For anyone who is confused, this will answer all of your questions:
https://twitter.com/avalonpenrose/status/1354496683938201600
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
#202Earlier quoted context omitted.
The r word isn’t nice. But that cannot be the reason to ban the server. This sounds like an excuse. They mention fraud several times -but say it’s NOT because of fraud— but I almost perceive a wink when they mention it like that.
“retard” is the most ironic example of the ineffectiveness of the euphemism treadmill. And now, on GameFAQs , I could not include the term “tardive dyskinesia” in a post. It was refused because apparently the four character sequence “tard” cannot occur in any word. They could, at the very least, simply implement a system that a human moderator receives an immediate notification when a any of their banned words is use…
That ridiculous. There have been a few references to the Scunthorpe problem lately, so I won’t repeat it.
Are kids going to be prohibited from saying “tardy” When they’re late?
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
The thought crossed my mind too, but if so then why?
well the r/wsb subreddit has gone private too. We are experiencing technical difficulties based on unprecedented scale as a result of the newfound interest in WSB. We are unable to ensure Reddit's content policy and the WSB rules are enforceable without a technology platform that can support automation of this enforcement. WSB will be back. This seems like a DDOS attack on r/wsb well knowing that the moderators canno…
https://www.reddit.com/user/DeepFuckingValue/
Doesn't look like they were wiped?
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#204Think of it as the culture revolution of the digital age.
If you cheered for Twitter shutting down Trump, or Amazon kicking out Parler, you shouldn't be surprised for this.
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#205And they chose today as the best possible time to enact this ban? Really? I really think they should have put more thought into the timing of this decision; a lot of users are going to be upset and will suddenly start to realize that a single company has a monopoly on their online social life (this may seem like an exaggeration, but it feels quite true to me colloquially, especially if you're a younger US male and/or…
Looking at this from another point of view, no other option but today.
There is probably more users violating the terms today (hate speech) then ever before. If they were already watching, then there is a threshold. Today would be the day the threshold is hit. Today is probably the tipping point of no return, moderation becomes virtually impossible.
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#206Nice one Discord, you just radicalized 2 million WSB subscribers and everyone else who hears about it. Well done.
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#207>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.” Funny how that works. If they're not careful, people might start to think 'Hate Speech' could be misused to pursue an agenda. 'It's not that I disagree with what they are doing, they should have just called each other assholes instead of the X…
It's an open chat platform. Yes it can be manually moderated, but all it takes is one guy posting something they know is bannable for admins to be within the rules to ban a server. Pretty convenient.
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
Risk of SEC involvement. This admin is probably nowhere near as lenient on this kind of stuff as the last was, and the recent nonsense with GameStop is probably bad enough to attract negative regulatory attention.
That’s the joke. The SEC pursues the mostly harmless while letting the sharks go free. Did they do anything about naked short selling of Overstock stock? Nope, and now that it’s happened again and retail took advantage of a bad trade, the rules suddenly change “to protect the little guy.” It’s disingenuous at a minimum, and crony capitalism when taken to the maximum. Are they doing anything about Nancy Pelosi (her hu…
It's crony capitalism at minimum, and absolutely disgustingly oppressive at the maximum. These people seemingly are physically unable to let "the little guy" have even a whiff of financial independence.
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#209And they chose today as the best possible time to enact this ban? Really? I really think they should have put more thought into the timing of this decision; a lot of users are going to be upset and will suddenly start to realize that a single company has a monopoly on their online social life (this may seem like an exaggeration, but it feels quite true to me colloquially, especially if you're a younger US male and/or…
Some posts below said that banning for hate speech was really a charade. But if that's true, what's wrong with retail investors pooling their resources to squeeze short? How is it different from a hedge fund pooling resources to flex their muscle of financial engineering?
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#210Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.”
Hah. How long are we going to keep falling for this same shtick? Seriously, are you naïve or is this bad faith? I can't tell anymore.
An enormous amount of propaganda has been pumped directly at us for years. It’s not really their fault.