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I don't understand how commenters generalize about Reddit: the is no Reddit, only subreddits - each of which is moderated in a different way. I moderate /r/Afri

by liotier 10y ago

I don't understand how commenters generalize about Reddit: the is no Reddit, only subreddits - each of which is moderated in a different way. I moderate /r/Africa we deal with speech mercilessly. /r/askScience or /r/askHistorians have even stricter policies. On the other hand, there are subreddits which are most definitely hateful... But I never go there. In the middle, I'm still subscribed to /r/Europe which is a battleground... I won't give it up and I do not see how any amount of moderation could make it better: politics are all about conflicting ideas !

stefantalpalaru 10y ago
> the is no Reddit, only subreddits - each of which is moderated in a different way I was banned for 2 days on the whole platform for following a link to Voat, another link back to Reddit and downvoting a guy who was copy/pasting the same comment all over the thread. (Reddit is surprisingly link-sharing adverse for a site based on link sharing) Reddit exists through the abuses and policies of its administrators. It's not a generic forum platform and I don't think it ever was.
- diyorgasms 10y ago
  Voat is where the groups who were kicked off of reddit (pizzagate, jailbait, c--ntown and the rest of the "chimpire", fph) go to organize brigades off-site. It doesn't surprise me in the least that reddit bans people participating in off-site brigading activity, especially from Voat.
  - stefantalpalaru 10y ago
    So when Reddit links to another site, it isn't "brigading" and the potential DDOS is just an unfortunate consequence, but when a Reddit clone links to Reddit they are the devil incarnate?
sanswork 10y ago
If you want to do any non-specific(ie. I like mechanical keyboards so I'll search for a subreddit on it) then you are stuck with the frontpage and all. That is the reddit people are talking about when they generalize because it is the default experience.

by liotier 10y ago

stefantalpalaru 10y ago

> the is no Reddit, only subreddits - each of which is moderated in a different way I was banned for 2 days on the whole platform for following a link to Voat, another link back to Reddit and downvoting a guy who was copy/pasting the same comment all over the thread. (Reddit is surprisingly link-sharing adverse for a site based on link sharing) Reddit exists through the abuses and policies of its administrators. It's not a generic forum platform and I don't think it ever was.

diyorgasms 10y ago
Voat is where the groups who were kicked off of reddit (pizzagate, jailbait, c--ntown and the rest of the "chimpire", fph) go to organize brigades off-site. It doesn't surprise me in the least that reddit bans people participating in off-site brigading activity, especially from Voat.
- stefantalpalaru 10y ago
  So when Reddit links to another site, it isn't "brigading" and the potential DDOS is just an unfortunate consequence, but when a Reddit clone links to Reddit they are the devil incarnate?

sanswork 10y ago

If you want to do any non-specific(ie. I like mechanical keyboards so I'll search for a subreddit on it) then you are stuck with the frontpage and all. That is the reddit people are talking about when they generalize because it is the default experience.