket price is down from market close.

In the last 20-30 minutes too, which suggests it was purely because of WSB getting wacked. That's weird, it seems like the sentiment of the people investing in GameStop wouldn't be changed just because of this.

Paper hands...
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