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Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by zibzab »

throwaway0a5e wrote: post #165
zibzab wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are reading this completely wrong! I don't agree with much of the discussion on r/sweden. But it has an open discussion without any bullying or hate speech. There are other subs that promote hate and ban everyone not agreeing with their narrative. What do you feel about them?

>But it has an open discussion I wouldn't call any discussion where wrongthink gets you excluded to be open. With Reddit's voting mechanism there's really no great need to censor anything unpopular since the system fudges consensus and anything that even the slightest subset of users finds disagreeable winds up downvoted into oblivion unless there's an equally large subset voting for it.

I personally want open discussion within boundaries. So does the law.

Regarding the rest, do you realise that HN is worse in this regard since the flag mechanism can be abused by much fewer participants?

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by CountDrewku »

CompMan411 wrote: post #182
josephwegner wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This could only happen if Reddit actually took some responsibility for the safety of their moderators. Death threats are commonplace for mods of political subs. They're mostly empty threats, but it'd be a much more significant risk if names/employers were public.

I was a mod and drew the line when I got a death threat. Most mods work as volunteers to keep a sub clean of spam and porn. When the only ‘thanks’ you receive is, ‘we know where you live, watch your back’ I’m done. The cherry on tip is when you notify the admins that there is nefarious activity and they literally don’t return a response for 3 weeks. Reddit’s voting system enforces group-think, the users think it’s a…

>The anti-mask, anti-vax, the_donald, and so much more all incubated in Reddit under the watch of the mods, the admins

Those subs are by far in the minority and are always on the line of getting quarantined or outright shutdown.

r/politics is the poster child of what 90% of Reddit is. Reddit is by FAR an echo chamber for leftist ideas than it is for "alt-right" anything.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by hasbot »

zibzab wrote: post #116

What I really want is a big list of subs with actual useful stuff. No memes, no hate or soft-hate [1] but useful things like electronics or how to play the piano. [1] have you noticed that many of top subs are about either watching others humiliation or judging people? idiotsincar, iamatotalpieceofshit, maliciouscompliance, etc. Do I actually become a better person by following these?

That'd be a massive list. I easily find useful subreddits for my interests in bicycling, rowing, climbing, and harmonica playing. My local subreddits are not exactly useful but they're ok for what they are.

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Post by thrav »

fho wrote: post #160
mabub24 wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still like some parts of Reddit. I can only do so, though, because I exclusively force old.reddit styling instead of the new repulsive design, and I only visit 4ish subreddits with generally smaller subscriber numbers and more niche interests. All of the main/general subreddits are just endlessly repeating the same thing over and over again. Once the subreddit gets too big or seems to be annoying, jump ship or try…

I tried to get of my reddit addiction several times now ... going "cold turkey" or easing it of over time. I did that with 9gag a decade ago and never went back since, but with reddit it's hard because there is actually good content on there. Especially in the niche communities with small subscriber numbers. (very evident in the /r/battletech subreddit that just got overrun by a recent games workshop exodus. Subscrib…

The bottom line is, Reddit has value — and not just a little. Whenever I’m trying to figure something out, I can always find a sub that has the answer, or will help.

Most recent example was California drivers safety course. Googled: “Reddit drivers safety course California” and found a class that was entirely self-paced, $10, and got me through it with a letter off to court in under an hour.

Maybe I would’ve found it anyway, but dammit, I was over the moon.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by jancsika »

supperburg wrote: post #131

Even if you took away all controversy and politics, I hate Reddit. The search function sucks. They shoved their own harebrained video player down everyone’s throats and it constantly plays by itself without opening. And when you do open it it doesn’t fucking play half the time. They also foisted their eye-bleeding updated user interface upon our innocent souls and forever corrupted us. It can only be described as Fis…

Nevertheless:

reddit: flag to turn off seo spam, limiting results to earnest musings in the style of usenet posts that feckless old programmers are always pining for

"best vacuum cleaner reddit"

"honda civic 2021 reddit"

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by [deleted] »

h0h0h0h0111 wrote: post #190
zibzab wrote: post #116

What I really want is a big list of subs with actual useful stuff. No memes, no hate or soft-hate [1] but useful things like electronics or how to play the piano. [1] have you noticed that many of top subs are about either watching others humiliation or judging people? idiotsincar, iamatotalpieceofshit, maliciouscompliance, etc. Do I actually become a better person by following these?

>have you noticed that many of top subs are about either watching others humiliation or judging people This is something I've noticed too! I occasionally browse /r/all and it's awash with judgemental holier-than-thou material. Echoing many posters here, there is a lot of great content on reddit if you dig a bit, but it doesn't often seem be the stuff that gets pushed to the top for me. Even on subs that do have good…

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Post by vayeate »

h0h0h0h0111 wrote: post #190
zibzab wrote: post #116

What I really want is a big list of subs with actual useful stuff. No memes, no hate or soft-hate [1] but useful things like electronics or how to play the piano. [1] have you noticed that many of top subs are about either watching others humiliation or judging people? idiotsincar, iamatotalpieceofshit, maliciouscompliance, etc. Do I actually become a better person by following these?

>have you noticed that many of top subs are about either watching others humiliation or judging people This is something I've noticed too! I occasionally browse /r/all and it's awash with judgemental holier-than-thou material. Echoing many posters here, there is a lot of great content on reddit if you dig a bit, but it doesn't often seem be the stuff that gets pushed to the top for me. Even on subs that do have good…

I'm been using a tool to simply help filter out negativity:

http://healthy.surf/

It's still a really early version but I know the guy is still working on it

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Post by arepublicadoceu »

Funnily enough, I was shadowbanned from the only community in reddit that I was active and cared about (/r/firefox) after respectfully complaining about the redesign in 2 different posts. Maybe there's a threshold of how many times we're allowed to complain over there?

This was my first shadowban and teached me:

a) It's not worth to invest time in these communities.

b) To be shadow-banned is extremely insulting, especially if you didn't engaged in inflammatory or abusive behavior.

c) I will not engage in a community that shadow-ban people even if they have inflammatory or abusive behavior, everyone should, at the very least, understand why they we're banned and learn from it.

Thankfully, nothing of value was lost and now I simply don't care enough about Firefox or Reddit anymore.

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Post by exhilaration »

arepublicadoceu wrote: post #218

Funnily enough, I was shadowbanned from the only community in reddit that I was active and cared about (/r/firefox) after respectfully complaining about the redesign in 2 different posts. Maybe there's a threshold of how many times we're allowed to complain over there? This was my first shadowban and teached me: a) It's not worth to invest time in these communities. b) To be shadow-banned is extremely insulting, espe…

I will not engage in a community that shadow-ban people even if they have inflammatory or abusive behavior

I just wanted to point out that hacker news shadow bans...

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