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The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by multjoy »

ivraatiems wrote: post #12

I have a different take: The main problem with reddit is in how badly it's bungled its several different redesigns over the last few years, and how it's slowly ruined its users' experience in misguided attempts to drive mobile traffic to its app. Right now, here's the process for browsing a subreddit on mobile without the (ads and tracking loaded) reddit app: 1. Navigate to subreddit. Find out which of two (non-NSFW)…

If you use iPhone, then use Apollo. If you use Android, then Sync. The official apps have always been dire.

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by paganel »

There are still pockets of sanity here and there, if you know where to look, but otherwise it has become a huge propaganda machine. /r/worldnews is now basically a continuation of whatever Washington DC holds as true when it comes to US foreign policy, the same goes for /politics (when it comes to US domestic politics) and most of the subs related to the current war in Ukraine.

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by zarzavat »

philjohn wrote: post #157
thefz wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are automatically banned from some subs if you comment/post in other blacklisted, "rival" communities. Let this sink in.

And yet that can also be valid - the /r/teen sub, which is meant as a safe place for teenagers to talk, bans people who've posted in creepy subs - do you disagree with that?

That’s the wrong question to ask. The right question is, for every creepy person caught by that, how many are there who are smart enough to make a new account?

The premise of creating via raw moderator power, a safe space for teenagers on an anonymous internet forum that encourages throwaway accounts is ridiculous.

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by multjoy »

himinlomax wrote: post #140
Angostura wrote: post #101

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Give an example - you can do that here.

One word: transgender. Any light criticism or joke results in a subreddit and site wide ban.

Do you have any specific examples of the 'light criticism' or joke (including where it was posted) that directly caused the site-wide ban?

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by multjoy »

thefz wrote: post #90
Capricorn2481 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have only banned extreme political ideologies with vaguely violent leanings, and have done so for both sides of the spectrum

The problem with Reddit is that they banned unilaterally the right wing.

Because the right wing were organising insurrections?

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by multjoy »

jklqa wrote: post #180
huimang wrote: post #137

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Honestly, I'm not sure if anyone is really interested in advice from someone who somehow managed to get permabanned on reddit.

Yes, being permabanned on some Internet discussion forum is the single defining characteristic of a human being! Off to the Gulag with him and shame him whenever he speaks up! /s

You don't just get permabanned with extreme prejudice. The author is leaving out a huuuuge chunk of the story.

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by Zeratoss »

czhu12 wrote: post #83

I'm curious what reddit even aspires to be at its greatest. Most of the popular subreddit's comment sections have top rated comments being something totally predictable and sarcastic. Right now the top post on r/news is [1] Contrasted to the equivalent story on hackernews: [2] There isn't anything remotely thought provoking in the top rated comments on reddit as there is on hackernews. It seems to me this isn't due t…

Funny that you say that.

I found the comments on that hacker news thread predictably awful, like all even slightly political discussion on hnews.

People trying to one up each other with edgy comments on why the ruling is actually a good thing and how smart they are.

A display of privilege and of a real lack of empathy

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by paganel »

himinlomax wrote: post #140
Angostura wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give an example - you can do that here.

One word: transgender. Any light criticism or joke results in a subreddit and site wide ban.

There is an entire and big-ish sub (I forgot its name) which basically just bans anything that mentions the word "trans", doesn't matter if it's a positive mention or a negative one, just straight up ban.

It's not that they are pro or against the trans issue (they're an "edgy" sub, that I do remember), it's just that the mods don't want their sub getting nuked by the admins and, as such, staying as far as possible from that trans subject is the best course of action.

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by ipiz0618 »

Capricorn2481 wrote: post #73
coffeeblack wrote: post #54

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My critique of Reddit isn’t so much about moderation per se, as it is about one-sided moderation. The ban of anything that opposes “the message”. It started around 2015/16 and it was very clearly visible in all subs.

They have only banned extreme political ideologies with vaguely violent leanings, and have done so for both sides of the spectrum

I tried searching for "Hunter Biden" on Reddit after reading about him in the news before the election. Nothing returned. Not a single post about this person, like he didn't exist at all. After the election, results started to appear. I'm not even American, just someone who wanted to look at comments about the news. I don't think "both sides" is an accurate statement of what's happening.

Re: The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

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Post by agumonkey »

zarzavat wrote: post #178
agumonkey wrote: post #170

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The tech aspect is problematic but to me it shows they don't understand what made reddit special. It's was that borked website that made people have nice convos and spaces(if you don't look at r/donald etc). The programming/UX was almost irrelevant, it was the social spirit behind that made it interesting.

It’s especially ironic given that Reddit owed much of its early popularity to the Digg exodus after a similarly myopic redesign. Nothing changes.

oh I forgot that part. It might a long chain of second system effect..

who's the new reddit ? :)

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