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I imagine he was referring to normal people who wanted news about the Orlando shooter but instead found thread after thread of [DELETED]. https://news.ycombina

I imagine he was referring to normal people who wanted news about the Orlando shooter but instead found thread after thread of [DELETED]. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >Avoid gratuitous negativity.

johncolanduoni 10y ago
Although I detest that incident, I haven't seen any evidence that this went further up the chain than renegade moderator(s). This doesn't seem like the kind of thing Reddit's staff would get involved in so quickly and so heavy-handedly.
kuschku 10y ago
Have you seen the threads before the deletion? There was a huge brigade of "DEPORT ISLAM" and "Yes all muslims" comments – over 90% of the comments were that, and /r/the_donald ensured they would be constantly upvoted, too. If such a thread happened here, you can be sure @dang would nuke them, too.
- ominous 10y ago
  If you have a significant % of the population screaming X, you don't have a problem. You have a population that believes in X. of course, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) still apply. What I am saying is, terribly as it may seem, hate can also be belief.
  - kuschku 10y ago
    Yes, but belief is not something that is supposed to be on that subreddit. The subreddit is for a balanced discussion about news. (And that belief is very similar to "The Third Wave" experiment – I recommend reading the books or movies to try to understand the right-populist movement in many countries today)
    - ominous 10y ago
      Thank you for the books, will look them up.
      - kuschku 10y ago
        It’s an experiment from the US from the 60s I think of a teacher trying to understand how the general population could support the nazis – the events really happened, but the book differs from the reality in most parts except the ending, while the movie differs only in the ending, but there it’s very different from what really happened. After all, though, it’s well worth it, and should be standard material in all schools. If you want a more technical view, there’s also scientific writeups about "The Third Wave".
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johncolanduoni 10y ago

Although I detest that incident, I haven't seen any evidence that this went further up the chain than renegade moderator(s). This doesn't seem like the kind of thing Reddit's staff would get involved in so quickly and so heavy-handedly.

kuschku 10y ago

Have you seen the threads before the deletion? There was a huge brigade of "DEPORT ISLAM" and "Yes all muslims" comments – over 90% of the comments were that, and /r/the_donald ensured they would be constantly upvoted, too. If such a thread happened here, you can be sure @dang would nuke them, too.

ominous 10y ago
If you have a significant % of the population screaming X, you don't have a problem. You have a population that believes in X. of course, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) still apply. What I am saying is, terribly as it may seem, hate can also be belief.
- kuschku 10y ago
  Yes, but belief is not something that is supposed to be on that subreddit. The subreddit is for a balanced discussion about news. (And that belief is very similar to "The Third Wave" experiment – I recommend reading the books or movies to try to understand the right-populist movement in many countries today)
  - ominous 10y ago
    Thank you for the books, will look them up.
    - kuschku 10y ago
      It’s an experiment from the US from the 60s I think of a teacher trying to understand how the general population could support the nazis – the events really happened, but the book differs from the reality in most parts except the ending, while the movie differs only in the ending, but there it’s very different from what really happened. After all, though, it’s well worth it, and should be standard material in all schools. If you want a more technical view, there’s also scientific writeups about "The Third Wave".
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