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Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by BitwiseFool »

skrowl wrote: post #83
ytq11 wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently retired (before this drama) a 12-year-old Reddit account with close to a million combined karma. This line, that individual subreddits defy any concept of Reddit identity, needs to stop. The overlaps between moderator groups and users, as well as the impact to ALL subreddits from decisions by the administrators, mean it is completely fair game to talk about Reddit as a singular entity. The notion that indi…

Same. I left after The_Donald ban. Like Donald Trump or hate him, his supporters have a right to speak.

I was gobsmacked that The_Donald was banned because some users 'threatened police officers' and then a slew of ACAB and anti-police subreddits faced no repercussions during the summer riots. I shouldn't really be that shocked though, it was well known that the admins and site moderators wanted The_Donald banned for quite a long time.

Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by tommica »

brabel wrote: post #86
Rebelgecko wrote: post #52

Reddit has addressed the situation here, in a mealy mouthed sort of way: https://www.reddit.com/r/modsupport/comments/mbqgx2 However they seem to be denying the accusations that admins (possibly including the individual in question) were manually editing contents containing her name. This whole situation is incredibly bizarre to me. In the first place, why would reddit hire a 23 year old admin whose greatest accompli…

> due to her connections to multiple pedophiles? You mean, her own father? The article says her fiancee also had been accused of saying he feels attracted to children but they claim his account was hacked, which may be true as no one in their right mind would tweet something like that.

If the tweet was years ago, then I can easily imagine a kid tweeting something like that to be edgy/something else - I know I've said some stupid stuff as a kid

Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by standardUser »

asdff wrote: post #78
standardUser wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The subreddits I frequent seem utterly unchanged. Reddit is a big place. I understand that people refer to some ambiguous cross-section of "Reddit" as a shared space we are all aware of and can generalize about. But I don't relate to that concept at all.

I don't know. From my big subs to the smallest ones, it seems like the signal to noise ratio is at all time lows. Bots and spam really do pollute the site a great deal.

I'm literally afraid to even mention the subreddits I like because apparently they have been spared this fate and I'd hate to draw any attention to them!

Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by rory »

ytq11 wrote: post #79
standardUser wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The subreddits I frequent seem utterly unchanged. Reddit is a big place. I understand that people refer to some ambiguous cross-section of "Reddit" as a shared space we are all aware of and can generalize about. But I don't relate to that concept at all.

I recently retired (before this drama) a 12-year-old Reddit account with close to a million combined karma. This line, that individual subreddits defy any concept of Reddit identity, needs to stop. The overlaps between moderator groups and users, as well as the impact to ALL subreddits from decisions by the administrators, mean it is completely fair game to talk about Reddit as a singular entity. The notion that indi…

I think it's less about policing and more about the size/content of the subreddit. I check a few sports subreddits and some about fantasy books. I would never notice all this drama if it weren't on HN, because those subreddits are focused enough on a particular subject to avoid getting caught up in meta-reddit drama / politics / controversy.

Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by inglor_cz »

afavour wrote: post #67
Rebelgecko wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you seen the new feature where subreddit visitors get quizzed on whether or not a sub contains undesirable content?

Do you know how actively free expression was repressed in Soviet Russia? Do you know about the gulags?

Not the OP, but a person born in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and with personal recollection of the late Soviet Bloc.

Obviously Reddit has no possibility to throw you in prison or execute you with a shot to the neck, but regarding the things that they can do against free expression of their users, they do not seem to show much restraint, especially if they can get away with it.

On this particular shitstorm, they will be faced to backpedal, yes. People hate pedophiles with passion.

Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by ytq11 »

rory wrote: post #105
ytq11 wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently retired (before this drama) a 12-year-old Reddit account with close to a million combined karma. This line, that individual subreddits defy any concept of Reddit identity, needs to stop. The overlaps between moderator groups and users, as well as the impact to ALL subreddits from decisions by the administrators, mean it is completely fair game to talk about Reddit as a singular entity. The notion that indi…

I think it's less about policing and more about the size/content of the subreddit. I check a few sports subreddits and some about fantasy books. I would never notice all this drama if it weren't on HN, because those subreddits are focused enough on a particular subject to avoid getting caught up in meta-reddit drama / politics / controversy.

Being unaware of something is orthogonal to being affected by it. I was similar to you - mostly non-defaults, which made me miss how bad the larger site had become over time. It’s easy to overlook.

Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by drunner »

BitwiseFool wrote: post #18

Reddit feels very Soviet lately. Everything is heavily manipulated and it seems like users are aware of that fact but are powerless to change anything.

I feel the same way about reddit that I feel about google search now (like many others it seems according to the HN thread the other day).

It is only useful to me for very, very small subs that act like enthusiast forums of old.

Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by standardUser »

ytq11 wrote: post #79
standardUser wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The subreddits I frequent seem utterly unchanged. Reddit is a big place. I understand that people refer to some ambiguous cross-section of "Reddit" as a shared space we are all aware of and can generalize about. But I don't relate to that concept at all.

I recently retired (before this drama) a 12-year-old Reddit account with close to a million combined karma. This line, that individual subreddits defy any concept of Reddit identity, needs to stop. The overlaps between moderator groups and users, as well as the impact to ALL subreddits from decisions by the administrators, mean it is completely fair game to talk about Reddit as a singular entity. The notion that indi…

"This line, that individual subreddits defy any concept of Reddit identity, needs to stop"

I can only speak to what I experience and I can't pretend my experience is something it's not. If that is unintentionally distracting from some greater purpose, too bad I guess. I'm not about to get on board with a perspective I have not experienced and do not understand.

Re: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’

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Post by genericone »

testfoobar wrote: post #65
BitwiseFool wrote: post #18

Reddit feels very Soviet lately. Everything is heavily manipulated and it seems like users are aware of that fact but are powerless to change anything.

I miss humor and authenticity from old reddit the most. E.g. the classic: "I also choose this guy's dead wife." or the AMA with the vacuum repair guy. These days just about any popular thread that I wander into, I see wide swaths of "deleted" comments. I'm sure they were deleted for many good and valid reasons. IMHO, reddit's aggressive moderation suppresses spontaneous comments and is off putting to lurkers. The wit…

The Grandpa Wiggly (PawPaw) debacle, and many other events from ancient-reddit-history, disagrees with your claim of "authenticity of old reddit". I think the allure of audience has always driven fakers though, but definitely not to the extent corporate-ness has currently taken reddit.
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