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Did you even read the article? They are being targeted because they are engaging in vote manipulation. Members of other subreddit don't collude to upvote every
by vinhboy 10y ago
Did you even read the article? They are being targeted because they are engaging in vote manipulation.
Members of other subreddit don't collude to upvote everything and try to get into /r/all. They also don't go and attack other subs.
Also, the racist and sexist nature of the posts makes it inappropriate. Reddit has already taken a stance against this sort of content when it banned a bunch of subreddits a few months ago.
- back_beyond 10y agoWhat are some examples of racist and sexist posts from /r/the_donald that have gained traction? Is censorship of "inappropriate" speech the right precedent?
- basch 10y agocensorship would be taking away their sub or removing it entirely from /r/all turning the volume down on one tv because they are purposely boosting it to drown out other tvs is not censorship.
- back_beyond 10y agoIf restricting the message of a movement isn't censorship, that's news to me.
- basch 10y ago/r/all is an algorithmically balanced sample of everything going on on reddit. it is in everyones best interest to keep one subcommunity from shouting over everyone else. letting them speak, but peppering in more of the other posts is not censorship.
- back_beyond 10y agoWe should limit a community's exposure, even if it's organic and consistently one of the most active[1] on all of Reddit? What if we gave extra votes to lesser-represented political parties because, you know, they have good ideas too - right? Let's not pretend that this algorithmic change won't have the same impact. [1] http://redditlist.com/ http://redditlist.com/