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I'm very interested in this topic. Do you have concrete evidence of contrary voices being silenced by administration in /r/The_Donald? It may bear some consid

I'm very interested in this topic. Do you have concrete evidence of contrary voices being silenced by administration in /r/The_Donald? It may bear some consideration that this particular sub-reddit is itself silenced by having its stories removed from the front page by algorithm, which to me represents as great a sin or greater.

jjnoakes 10y ago
Greater sin or no, I've personally seen accounts get banned for sharing contrary views in that subreddit. I mean, it's in their sidebar... "No Dissenters".
striking 10y ago
/r/The_Donald has in its sidebar, literally, that people that do not wholly support Trump are not welcome. That being said, I'm okay with that. It's not a place for reasonable discussion, it's just shitpostland. However. Twitter prides itself on being a serious social network with considerations for free speech and the "new media"... being banned from something like that just because of what you believe is silly.
- robbiemitchell 10y ago
  They're not being banned for their opinions, they're being banned for their actions on Twitter.
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  - striking 10y ago
    Can you point to some of those actions? I'm having trouble finding any evidence that shows they should be banned. Now, I think their viewpoints are disgusting too. But their views don't affect people, their actions do.
    - FilterSweep 10y ago
      Have you suddenly lost your ability to create a relevant Google/DDG query? I can't, for the life of me, understand how you can't find evidence (example of Alt-right figurehead Milo Yiannopoulos): http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/leslie-jones-twitter-troll-regrets-attacking-ghostbusters-actress/story?id=41808886 http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/leslie-jones-twitter-tro... Now, whether he should be banned for what he did is up for contention. But he knows what he did, and he knows how he attacked her.
      - striking 10y ago
        Yiannopoulos was banned months ago. I'm talking about the current article and the views and actions of those who were freshly banned.
kelukelugames 10y ago
corey "i'm just asking questions" moncure. Do HNers fall for this kind of concern trolling? https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=corey_moncure https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=corey_moncure
a_bonobo 10y ago
It's right in the rules: - No Dissenters or SJWs. AfterBerners MUST Assimilate.
croon 10y ago
There is no data other than available to the mods of The_Donald or reddit at large, but there are A LOT of results just a google away, this was the first hit [1]. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/BannedFromThe_Donald/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BannedFromThe_Donald/
voxic11 10y ago
It's explicitly against the rules of the subreddit to dissent against their narrative or express "social justice warrior" views. See rule iv. > No Dissenters or SJWs. AfterBerners MUST Assimilate
beedogs 10y ago
I've been banned on at least a half dozen accounts for posting anti-Trump comments on that subreddit. So, yeah.

jjnoakes 10y ago

Greater sin or no, I've personally seen accounts get banned for sharing contrary views in that subreddit. I mean, it's in their sidebar... "No Dissenters".

striking 10y ago

/r/The_Donald has in its sidebar, literally, that people that do not wholly support Trump are not welcome. That being said, I'm okay with that. It's not a place for reasonable discussion, it's just shitpostland. However. Twitter prides itself on being a serious social network with considerations for free speech and the "new media"... being banned from something like that just because of what you believe is silly.

robbiemitchell 10y ago
They're not being banned for their opinions, they're being banned for their actions on Twitter.
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- striking 10y ago
  Can you point to some of those actions? I'm having trouble finding any evidence that shows they should be banned. Now, I think their viewpoints are disgusting too. But their views don't affect people, their actions do.
  - FilterSweep 10y ago
    Have you suddenly lost your ability to create a relevant Google/DDG query? I can't, for the life of me, understand how you can't find evidence (example of Alt-right figurehead Milo Yiannopoulos): http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/leslie-jones-twitter-troll-regrets-attacking-ghostbusters-actress/story?id=41808886 http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/leslie-jones-twitter-tro... Now, whether he should be banned for what he did is up for contention. But he knows what he did, and he knows how he attacked her.
    - striking 10y ago
      Yiannopoulos was banned months ago. I'm talking about the current article and the views and actions of those who were freshly banned.

kelukelugames 10y ago

corey "i'm just asking questions" moncure. Do HNers fall for this kind of concern trolling? https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=corey_moncure https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=corey_moncure

a_bonobo 10y ago

It's right in the rules: - No Dissenters or SJWs. AfterBerners MUST Assimilate.

croon 10y ago

There is no data other than available to the mods of The_Donald or reddit at large, but there are A LOT of results just a google away, this was the first hit [1]. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/BannedFromThe_Donald/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BannedFromThe_Donald/

voxic11 10y ago

It's explicitly against the rules of the subreddit to dissent against their narrative or express "social justice warrior" views. See rule iv. > No Dissenters or SJWs. AfterBerners MUST Assimilate

beedogs 10y ago

I've been banned on at least a half dozen accounts for posting anti-Trump comments on that subreddit. So, yeah.