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Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by hhmc »

xtracto wrote: post #14
dymk wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps in certain subreddits that's true, but on Reddit, it's easy to find both far right and far left echo chambers. And it's easy to find centrist communities. It's also easy to find communities where people don't talk about politics at all, and just discuss their favorite TV show or 3D printing filament without bringing anything else up. That's not the case on these other "free-speech" reddit clones - they're exc…

> it's easy to find both far right and far left echo chambers Could you point to 3 "far right echo chamber" active-ish (more than 50,000 subscribers) non-banned subreddits? For "far-left" I'd say: r/politics r/LateStageCapitalism and r/socialism EDIT: I knew this post was going to get heat. I consider myself a "leftist" (and by US standards I would be maybe consider a communist) but my point was that there is active…

- r/conspriacy

- r/politicalcompassmemes (basically all the popular 'meme' subreddits are far-right breeding ground)

- any of the "fight porn"/"justice served" have incredibly right-leaning commentariat

These are all things that regular hit r/all

Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by hunterb123 »

dtjb wrote: post #20
hunterb123 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dunno, go look through any popular subreddit and it's all about "extreme" leftist politics, even /r/funny, etc. But sure, some fantasy about neo nazis discussing tv shows that I'm sure GP totally saw and didn't just make up is relevant. I guess my point is, yes, it can happen but it happens on both sides. Mostly, people just want a nice place to hang out amongst their like minded peers, and no that doesn't mean dis…

wait, patriots.win isn't extremist but r/funny is?

extremist != extreme

extreme is used to denote it's a far swing in the spectrum, extremist alludes to terrorism.

Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by jszymborski »

Igelau wrote: post #17
optimalsolver wrote: post #2

While these "free speech" Reddit alternatives end up taking a far-right tone, what's funny is how all discussions they host have to be approached from that angle. So you can't just talk about your favorite TV show. You have to first make a nod to how it features a Jewish conspiracy to push black-white interracial relationships. Only then can you go on to discuss the actual episode.

The comment that got flagged for trying to reverse this missed its point, but I thought it had one. My reply-too-late: While that is a little hyperbolic, there's definitely a "kid gloves" approach you have to take in a lot of online discussions. E.g. there was an article on burnout that popped up on HN[0] recently where the author made sure to apologize for being a "privileged white chick" early on. You can't just ta…

> you have to virtue signal about issues

Acknowledging your privilege is not categorically virtue signalling. One can think there's not value is acknowledging privilege (or that it might not exist), but let's not pretend it's impossible (or unlikely) that another does.

Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by betwixthewires »

I tried using the site and used it for a while, for what little non political and non flame war content it had. It got boring.

I don't particularly like some of the UX decisions and features, but overall it is a pretty well built piece of software.

I don't believe ruqqus federates, so "instance" would be the wrong word. It's a standalone server.

Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by MisterBastahrd »

optimalsolver wrote: post #2

While these "free speech" Reddit alternatives end up taking a far-right tone, what's funny is how all discussions they host have to be approached from that angle. So you can't just talk about your favorite TV show. You have to first make a nod to how it features a Jewish conspiracy to push black-white interracial relationships. Only then can you go on to discuss the actual episode.

They're akin to when you're a kid with friends and one of you starts cussing, the rest don't react negatively, and then you just f-bombing all the things. Some people don't want to be adults or approach life that way, they just want the veneer of adulthood.

Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by syshum »

hhmc wrote: post #21
xtracto wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it's easy to find both far right and far left echo chambers Could you point to 3 "far right echo chamber" active-ish (more than 50,000 subscribers) non-banned subreddits? For "far-left" I'd say: r/politics r/LateStageCapitalism and r/socialism EDIT: I knew this post was going to get heat. I consider myself a "leftist" (and by US standards I would be maybe consider a communist) but my point was that there is active…

- r/conspriacy - r/politicalcompassmemes (basically all the popular 'meme' subreddits are far-right breeding ground) - any of the "fight porn"/"justice served" have incredibly right-leaning commentariat These are all things that regular hit r/all

/r/conspiracy is NOT far right, FAR FAR FAR from it

it is 1990 Democrat, which today sadly is "right" given that "left" has taken an extreme left turn...

Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by pessimizer »

Igelau wrote: post #17
optimalsolver wrote: post #2

While these "free speech" Reddit alternatives end up taking a far-right tone, what's funny is how all discussions they host have to be approached from that angle. So you can't just talk about your favorite TV show. You have to first make a nod to how it features a Jewish conspiracy to push black-white interracial relationships. Only then can you go on to discuss the actual episode.

The comment that got flagged for trying to reverse this missed its point, but I thought it had one. My reply-too-late: While that is a little hyperbolic, there's definitely a "kid gloves" approach you have to take in a lot of online discussions. E.g. there was an article on burnout that popped up on HN[0] recently where the author made sure to apologize for being a "privileged white chick" early on. You can't just ta…

This happens, but for the example of talking about a TV show, setting your perspective is interesting context. I don't know why it would be described as "kid gloves," though, any more than someone prefacing their comments on industry regulation with the company they work for.

What the OP is describing is more like that the real subject of the board is white male nativism, and in order to talk about any other subject on what is supposed to be a general venue you have to somehow connect it back to the group's tribal concerns. It could almost be a challenge: how would you do it with ice cream? Maybe lead in with a dig at Ben & Jerry's. How would you do it with a new iPhone release? I have no idea.

Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by [deleted] »

syshum wrote: post #27
hhmc wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- r/conspriacy - r/politicalcompassmemes (basically all the popular 'meme' subreddits are far-right breeding ground) - any of the "fight porn"/"justice served" have incredibly right-leaning commentariat These are all things that regular hit r/all

/r/conspiracy is NOT far right, FAR FAR FAR from it it is 1990 Democrat, which today sadly is "right" given that "left" has taken an extreme left turn...

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Re: Ruqqus, an open source Reddit clone, is shutting down their main instance

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Post by pgeorgi »

hunterb123 wrote: post #8
dymk wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps in certain subreddits that's true, but on Reddit, it's easy to find both far right and far left echo chambers. And it's easy to find centrist communities. It's also easy to find communities where people don't talk about politics at all, and just discuss their favorite TV show or 3D printing filament without bringing anything else up. That's not the case on these other "free-speech" reddit clones - they're exc…

My post was exactly what GP was doing here. He couldn't talk about the article posted without bringing in some neo nazi fantasy he had. I simply changed the words he spouted and it fit perfectly with what he is doing. Reddit bans anything "far right" (whatever that means) that gets popular. Extremist used to mean terrorist, now it's used for people you don't align with politically. No one on [Patriots . win] is an ex…

The good thing about "no one on $site is an extremist" is that there's a pretty clear way to disprove it: find one specimen.

https://patriots.win/p/13zg9agFHB/instead-of-eliminating-hun... promotes some myth about "the government wanting to eliminate 1e6 to 1e9 american workers" and proposes to "eliminate politicians" instead.

Comments by the OP in that thread clarify the direction this is supposed to take, responding to "The swamp in one picture" with "One Drone Strike".

Textbook extremism. (edit to add: or, as hunterb123 asserts, an edge lord. Since I don't know the site or user but hunterb123 apparently does, I'll take them by their word.)

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