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Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by topynate »

wsb_mod2 wrote: post #137
nonbirithm wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did actually submit a link to a GitHub issue about this, but it seems to have been blocked by HN. I can see the post title when I'm logged in but as a guest it doesn't show anything at all. The post wasn't even flagged as dead. It doesn't show up in my submitted links list when logged out either. I don't know if it tripped an internal filter on HN or something. Here is the link to the post in case you're curious. h…

Showing up as a blank page for me. Fascinating. https://i.imgur.com/NzFX5Cz.png

Do you have showdead enabled? To me, it looks like a post that's been automatically made dead – i.e. I see [dead] but not [flagged]. I know there are certain (very few) things a user in good standing can say in a comment to produce that outcome, not sure what's happened in this post though.

Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by chiefalchemist »

vlunkr wrote: post #147
datalopers wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN is moderated by upvotes/downvotes in a similar fashion. Hivemind floats to the top the most mundane of viewpoints. imo, we need to eliminate upvotes/downvotes and just have a single flag/report type system for vitriolic content.

Getting downvoted is not at all the same as having comments deleted, or getting banned, which is incredibly common on some subreddits. Also not giving new users access to downvotes hopefully means that those downvoting are somewhat good citizens.

The downvote (for me) is too ambiguous. Without a couple words specifically about why, it often (to me) comes off as, "I didn't like what you said, I'm too lazy to reply, so I'll down vote you." It's hard to take DV'ing seriously when there's zero context. How many times have we read a sub-comment similar to, "I'm not sure why you're being downvoted..." Nuff said.

Frankly, I can't be bothered to downvote. I've seen plenty of questionable things, and I just keep scrolling. I'd rather save my energy for upvotes. I'd rather focus on the positive. Let someone else play HN Police if that fulfills some kinky need they have.

Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by mike_d »

TekMol wrote: post #12

I recently posted on a subreddit that has the name of a big company. The post became popular. I could not believe my eyes, when some hours later, the post was edited. I have never seen that before. Mods cannot edit users posts, right? Do some companies have superpowers on their sub, or did they reach out to Reddit to change the post?

If your post was edited, you should change your password and enable two factor authentication. Editing posts is not something mods can do. Admins (Reddit employees) are able to do this, but it is an extremely serious action that raises red flags.

If your post was edited to say "[Removed]" or "[Removed by Reddit]" that is a deletion, not an edit.

[Disclaimer: used to work for Reddit]

Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by VLM »

c7DJTLrn wrote: post #14

When you realise Reddit is moderated by unpaid megalomaniacs and teenagers, everything starts to fall into place. In some ways Reddit is worse than Facebook because it is influenced by anonymous entities with zero checks and balances.

Reddit's admins are even worse people.

Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by comboy »

TMWNN wrote: post #157
silisili wrote: post #62

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Way worse than FB, I'd argue. I used to think Reddit users skewed too heavily in certain ways, and didn't make sense. One day, using some tool (removeddit, reveddit, etc), I noticed how many posts and comments were removed by moderators - things that went against the skew. It's one of the reasons places like r/politics became such an echo chamber dumpster fire.

>It's one of the reasons places like r/politics became such an echo chamber dumpster fire. The day after election day 2016 in the US, it was actually possible to post non-leftist comments/articles in /r/politics. Basically, the mods and bot owners hadn't been given their new marching orders, and didn't know what to do.

If true then services mentioned by parent comment should show a very clear dip on that day. That would be interesting to see.

Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by jVinc »

ryzvonusef wrote: post #5

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/xzdkio/stab... apparently, there is a separate drama about hacking at SD and accusations of ownership of code.

This is such a weird drama. The way I read it SD was effectively trying to put pressure on a guy because he developed a popular UI for using SD, and made that UI also support another model. So all their moral grandstanding is effectively just about trying to keep the popular gateway site pointing only at them, but their throwing shit at the guy who gave them that huge free PR push... What an odd position, but understandable, it looks like the people behind SD are a bunch of amateurs who weren't ready for the widespread attention and rather than ride the wave they are trying to shut down the beaches to claim that they own the ocean.

Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by nonbirithm »

topynate wrote: post #161
wsb_mod2 wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Showing up as a blank page for me. Fascinating. https://i.imgur.com/NzFX5Cz.png

Do you have showdead enabled? To me, it looks like a post that's been automatically made dead – i.e. I see [dead] but not [flagged]. I know there are certain (very few) things a user in good standing can say in a comment to produce that outcome, not sure what's happened in this post though.

I do have showdead enabled. It's possible the [dead] marker doesn't appear for one's own posts, but I'm not sure.

Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by squeaky-clean »

NayamAmarshe wrote: post #74
silisili wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Way worse than FB, I'd argue. I used to think Reddit users skewed too heavily in certain ways, and didn't make sense. One day, using some tool (removeddit, reveddit, etc), I noticed how many posts and comments were removed by moderators - things that went against the skew. It's one of the reasons places like r/politics became such an echo chamber dumpster fire.

Totally agree with you but it's nowhere near how bad facebook is. At least on reddit, opinions aren't illegal or approved by how Zucc and team see fit. Facebook is extremely ban happy and you can do absolutely nothing about it. On reddit, at the very least you can create your own sub or join subs where people won't ban you for whatever you have to say.

Trying telling someone to kill themselves on Reddit, any accounts tied to your IP will get banned. Sure, that was a mean thing for me to say, but it was towards a troll in Ukrainian threads early in the conflict where people were asking for help on how to evacuate. The troll was telling them to accept the bullets Russia had for them. They weren't banned.

Re: /r/StableDiffusion – Mod here – My side of the story

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Post by nullcaution »

JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #150
c7DJTLrn wrote: post #14

When you realise Reddit is moderated by unpaid megalomaniacs and teenagers, everything starts to fall into place. In some ways Reddit is worse than Facebook because it is influenced by anonymous entities with zero checks and balances.

In many ways HN is worse than Reddit because comments get flagged way too easily here for being unpopular or off topic. That’s what downvotes are for. It feels really gross and censored in a way Reddit never does. Bury it under downvotes fine on Reddit but it is never just flagged and removed for the tiniest reason. I do agree with you greatly though that Reddit mods have way too much power. The /r/movies subreddit i…

> In many ways HN is worse than Reddit because comments get flagged way too easily.

Ive never had that problem, but this is a tech and entrepreneurship forum and not a general form.

>That’s what downvotes are for

If you get enough karma here you can down vote, 500 iirc. They do this so you can't create fake accounts to downvote people multiple times.

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