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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 coffeeblack »

effingwewt wrote: post #322
coffeeblack wrote: post #304

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Typical deceptive article. It says “inside the Capitol or outside” and many paragraphs later concludes that none of the guns were actually taken inside. Also interesting that a handful of bad people carrying guns make everybody else a criminal. Is that the world you want to live in?

That is the world we live in. Every movement or protest has people who resort to violence. Whether actual protesters, or whether infiltrated by someone looking to discredit the movement. Law enforcement is famous for it, and there are quite a few vidoes of them trying to 'start shit' so they can escalate. I don't know whether guns were used at Capitol Hill, I don't really care. It was an attempted violent coup. By th…

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

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Post by cowtools »

chx wrote: post #331
richbell wrote: post #220

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Besides 8chan there was Voat (and other Reddit clones). Some of the larger subreddits like /r/drama,/r/the_donald, and /r/fatpeoplehate splintered off to their own websites.

And are gone, thedonald.win became america.win and it no longer exists. These things do not last. /r/changemyview tried it too, their website is also gone.

By the looks of it,the r/drama website is still pretty alive. I think I read an article on here about it a couple months ago.

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

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Post by cowtools »

Sakos wrote: post #289
jraby3 wrote: post #175

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I was banned in a very popular sub (crazyfuckingvideos) with a million subscribers because I also subscribed to banpitbulls. You can’t post any pro Israel news on /r/politics. Their definitely needs to be stronger guidelines in place for mods, especially as they become sizable.

> You can’t post any pro Israel news on /r/politics. Seems sensible to me when anti-Israel news is pretty much banned everywhere else.

How is that sensible? What makes israel different from any other nation such that they ought to be immune from all criticism?

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

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Post by [deleted] »

ipaddr wrote: post #345
AlecSchueler wrote: post #284

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Have you looked at the subs they're talking about? They're sharing collections of zip folders of girls openly advertised as as young as 13, they're stalking women via social media sending descriptions of their potential rape to their family, they're robbing women's houses and sharing their stolen belongings, they're flashing, groping and ejaculating on women in public and filming it for upvotes. Call it morality poli…

If the purpose of the sub is to get other users to visit these 'bad' sub aren't they doing harm be acting as a place to discover these types of subs

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

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Post by cowtools »

jaggs wrote: post #349

Reddit is not so simple to pin down. On the one hand all the 'bad stuff'. On the other, a huge selection of really interesting niche subs where you can find intelligent, valuable and even expert information and guidance. The big subs are not everything that is Reddit. The real treasure is found in the specialist places which very few people know about, staffed by enthusiast hobbyist mods and devoured by equally passi…

Before reddit, these sorts of forums were hosted on their own websites. I think having a forum on reddit these days is a major liability. I wonder if these forums would benefit from being hosted in a more de-centralized and durable manner.

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Post by [deleted] »

tux2bsd wrote: post #382
atq2119 wrote: post #221

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I sort of suspect you're not here in good faith, but just in case: my impression is that there is a difference between left and right when it comes to empathy, but it's not the amount of empathy per se, it's who benefits from it. The size of the tribe, if you will. Painting with a broad brush, conservatives show empathy only for people like themselves and perhaps close family and friends or a local community. Progres…

It's actually the inverse of what you believe. Conservatives will help externally, very generously when conditions permit. Progressives will demand their in group be helped, to other progressives (within the in group) this looks like caring action is taking place but the shortsighted view of the situation does not see who is being helped. Take your city example, the city will demand food while simultaneously mocking…

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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 #404
tux2bsd wrote: post #377

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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…

Well if I am, that's a new name to describe me because I've held these beliefs for over 20 years. You are wrong about climate change. Ask your local weather service, the weather's not what it used to be. When the rich abandon their seaside mansions, you'll be too late, because the mountain retreats they'll go to they've already bought. No, taxing was invented to fund the government (and later expanded to counter expo…

It is a forgone conclusion that those with extreme wealth will have prime pick of location if they need to abandon their seaside locations. I'll repeat, I'll wait for that to happen (I don't have much choice but to do that, unless you assume I'm extremely wealthy).

The BLM protests caused widespread destruction. Michael Jackson achieved worldwide awareness with Black or White, that was 1994 - things have only ever improved in the west since that time (and would have regardless of MJ's song).

> The c19 lock-downs have since lifted

Have they? No, not in the country I reside.

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

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Post by tux2bsd »

tinco wrote: post #408
noasaservice wrote: post #380

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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.

You're not helping. Maybe try and ask a question or contribute some knowledge. This person is misinformed and all you're doing is cement his beliefs that his opponents are clueless and spiteful.

I'm not misinformed, I've helped you with some doses of reality but those go contrary to what you've been spoon fed and believe. It's OK agree to disagree unless you're a leftist then the other must always be derided "spiteful", "clueless", or "hate" (different thread) - all sort of nonsense like that.

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Post by tux2bsd »

Capricorn2481 wrote: post #66
unconed wrote: post #51

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Woke refers to an ideology that, among other things, uses manipulative arguments, framing and emotional appeals to hide the fact that it is intellectual quicksand, serving people who want to morally elevate themselves without substance. Exactly like you just did.

You just described both sides of the political spectrum for the past four decades, but chose to use a word that frames it as a unique phenomenon that is only applicable to a very specific kind of person. The "woke" insult has even less substance than what it's desperately trying to criticize.

> The "woke" insult

That's one hell of self inflicted insult if that's how you feel.

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 antifa »

multjoy wrote: post #186
jklqa wrote: post #180

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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.

While that is probable, as outsiders we can't tell if that user is the troll we could assume they are or if they just accidentally logged in to the wrong VPN or was given a cursed IP address by their ISP once.
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