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

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Post by auser1231232 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:33 PM UTC

douglasisshiny wrote: post #98

skrowl wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I'm sorry -- are Trump supporters not able to speak any more? To my knowledge that is not at all the case. There's even one subreddit dedicated to asking Trump supporters questions, although posts have to be approved by the moderators.

> I'm sorry -- are Trump supporters not able to speak any more?

The subreddit was banned, Donald Trump was banned from Twitter, a very popular conservative social media platform was kicked off of its hosting providers, etc. Regardless of your political views, it is abundantly clear that certain viewpoints and opinions are being suppressed, which is fundamentally contradictory to free speech and American values.

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

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Post by Number157 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #137

Akinato wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd argue that it's not Reddit's aggressive moderation, but that Reddit is now so popular that the racist, illegal, fickle beast that can no longer stay on topic. If they weren't so aggressive, they'd have a much bigger problem of everyone thinking they're a cesspool of hatred.

Your phrasing could be a lot better but I think your main point holds some truth. Just like the conspiracy equation that models the difficulty of keeping a secret in terms of the number of people involved the same principal applies to online communities that have a significant number of hateful members but try to fly under the radar. It gets harder and harder for the community to moderate their members that /unjerk a…

Reddit was great for a long time even when it was one of the largest most popular sites on the internet. Then it became a political platform for the US democrats.

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

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Post by esja » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

sillysaurusx wrote: post #155

tyho wrote: post #139

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Stop defending pedophile apologists before you know the full facts of the case. Her father raped and tortured (a car battery was involved) a ten year old. This happened over multiple days whilst the child was tied to the rafters in the attic of the family home. This is the same house Aimee Chancellor was living in at the time. But she claims she didn't know and she was not on trial. Regardless, during the trial photo…

I'm confused. Your comment talks about her father and her fiance. What did she do? "Amiee Chancellor is a despicable human being" is pretty heavy, but the only thing related to her in your comment is that "she forged documents in order to hire him as her election agent." Not cool, but is there more here?

Is lying to protect pedophiles not despicable?

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

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Post by cblconfederate » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

standardUser wrote: post #62

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.

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.

Perhaps because you are a perfect fit for reddit's culture. Plenty of communities have left (part of the reason why discord is grown) . There is definitely a culture there, and it's getting narrower by the day

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

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Post by throwaway5752 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:35 PM UTC

afavour wrote: post #37

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.

“Soviet” feels like a dramatic overstatement.

Immature and melodramatic. It is not accurate at all and diminishes the deaths and repression of millions of people because someone disagrees with some websites moderation policies. It is a really regrettable and out of touch way to describe it.

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

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Post by lawnchair_larry » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:35 PM UTC

colpabar wrote: post #115

brabel wrote: post #86

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> 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.

> no one in their right mind would tweet something like that. You must be blissfully unaware of the child-oriented fetishes that exist online. I know kink-shaming is a no-no, but I find it hard to believe that adults who participate in these activities don't have any desire to include real children. Just like I find it hard to believe that someone who uses an "islamic terrorist" target at a gun range doesn't have any…

Do you think it's wrong to target a terrorist?

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

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Post by kart23 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:35 PM UTC

akhilcacharya wrote: post #132

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…

The obvious answer is they probably didn't, this is probably a pseudo QAnon/Pizzagate conspiracy theory where people were "censored" for the harassment of a random person.

Reddit admins have confirmed she is an employee. And there are a bunch of reputable articles of her actions and controversy from years ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/mbqgx2/a_clarif...

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

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Post by Number157 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:35 PM UTC

douglasisshiny wrote: post #98

skrowl wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I'm sorry -- are Trump supporters not able to speak any more? To my knowledge that is not at all the case. There's even one subreddit dedicated to asking Trump supporters questions, although posts have to be approved by the moderators.

> I'm sorry -- are Trump supporters not able to speak any more?

Try it. You'll be censored, down voted (real votes or not), shadow banned and actually banned.

> To my knowledge that is not at all the case. There's even one subreddit dedicated to asking Trump supporters questions, although posts have to be approved by the moderators.

I doubt there are any left given that they can't post anywhere.

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

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Post by zikzak » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:36 PM UTC

ineptech wrote: post #157

trident5000 wrote: post #111

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The CEO himself admitted to going into The_Donald subreddit (before it was banned) and editing user comments. I don't think this guy is leading the charge to admin transparency. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reddit-ceo-edits-user-comment...

You left out some context: he did that in a (failed) attempt at lulz. It was a long thread where (IMHO) he was fielding tough questions pretty frankly and honestly, as one might hope he would, but he ruined it by editing someone's post to troll them. In context, it was obvious that he did it, he wasn't trying to be sneaky. I'm not justifying it; obviously it was dumb, given that people are still using it to denigrate…

Not defending him but it was very clear after this that admins were willing and able to do this. That's good to know, at least.

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

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Post by Number157 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:36 PM UTC

throwaway5752 wrote: post #185

afavour wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Soviet” feels like a dramatic overstatement.

Immature and melodramatic. It is not accurate at all and diminishes the deaths and repression of millions of people because someone disagrees with some websites moderation policies. It is a really regrettable and out of touch way to describe it.

Quite a few of the people seem to subscribe to the same ideology though.