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Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by skilled »

rayhendricks wrote: post #5

Deleted my reddit account. They can take their $150 million, but freedom of speech and more specifically being able to criticize the state is more important than your daily dose of catpics.

Hah! Maybe this is how I should look at my account being suspended for no reason a little less than two weeks ago. The email associated with this 6-year-old account does not exist on Gmail but cannot be registered again either. Such a bummer since I had good karma and a fairly organized feed.

After explaining this to the admins -- I was still denied access back to my account. Actually, it's starting to grind my gears how stupid this admin guy was for implying that I might be some mysterious perpetrator trying to take over a shitty Reddit account. Even my browsing history (which they have logs for) matches the usual tango; figures.

Whatever!

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by newsbinator »

jumbopapa wrote: post #9

Reddit has long been plagued with censorship. The CEO edited the post of a user because they criticized him or something. I can't believe how quickly that's been forgotten. The Reddit situation reminds me of the post about failing to build a billion dollar company a few days ago. Reddit is trying to make VCs happy and continue to grow the business, but a platform like Reddit is best as a less reliant on growth, but s…

Can you imagine the reaction if a user's post on HN were edited by YC?

I guess it'd be the instant death of the network.

That this action a) happened on Reddit + b) was mostly/quickly forgotten says a lot about the different demographics.

Audiences who largely come for cat pictures and political snark don't have to worry about CEOs breaking the 4th wall.

I've been a Redditor for 9+ years and I still am one. But today's Reddit isn't the one I signed up for.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

#13

Post by vezycash »

Cypher wrote: post #4
luckylion wrote: post #2

Reddit already does some of the most aggressive tracking for surveillance, censors content they don't like, uses shadow bans, is run in an authoritarian way and has a score system that shows how good of a user you are - and reddit users are afraid of China because ...?

Because the media says so. But they forget China increased their quality of life for the last 2 decades by producing cheap products like their iphones.

The word cheap and iPhones don't go together.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

#14

Post by DivestTrump »

skilled wrote: post #8

I smiled on the inside when I noticed this -- people posting all kinds of content exposing China -- earlier in my r/all feed. Great effort by the community.

Protesting a site by engaging with it more. Excellent work, reddit.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

#15

Post by judge2020 »

jumbopapa wrote: post #9

Reddit has long been plagued with censorship. The CEO edited the post of a user because they criticized him or something. I can't believe how quickly that's been forgotten. The Reddit situation reminds me of the post about failing to build a billion dollar company a few days ago. Reddit is trying to make VCs happy and continue to grow the business, but a platform like Reddit is best as a less reliant on growth, but s…

The "editing comments" drama: https://redd.it/5frg1n

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by zozbot123 »

newsbinator wrote: post #12
jumbopapa wrote: post #9

Reddit has long been plagued with censorship. The CEO edited the post of a user because they criticized him or something. I can't believe how quickly that's been forgotten. The Reddit situation reminds me of the post about failing to build a billion dollar company a few days ago. Reddit is trying to make VCs happy and continue to grow the business, but a platform like Reddit is best as a less reliant on growth, but s…

Can you imagine the reaction if a user's post on HN were edited by YC? I guess it'd be the instant death of the network. That this action a) happened on Reddit + b) was mostly/quickly forgotten says a lot about the different demographics. Audiences who largely come for cat pictures and political snark don't have to worry about CEOs breaking the 4th wall. I've been a Redditor for 9+ years and I still am one. But today…

> Can you imagine the reaction if a user's post on HN were edited by YC?

If the user's post was about the Pizzagate conspiracy theory and included baseless, highly offensive libel of the YC folks? Yeah, I don't think many people here would care. Especially since most users here understand that a website's comment database can be edited arbitrarily, it's not nearly as unthinkable as you assume. Don't like it, get your own website.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by darkhorn »

judge2020 wrote: post #15
jumbopapa wrote: post #9

Reddit has long been plagued with censorship. The CEO edited the post of a user because they criticized him or something. I can't believe how quickly that's been forgotten. The Reddit situation reminds me of the post about failing to build a billion dollar company a few days ago. Reddit is trying to make VCs happy and continue to grow the business, but a platform like Reddit is best as a less reliant on growth, but s…

The "editing comments" drama: https://redd.it/5frg1n

They have edited one of my comments after that post.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

#18

Post by thewhitetulip »

skilled wrote: post #11
rayhendricks wrote: post #5

Deleted my reddit account. They can take their $150 million, but freedom of speech and more specifically being able to criticize the state is more important than your daily dose of catpics.

Hah! Maybe this is how I should look at my account being suspended for no reason a little less than two weeks ago. The email associated with this 6-year-old account does not exist on Gmail but cannot be registered again either. Such a bummer since I had good karma and a fairly organized feed. After explaining this to the admins -- I was still denied access back to my account. Actually, it's starting to grind my gears…

Exactly. My acc was suspended for saying "violent thing"

All I said was quote VD Savarkar's statement on Cows.

Now note that I've been threatened on reddit and much worse but I do not see them getting any bans or things like that. Stupidity.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by awakeasleep »

DivestTrump wrote: post #14
skilled wrote: post #8

I smiled on the inside when I noticed this -- people posting all kinds of content exposing China -- earlier in my r/all feed. Great effort by the community.

Protesting a site by engaging with it more. Excellent work, reddit.

are you making a reference to that Nib comic? https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

#20

Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

vezycash wrote: post #13
Cypher wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the media says so. But they forget China increased their quality of life for the last 2 decades by producing cheap products like their iphones.

The word cheap and iPhones don't go together.

Just because iPhones are expensive compared to competing brands doesn't mean the hardware isn't vastly less expensive than it would be without China's inexpensive labor and lax environmental regulations.
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