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As someone who reads reddit fairly frequently, this doesn't reflect my experience on the site. In reality there is no unified reddit. I've taken a gander at /r/
by harryh 10y ago
As someone who reads reddit fairly frequently, this doesn't reflect my experience on the site. In reality there is no unified reddit. I've taken a gander at /r/The_Donald a couple of times (mostly out of morbid curiosity) but other than those few times I've experienced very little impact of whatever it is they are doing.
I read some sports subredits. I read some culture subredits. I read some of the bigger basic entertaining but silly subreddits like /r/AskReddit and /r/TodayILearned. And, to be honest, I really haven't noticed much impact by these nefarious elements (or whatever you want to call them).
I'm sure others have had different experiences from me, but from my point of view whatever "crazy shit" is going down is mostly confined to certain sub-sections of the site that are easily avoided.
- mikeryan 10y agoI don't see this on my own view of the site. But I click /r/all every so often just to get some variety and that's where you see this in effect. It seems an r/The_Donald post has been in one of the top two spots for the last few months with others in the queue.
- rrggrr 10y agoThe average front page Reddit post is thought to require about 323,500 views says... the internet. Trump got about 13,000,000 votes in the primary election, which is relevant because its though primary voters are more active in the political participation. The point being, I'm not sure given current headlines and the recency of the US election, that the front page stats are out of line.
- senectus1 10y agopretty much the same... but as will all echo chambers, you'll hear what you're listing to. If people are on ranty subreddits they will hear ranty posts. I'm happy with reddit. Its a pleasant diversion that I get to tune to my liking.
- a_bonobo 10y agoLooks like it's a bigger problem for moderators than for users: >“There have been unquestionably instances [where] moderators of other subreddits were targeted by users in The_Donald,” Reddit told Gizmodo, and the leaked chatlogs reveal the extent. >Some moderators had been flooded with constant harassing messages. “One threatened to kill my fucking dog,” a moderator pleaded in the leaked Slack chat. A The_Donald user hacked r/politics and booted half of the moderation team, another told Gizmodo in an email. >“We have had multiple moderators doxxed and sent death threats, we had one moderator who had his truck broken into and vandalized,” an r/politics mod told Gizmodo over Reddit private message.
- wheelerwj 10y agoYeah, this is what was REALLY shitty about /u/Spez's debacle. Profanity, hate speech, bullying, harassment aren't protected by free speech. And you see PLENTY of it coming out of the_donald. You don't have to tolerate that shit, you have every right to shut it down. But no, lets degrade ourselves by trolling the trolls. What a strategic waste. non-edit: greglindahl below me makes an excellent point on my choice of vocabulary. I won't edit my post, I'll just concede that I chose poorly while trying to articulate my point.
- greglindahl 10y agoYou're being sloppy with terms. In the US, obscenity isn't protected by free speech, but non-obscene profanity is. Hate speech? Threats of violence aren't free speech, but a lot of odious hate speech is. Court cases about bullying frequently fail. Of course Reddit, being private, has the right to do whatever it wants. But it's important to realize where the lines are drawn for public discourse.
- a_bonobo 10y agoI don't think harassment via private messages counts as public discourse
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- nunez 10y agoAgreed. I normally consume Reddit via RSS and only keep up with a few subs. I haven't noticed much of the frenzy that people have been talking about. I could imagine someone seeing this if they stick to the default front page.
- wheelerwj 10y agonot the default front page. it's r/all that's taken a beating as well as the comments section of other subs.
- GabberBots 10y agoWould it be fair to say that the subs you visit are not typical targets for political discussions? The problem has been the chilling effects that T_D has had within its sphere of influence. The brunt of which has been felt by the mod teams in toeing the line between free speech and preventing civil unrest.
- harryh 10y agoYes, definitely. I don't really read anything at all related to politics on reddit. Perhaps the influence of /r/The_Donald is confined to those subreddits.