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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 philliphaydon »

vanattab wrote: post #221
philliphaydon wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well when places like /r/sino exist I think they are safer on Reddit than anywhere else for now. Reddit seems to be ok with hosting anything.

Why should r/sino be banned? I have never been there before your post but it looks like a small pro CCP group on reddit?

For the most part it’s just a sub Reddit of western hating people trying to push propaganda, but if you dig through it and it’s comments there’s some pretty negative stuff that would be removed from Facebook Twitter and YouTube. There was one thread talking about the Uyghurs being criminals and that they should be “killed off like the Jews”. Which is pretty sick IMO. That alone should be reason enough to have that sub Reddit removed.

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

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Post by alchemism »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #54
astine wrote: post #46

For those of us not in the know, what is so special about today regarding WSB? I know there's a feud with short sellers going on, but I haven't been following the details.

Someone went from 50k to 50M by igniting a short squeeze. All eyes were on the WSB subreddit, and discord server. Now both are private or offline. No one has any chance to coordinate now. Discord’s action is effectively market manipulation in a literal sense, because this is certainly going to affect the market. I’m curious why the sub went private though. EDIT: I regret my phrasing. I didn’t mean this was illegal ma…

> No one has any chance to coordinate now.

As with other subgroups both economic and political, the real coordination happens in Telegram and Signal. The public channels amplify.

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

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Post by fennecfoxen »

kgin wrote: post #17

I have no doubt the timing was extremely intentional.

The timing was more or less "hey this pump and dump scam on our platform is getting a bunch of negative attention."

People seem to think they were paid off by some big players. Ha! In their dreams.

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Post by snet0 »

f430 wrote: post #43
Alupis wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And who exactly is hurt here? I've never heard of this subreddit before, nor it's Discord Server, but I do know that one doesn't just stumble upon either on accident. The only people being hurt here are the ones that went looking to be hurt. What we have here is a group of immature people, emboldened by internet anonymity, saying stupid things for the "lolz". Does anyone think they'll be more mature because their ser…

Recall not too long ago the drama over github when one of the employers simply said to "watch out for nazis" during the DC Capitol incident. We are at a point where certain languages are being banned and made illegal, you can't blame people for being worried that we are on the cusp of totalitarianism. The banning of discord and r/wsb going private is quite scary, especially given the timing. I guess hedge fund manage…

I didn't follow the GH drama too closely, especially not on HN, but the "apology" seemed to be very thoughtful and almost exactly what you'd want a company to offer in response to the complaints being made against them. I think using it as an example of language being banned/made illegal is something a lot of people would disagree with, and thus the disagreement with your comment.

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Post by badjeans »

fennecfoxen wrote: post #243
kgin wrote: post #17

I have no doubt the timing was extremely intentional.

The timing was more or less "hey this pump and dump scam on our platform is getting a bunch of negative attention." People seem to think they were paid off by some big players. Ha! In their dreams.

No, I haven't seen anybody talking about discord, just the subreddit/"redditors".

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Post by whatshisface »

fennecfoxen wrote: post #224
motohagiography wrote: post #206

Nice one Discord, you just radicalized 2 million WSB subscribers and everyone else who hears about it. Well done.

Comments like these really drive home how much a deranged cult phenomenon this whole thing is, more so than any headlines.

Well, if you interpret radicalized to mean "have seen a real-world example of the benefits of federated social networks, perhaps real enough to shake the notoriously tech-apathetic public into doing something as easy as making an account somewhere else," then maybe it's a useful insight... unless, of course, nobody does anything.

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Post by underseacables »

ve55 wrote: post #14

And 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…

“ 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”

I agree with you, but I lament that outside of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit, it’s been very hard for any social media company to gain traction.

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Post by medicineman »

TechBro8615 wrote: post #228
Blikkentrekker wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently 4chan floods with increase in traffic after such waves. 8chan , which was far better, went under for it though.

The fact that 4Chan itself has not been the target of deplatforming efforts is confusing to me. If I were to put my tinfoil hat on for a bit, I might speculate that it’s a honeypot that shares data with the feds.

always has been

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

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Post by Clewza313 »

sk1one wrote: post #155
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?

The Discord was banned. The subreddit was not. (It was briefly private, and is now public again.)
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