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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 tux2bsd »

sph wrote: post #268
tux2bsd wrote: post #79

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Crawl back to 4chan. While I agree that Reddit has turned too politically correct, it's obvious you're here just to troll, not have a discussion. Waiting for your insightful "that's pretty woke of you" retort.

You haven't said anything of substance. Interesting that you choose to use the phrase "politically correct" which is interchangeable with "woke" in modern parlance.

To quote myself: "Woke is used because we know who we're referring to, as do you."

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

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Post by _-david-_ »

Jordrok wrote: post #282
thefz wrote: post #90

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

Tell that to /r/conservative where I am banned from for even attempting to present an alternate viewpoint. Dissent is literally forbidden by the subreddit's rules.

There is a difference between a conservative subreddit only allowing conservatives and reddit banning conservative subreddits

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

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Post by _-david-_ »

Crusoe123 wrote: post #99
thefz wrote: post #90

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

That is not true e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/chapotraphouse

What is your point? The person you were responding to never said Reddit doesn't also ban left wing subreddits.

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

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Post by SSLy »

_fat_santa wrote: post #326
snickerbockers wrote: post #9

I hate how many online communities have centralized themselves around reddit and discord. I'm involved a lot of communities and fandoms where everybody congregates on those two platforms, and those two platforms alone. Things were a lot better in the 00s when these sorts of communities existed primarily on webforums. That said, I'm not sure how many of the problems are problems with reddit itself vs how many of the p…

One thing I noticed the other day on Reddit is some subreddits will now ban you by proxy. On my main account I subscribe to alot of subs. While I won't say which one, there was a controversial sub I left a comment on, the comment was benign, I think I was explaining some tech concept. Almost immediately though I got banned from ~20 subreddits, the wording was basically: "we see that you have participated in this sub,…

It was kotakuinaction, no?

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

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Post by [deleted] »

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

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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?

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

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Post by 12amxn12 »

Philadelphia wrote: post #321
12amxn12 wrote: post #241

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Sounds like you clearly have an agenda, which comes down to "it's okay to ban anything I don't agree with". And that's exactly what the article is talking about.

If someone doesn’t like a forum’s moderation policies, they’re free to find a different forum. This has been true since BBSes. It’s been true since the days of newspapers. It’s been true since the days of people speechifying in taverns.

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

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Post by tux2bsd »

tinco wrote: post #239
tux2bsd wrote: post #203

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It's just a mindset, besides some minor beliefs they're just the same sort of people you are. I don't know if you'd consider me a leftist woke person, I feel that's something a younger generation is doing, and an older generation is enabling with the cancel culture and such. But I do feel the same way you do about the wokes about conservatives, when they're dismissive of climate change, when they're rejecting social…

You're parroting the beliefs of the woke so chances are high that you're woke, I hope you can turn it around. You have a very confused outlook on life that does not match reality. I'll give you some pointers:

Climate change. Weather, been going on for all time. I'll pay attention when rich people abandon their seaside mansions.

Taxing the poor. Tax was invented for this.

The BLM movement was a farce. Nothing good came from it, period.

The c19 lock-downs took away our personal freedoms. 911 messed with travel a lot but these recent lock-downs are a whole new ball game (and the future does not look bright).

No one alive met Jesus, don't be ridiculous. He wouldn't be allowed to be a carpenter without doing safety training courses first, if he was alive. No one would nail him to a cross, he'd be on his cellphone like everyone else.

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

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Post by throw_m239339 »

richbell wrote: post #206
tux2bsd wrote: post #23

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> They permanently ban accounts for minor infractions (e.g. old fashion flame war), then they ban any account that could be associated (e.g. by IP address). This isn't true. Banning is _per-subreddit_, done by the respective mod teams. Your behaviour would need to be especially egregious for it to be picked up by the admins. > Leftists naturally following a very North Korean and censorious approach. Ah, I see. Makes…

> This isn't true. Banning is _per-subreddit_, done by the respective mod teams. Your behaviour would need to be especially egregious for it to be picked up by the admins.

Reddit will ban your IP and all accounts corresponding to that IP for alleged ban evasion of a single sub ban.

So no, banning isn't per subreddit or the alleged ban avoider would be just banned solely on the specific sub they have been banned before.

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

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Post by SSLy »

paganel wrote: post #182

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.

Care to point out the subs in the last category? Between NCD / UWVR / UkrainianConflict the message I've got was vastly pro-UA.

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

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Post by noasaservice »

tux2bsd wrote: post #377
tinco wrote: post #239

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It's just a mindset, besides some minor beliefs they're just the same sort of people you are. I don't know if you'd consider me a leftist woke person, I feel that's something a younger generation is doing, and an older generation is enabling with the cancel culture and such. But I do feel the same way you do about the wokes about conservatives, when they're dismissive of climate change, when they're rejecting social…

You're parroting the beliefs of the woke so chances are high that you're woke, I hope you can turn it around. You have a very confused outlook on life that does not match reality. I'll give you some pointers: Climate change. Weather, been going on for all time. I'll pay attention when rich people abandon their seaside mansions. Taxing the poor. Tax was invented for this. The BLM movement was a farce. Nothing good cam…

Is this a parody account?

It's hard to believe someone on HN would be this anti-science and pro-racist as your comments have been.

You're not discussing with people with sincerity. You misquote people, and then call them names because it doesn't fit with your viewpoint (whatever that is).

I've flagged all your comments, because you cannot seem to behave in any reasonable capacity.

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