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Reddit has large radical left and radical right communities that are constantly fighting and overwhelm the site with political drama and propaganda. If they do

by soup10 10y ago

Reddit has large radical left and radical right communities that are constantly fighting and overwhelm the site with political drama and propaganda. If they don't do something about it they are going to lose the users that come there to look at cats.

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scott_karana 10y ago
Sounds like real life. :/
return0 10y ago
and what is reddit without drama?
- noir_lord 10y ago
  Hacker news with a lot more users and cats?
  - return0 10y ago
    and boobs and penises
- dabockster 10y ago
  >what is reddit without drama? A Digg reskin* with a huge library of adult content. *By Digg reskin, I am referring to Digg right before everyone left. I mean, there is a high possibility that any sort of "Reddit v3" would cause people to leave.
  - Natsu 10y ago
    Voat already exists, but it can't handle the load.
ng12 10y ago
That's the problem -- there should be no "Reddit". The only interesting part of Reddit are the communities and there's no reason why the_donald and SRS can't exist under the same reddit.com domain. I really wish /u/spez et al. would take a hands-off approach except for cases where users are breaking the law.
- bmon 10y ago
  I disagree. As nice as it would be, subreddits do not exist in isolation from one another and very often, trends and behavior set in one subreddit trickle to others. This was noticeable leading up to the removal of /r/fatpeoplehate et al, and it's noticable right now. The flamewar between the radical left and right flows onto almost all default subreddits, and it does drive overall quality down.
  - tomp 10y ago
    But there's a huge difference between strictly moderation the (default) subreddits in a fair, neutral or balanced way, and deleting whole subcommunities because they "spam" r/all. Maybe a better idea. Would be to delete r/all?!
- skybrian 10y ago
  Yep, that's the libertarian dream. It makes me nostalgic for the 90's when the web was new. Now we know that spam and abuse make any large Internet forum suck. Your choice: moderation or cesspool. Also, getting rid of the really extreme filth on the Internet is no fun and people generally have to be paid to do it, which is one of the things that keeps larger social networks in business.
  - grzm 10y ago
    "no fun" is an understatement. It can be psychologically damaging. I found this article really revealing: http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11387934/internet-moderator-history-youtube-facebook-reddit-censorship-free-speech http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11387934/internet-moderato...
ww520 10y ago
Reddit has evolved. IMO it as a place to let the lefts and rights to hash it out serves a much better purpose than just a cat picture showoff, (not that I don't enjoy the cat pictures).
- daodedickinson 10y ago
  Social networks as war by other means.

by soup10 10y ago

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scott_karana 10y ago

Sounds like real life. :/

return0 10y ago

and what is reddit without drama?

noir_lord 10y ago
Hacker news with a lot more users and cats?
- return0 10y ago
  and boobs and penises
dabockster 10y ago
>what is reddit without drama? A Digg reskin* with a huge library of adult content. *By Digg reskin, I am referring to Digg right before everyone left. I mean, there is a high possibility that any sort of "Reddit v3" would cause people to leave.
- Natsu 10y ago
  Voat already exists, but it can't handle the load.

ng12 10y ago

That's the problem -- there should be no "Reddit". The only interesting part of Reddit are the communities and there's no reason why the_donald and SRS can't exist under the same reddit.com domain. I really wish /u/spez et al. would take a hands-off approach except for cases where users are breaking the law.

bmon 10y ago
I disagree. As nice as it would be, subreddits do not exist in isolation from one another and very often, trends and behavior set in one subreddit trickle to others. This was noticeable leading up to the removal of /r/fatpeoplehate et al, and it's noticable right now. The flamewar between the radical left and right flows onto almost all default subreddits, and it does drive overall quality down.
- tomp 10y ago
  But there's a huge difference between strictly moderation the (default) subreddits in a fair, neutral or balanced way, and deleting whole subcommunities because they "spam" r/all. Maybe a better idea. Would be to delete r/all?!
skybrian 10y ago
Yep, that's the libertarian dream. It makes me nostalgic for the 90's when the web was new. Now we know that spam and abuse make any large Internet forum suck. Your choice: moderation or cesspool. Also, getting rid of the really extreme filth on the Internet is no fun and people generally have to be paid to do it, which is one of the things that keeps larger social networks in business.
- grzm 10y ago
  "no fun" is an understatement. It can be psychologically damaging. I found this article really revealing: http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11387934/internet-moderator-history-youtube-facebook-reddit-censorship-free-speech http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11387934/internet-moderato...

ww520 10y ago

Reddit has evolved. IMO it as a place to let the lefts and rights to hash it out serves a much better purpose than just a cat picture showoff, (not that I don't enjoy the cat pictures).

daodedickinson 10y ago
Social networks as war by other means.