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Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by unholythree »

duxup wrote: post #112

They've got so many moderation related issues. Amidst all this accounts that randomly spam the site with collections of articles and etc run free. They don't participate in discussion (maybe a handful of actual comments... with more links), they just push a particular point of view and inundate every sub they can find with article after article.... A simple query "hey is this user just spamming submissions" could dea…

That’s the most obviously problem I see with section 230 freedom of speech maximalists arguments. Who’s right is it to curtail the freedom of someone to announce their love of a some sexual performance enhancing supplement in every thread and comment section on the internet?

Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by FeepingCreature »

Spivak wrote: post #181
brirec wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is correct, but the toxic, racist, alt-right, pro-fascism posts covering the front pages of sites like voat and ruqqus make me and many others wholly uninterested in these sites. If someone wants to provide an alternative to reddit but they don’t want to moderate/censor content that makes people uncomfortable, Reddit becomes the lesser evil.

Doesn't that mean that Reddit is doing a half decent job? If all that stuff was on Reddit (haha if...) wouldn't it turn you off of the site?

Right, but also it means that competition will always be at a severe handicap.

Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by stereolambda »

cwhiz wrote: post #111

I don't think Reddit should be able to censor lawful content and also claim protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. If they want to police lawful content that is fine but then they are no longer an open platform and they should forfeit their Section 230 protections. I dislike the ability for online platforms to have their cake of protection against lawsuits and also eat their cake of policing…

I mean, I see merit in the position that monopolistic corporate entities, which you are forced to interact with if you want to participate in modern society, have government-like power over people and should be held to similar standards in terms of civil liberties.

But Reddit is effectively just a big message board. Such interpretation would force every small internet forum to either become a [0-9]chan or a closed space for invited members only. There is lots of middle ground where the owners/the community polices some speech and you can reasonably, realistically just go somewhere else.

Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by qq11ww22ee33 »

cwhiz wrote: post #111

I don't think Reddit should be able to censor lawful content and also claim protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. If they want to police lawful content that is fine but then they are no longer an open platform and they should forfeit their Section 230 protections. I dislike the ability for online platforms to have their cake of protection against lawsuits and also eat their cake of policing…

I don't think Hacker News should be able to censor lawful content and also claim protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. If they want to police lawful content that is fine but then they are no longer an open platform and they should forfeit their Section 230 protections. I dislike the ability for online platforms to have their cake of protection against lawsuits and also eat their cake of policing lawful content they don't like.

Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by cmdshiftf4 »

kache_ wrote: post #27

Reddit has been compromised with actors who do not have free speech in their best interest. The other day there was an illuminating ask reddit post about transexuals who decided to transition back and their experiences. That post got promptly removed by moderators; even though there was no hateful content within it at all. They effectively silenced the transexual population due to an ever so slight conflict of ideolo…

>Reddit is dead and no one I know uses it anymore.

It's not dead, and I say thankfully because it not being dead retains its state as a containment mechanism of what is easily the worst group of internet users in internet history.

I fear for the day Reddit falls and its userbase spills out looking for another avenue to be comforted with groupthink, newspeak and feel goods for the Brands We Love.

Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by rewoi »

root_axis wrote: post #206
alacombe wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm fine with that. They decide to take a political stance, they shall deal with the legal consequence of their actions.

Ok. In my view that's unreasonable. Website operators should have the freedom to moderate their sites without fear of being shut down. Moderation is part of the product, they should have the freedom to create online communities that cater to specific audiences, including with respect to political partisanship if that is where their values lie. It seems unreasonable that all the users that enjoy the site as is should…

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Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by surround »

elpocko wrote: post #160
Fogest wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The post you are referring to was deleted by the user who made the post not the mods.... And that doesn't even relate to this topic as what you're referring to is on a subreddit basis and is determined by a set of volunteer mods not reddit admins.

> The post you are referring to was deleted by the user who made the post not the mods.... Not true. The post body says [removed]. If the user deleted it, it would say [deleted].

Indeed, it was removed by moderators. Here’s the OP’s response:

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9ctho/serious_a...

Edit: another user determined it was both removed and deleted.

Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by zozbot234 »

surround wrote: post #209
kache_ wrote: post #27

Reddit has been compromised with actors who do not have free speech in their best interest. The other day there was an illuminating ask reddit post about transexuals who decided to transition back and their experiences. That post got promptly removed by moderators; even though there was no hateful content within it at all. They effectively silenced the transexual population due to an ever so slight conflict of ideolo…

> Do you think there was a way for you avoid this path? Like more understanding parents, other friends, another therapist? Or was it unavoidable? >> It was a combination of things, so I can't say for sure what could have prevented this. More understanding parents definitely would have helped. Other perspectives online, as well. Detransitioners frequently get shut down on the internet, as their experiences are often l…

Strictly speaking, that's not ironic at all; it's quite in line with what's routinely experienced by people trying to provide accurate and nuanced information about gender dysphoria, gender-dysphoric identity etc., and how to best help folks who may be affected by it.

Re: Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin »

UhDev wrote: post #220
manfredo wrote: post #2

Reddit admin message: > Your account has been suspended from for breaking the rules. Your account has been suspended for 3 day(s). >> You recently upvoted a post or comment that was determined to be against our policies. Abusive content is not acceptable on Reddit nor is engaging with it. Please be thoughful about the content that you interact with. Interestingly nothing in the Reddit policies seems to mention voting…

You can make as many accounts as you want, no need to use an email address.

This actually changed in the last few years.
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