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

Post by uabstraction » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 5:13 PM UTC

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While these "moderated speech" Reddit alternatives end up taking a far-left 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 article. You have to first make a nod to how it features a white supremacist conspiracy to push anti-Jewish sentiments. Only then can you go on to discuss the actual submission.

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…

Post by Adolf-Hitler » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

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Post by hunterb123 » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

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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, respondin…

Post by finfinfin » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 5:18 PM UTC

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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.

Post by hunterb123 » Fri, Oct 08, 2021, 5:19 PM UTC

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r/the_doland (banned) r/CringeAnarchy (banned) r/Greatawakening (banned) The myriad of r/incel communities and their clones that Reddit plays whack-a-mole with

r/antifa and r/chapotraphouse were also large communities that were banned. Reddit policy definitely appears to be based on behavior, not ideology.