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Value to whom? Reddit has decided that they do not value the users being deplatfomed. Any value you receive from the platform as a user is a byproduct. Pool funds for VMs and fire up phpBB or IRC if unhappy with the platforms available.
Gab did that and was summarily attacked by silicon Valley et al., so I guess you would have to build an entirely separate internet infrastructure instead of just opening up shop with phpBB.
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Which company is that? Wikipedia says they're independent with the majority shareholder being a New York company called Advance Publications
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/11/18216134/reddit-tencent-i... "Reddit gets a $150 million investment from Tencent and users are posting memes to mock the deal"
Reddit’s letter to the forum mods: https://i.imgur.com/lX83eZV.png
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> This is only for being a moderator. Simply upvoting posts (that don't break any rules) in quarantined subreddits does not get you punished. That was a requirement given for being a new mod at /r/the_donald. There is also a separate, new rule change revealed in the recent "Transparency Report" that says that users who consistently upvote rule-breaking content will be banned. > The whole point of a quarantine is exac…
I'm sorry but this is classic tinfoil conspiracy theorizing. I do regularly check T_D out of curiosity, and almost every single time I see rule breaking comments in top posts. Threats of violence, doxxing, etc. If you can find similar content on left leaning subreddits on a regular basis that doesn't get reported and deleted right away, then I'd be happy to entertain your theory, but I have not seen it. Also, the Don…
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In response to this action the most upvoted thread was mocking WWII holocaust victims. The sub got quarantined for numerous rule breaking actions including racism, doxing (inc. Reddit and Imgur employees), sexism, harassment of other subs, and violent threats. The only way to believe that this has anything to do with supporting a political candidate is simply to ignore all the actual content and posters on that sub.
> In response to this action the most upvoted thread was mocking WWII holocaust victims. So what? Obviously, it is in poor taste and is a bad look but its just idiots on the internet trying to be edgy and generate outrage. Knee-jerk reactions to shut them down are exactly what they want and feed off of. Trump himself does the same thing. He says and does things specifically to rile up journalists and the left to caus…
I think the approach is bizarre. How will replacing 1/2 of T_D mods with new management solve anything? What is the goal? I would really like to understand what is going on in the room when these ideas are presented. T_D is a cesspool. It's not the only cesspool on Reddit. It is a special cesspool with special attention and solutions that are tricky, especially in an election year. At some point, big tech companies a…
There's also some chance that they can get the community in its current form to die in a more organic and less sudden manner, by expunging enough of the worst users and behaviors that it is no longer such a self-sustaining cesspool. Banning mods who directly encourage "shitposting" by name seems like a reasonable step toward that goal.
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Sure. But selective enforcement of rules on a platform undermines its value as a platform.
Value to whom? Reddit has decided that they do not value the users being deplatfomed. Any value you receive from the platform as a user is a byproduct. Pool funds for VMs and fire up phpBB or IRC if unhappy with the platforms available.
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Reddit’s platform, Reddit’s rules. I get to pick and choose who I let yell from my front yard too, but the sidewalk is mostly fair game.
Sure. But selective enforcement of rules on a platform undermines its value as a platform.
Here's a list from a year ago of rules they've broken: https://old.reddit.com/r/AgainstHateSubreddits/comments/851r...
Any other subreddit would have simply been banned long ago for unremitting and unrepentant rule breaking and evasion. And by the subreddit moderators themselves, no less, not just the users!