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> They actively target, brigade (large group upvoting/downvoting), and intentionally troll other communities with their only goal being to fuck with people and

> They actively target, brigade (large group upvoting/downvoting), and intentionally troll other communities with their only goal being to fuck with people and overwhelmingly push their rhetoric. [citation needed] I'm there every day and I don't know about that, quite the opposite. We don't link outside the sub, heck we are not even allowed to mention /r/politics in post titles under threat from Reddit admins. It is now know as /r/[redacted] for that reason. EDIT: downvotes are not citations

meritt 10y ago
http://gizmodo.com/reddit-is-tearing-itself-apart-1789406294 http://gizmodo.com/reddit-is-tearing-itself-apart-1789406294 has a decent summary of the problems over the past few months. > Centipede Central is the chat Reddit is referring to—a chat room within the Slack-like Discord program ... its users have encouraged the harassment of other moderators, artificially inflated the vote count on posts, rigged off-Reddit polls, and posted John Podesta’s personal Netflix login information for the chat’s 1000+ members to use at will.
- SixSigma 10y ago
  There are 300k+ subscribers to T_D I am one of those who have never even heard of that chat room, nor visited. And I am on T_D all day long every day since February. We have posts with 7k+ points and 56% upvoted. https://i.redditmedia.com/RbqqP0Cpfs-o-B1DVWIwIqtUU8-dtxUahf_uosOAKB0.png?w=848&s=d639846d2be5372531367f9a5e8073aa https://i.redditmedia.com/RbqqP0Cpfs-o-B1DVWIwIqtUU8-dtxUahf... If anyone is under attack, it is us. Even the famous Ellen Pao thinks Spez made a huge mistake and says "I would have immiediately fired anyone did that [edited user posts]" https://i.redditmedia.com/-VmuoYhuKv-Uj-Ild8_FAhGgQgXM68OsuN_E-DYOxyc.jpg?w=1024&s=826da08b70c7409958d08b2b70b1209f https://i.redditmedia.com/-VmuoYhuKv-Uj-Ild8_FAhGgQgXM68OsuN... /r/all is now a safe space for people who can't handle seeing certain text !! And the stupidest part is : Reddit is a commercial enterprise. 300k t_d subscribers. Instead of embracing a customer base and working out how to profit from it, he's pissed everybody off my repeatedly kicking the nest. Either directly or by letting CTR take over r/politics. They should have had a sales team focussing directly upon us and building an income stream. Instead they've generated a whole bunch of people who actively boycott buying Reddit Gold, will never click on your ads, even in other subreddits. What would you give for 300k high energy cross demographic customers with a tight focus on conservatism. I wouldn't be giving them annoyance and grief. "Front Page of the Internet" is the greatest joke of all
scrollaway 10y ago
What's there? For the citation, ask any mod of a decently large non-pro-altright subreddit. I've personally witnessed it in several gaming subreddit (/r/hearthstone, /r/overwatch) but the mods pretty quickly crack down on it.
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nindalf 10y ago
I have tried on many occasions to read posts on that sub but I found the hatred, the ALL CAPS, the doublethink and the crushing of any dissent nauseating. For example, members of that sub demonised a pizzeria owner with no evidence whatsoever, spreading lies and harassing him and anyone tangentially related to him. This incident is only the most recent one, by no means the worst. What do you love about it that makes you go there everyday?
- nkurz 10y ago
  For example, members of that sub demonised a pizzeria owner with no evidence whatsoever I'm guessing that you say that based mostly on media coverage like the recent New York Times article? I think Scott Adams (author of Dilbert) has a more accurate view, which is that there is in fact a mountain of "obvious" evidence, but despite this almost all the connections and conclusions are likely false. I think it's worth the time to contrast his view with the "no evidence whatsoever" explanation that most of the media has taken: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/153821538056/about-pizzagate http://blog.dilbert.com/post/153821538056/about-pizzagate.
  - nindalf 10y ago
    Would you be satisfied if I amended "no evidence" to "no credible evidence"? Because that's how I see it. I didn't see a single valid thing being said throughout that fiasco.
    - SixSigma 10y ago
      The point is that the evidence seems credible if somewhat incredible. It might not be convincing and certainly not conclusive but there are a series of remarkable coincidences.
      - nindalf 10y ago
        > a series of remarkable coincidences Could you elaborate? What are these coincidences and what is remarkable about them? And please don't say "read the emails!" or "watch David Seaman!" like the others.
ajkjk 10y ago
Downvotes are not citations, but citations are, and when you ask for and receive citations and then pretend they don't exist you get downvoted. (Admittedly I don't know the order of your downvotes, your edit, and the replies to your comment, but this is a pattern that happens all discussions about that subreddit. "There's no evidence for X" posters maintain their stance by simply ignoring all the evidence that gets readily supplied. It's absolutely infuriating to deal with.)
- SixSigma 10y ago
  It was -1 with no replies at that point. I now have the Gizmodo article which mentions a chat room off reddit. Which is all chat from Moderators which openly want us banned. It is rather one sided because our mods didn't respond. Gizmodo is owned by Univision Communications, not exactly objective.
  - ajkjk 10y ago
    Well yes, they want you banned, but specifically for your behaviors, which is exactly why .. anyone.. should want anyone banned.

meritt 10y ago

http://gizmodo.com/reddit-is-tearing-itself-apart-1789406294 http://gizmodo.com/reddit-is-tearing-itself-apart-1789406294 has a decent summary of the problems over the past few months. > Centipede Central is the chat Reddit is referring to—a chat room within the Slack-like Discord program ... its users have encouraged the harassment of other moderators, artificially inflated the vote count on posts, rigged off-Reddit polls, and posted John Podesta’s personal Netflix login information for the chat’s 1000+ members to use at will.

SixSigma 10y ago
There are 300k+ subscribers to T_D I am one of those who have never even heard of that chat room, nor visited. And I am on T_D all day long every day since February. We have posts with 7k+ points and 56% upvoted. https://i.redditmedia.com/RbqqP0Cpfs-o-B1DVWIwIqtUU8-dtxUahf_uosOAKB0.png?w=848&s=d639846d2be5372531367f9a5e8073aa https://i.redditmedia.com/RbqqP0Cpfs-o-B1DVWIwIqtUU8-dtxUahf... If anyone is under attack, it is us. Even the famous Ellen Pao thinks Spez made a huge mistake and says "I would have immiediately fired anyone did that [edited user posts]" https://i.redditmedia.com/-VmuoYhuKv-Uj-Ild8_FAhGgQgXM68OsuN_E-DYOxyc.jpg?w=1024&s=826da08b70c7409958d08b2b70b1209f https://i.redditmedia.com/-VmuoYhuKv-Uj-Ild8_FAhGgQgXM68OsuN... /r/all is now a safe space for people who can't handle seeing certain text !! And the stupidest part is : Reddit is a commercial enterprise. 300k t_d subscribers. Instead of embracing a customer base and working out how to profit from it, he's pissed everybody off my repeatedly kicking the nest. Either directly or by letting CTR take over r/politics. They should have had a sales team focussing directly upon us and building an income stream. Instead they've generated a whole bunch of people who actively boycott buying Reddit Gold, will never click on your ads, even in other subreddits. What would you give for 300k high energy cross demographic customers with a tight focus on conservatism. I wouldn't be giving them annoyance and grief. "Front Page of the Internet" is the greatest joke of all

scrollaway 10y ago

What's there? For the citation, ask any mod of a decently large non-pro-altright subreddit. I've personally witnessed it in several gaming subreddit (/r/hearthstone, /r/overwatch) but the mods pretty quickly crack down on it.

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nindalf 10y ago

I have tried on many occasions to read posts on that sub but I found the hatred, the ALL CAPS, the doublethink and the crushing of any dissent nauseating. For example, members of that sub demonised a pizzeria owner with no evidence whatsoever, spreading lies and harassing him and anyone tangentially related to him. This incident is only the most recent one, by no means the worst. What do you love about it that makes you go there everyday?

nkurz 10y ago
For example, members of that sub demonised a pizzeria owner with no evidence whatsoever I'm guessing that you say that based mostly on media coverage like the recent New York Times article? I think Scott Adams (author of Dilbert) has a more accurate view, which is that there is in fact a mountain of "obvious" evidence, but despite this almost all the connections and conclusions are likely false. I think it's worth the time to contrast his view with the "no evidence whatsoever" explanation that most of the media has taken: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/153821538056/about-pizzagate http://blog.dilbert.com/post/153821538056/about-pizzagate.
- nindalf 10y ago
  Would you be satisfied if I amended "no evidence" to "no credible evidence"? Because that's how I see it. I didn't see a single valid thing being said throughout that fiasco.
  - SixSigma 10y ago
    The point is that the evidence seems credible if somewhat incredible. It might not be convincing and certainly not conclusive but there are a series of remarkable coincidences.
    - nindalf 10y ago
      > a series of remarkable coincidences Could you elaborate? What are these coincidences and what is remarkable about them? And please don't say "read the emails!" or "watch David Seaman!" like the others.

ajkjk 10y ago

Downvotes are not citations, but citations are, and when you ask for and receive citations and then pretend they don't exist you get downvoted. (Admittedly I don't know the order of your downvotes, your edit, and the replies to your comment, but this is a pattern that happens all discussions about that subreddit. "There's no evidence for X" posters maintain their stance by simply ignoring all the evidence that gets readily supplied. It's absolutely infuriating to deal with.)

SixSigma 10y ago
It was -1 with no replies at that point. I now have the Gizmodo article which mentions a chat room off reddit. Which is all chat from Moderators which openly want us banned. It is rather one sided because our mods didn't respond. Gizmodo is owned by Univision Communications, not exactly objective.
- ajkjk 10y ago
  Well yes, they want you banned, but specifically for your behaviors, which is exactly why .. anyone.. should want anyone banned.