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

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

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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.

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

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Well, pretty much to be expected. Saw that lots of subs that got banned attempted to move to Ruqqus, but they never gain any traction. Reddit as a platform is just far too convenient - lots of people won't visit an entirely new website for just one sub in their feed.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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.

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

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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.

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 exclusivly far-right extremist content.

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

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post #7

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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…

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 extremist, but I'm sure you'd say they were.

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