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It seems like a right-wing contingent has taken over the moderation of a lot of smaller subreddits, specifically city/country subreddits, and both the content p

It seems like a right-wing contingent has taken over the moderation of a lot of smaller subreddits, specifically city/country subreddits, and both the content posted and the commentary reflects that. It's a dangerous trend for both society and reddit itself.

knowaveragejoe 9y ago
Not sure why this is downvoted, this is well documented.
- ionforce 9y ago
  Where is this documented?
- aldoushuxley001 9y ago
  Seems incredibly biased to say that right-wing moderators are dangerous to society. Just because someone has a more conservative outlook, doesn't mean they are a menace. A little bit shocking that needs to be pointed out.
  - stordoff 9y ago
    I didn't read OP as saying that right-wing moderators are per se are "dangerous to society", but that it being just one viewpoint represented (especially if, as "a right-wing contingent" implies", it's a single group of people) could be,].
  - wvenable 9y ago
    If you're a left-wing moderator or a right-wing moderator, there is no way I should know that unless you tell me. Any moderator that is actively and purposely applying their political philosophy to a forum that reaches thousands of people is dangerous to society.
UncleEntity 9y ago
> It's a dangerous trend for both society and reddit itself. Wouldn't squashing the voices of the "right-wing contingent" just lead to an (already implied) echo chamber of leftist thought? Your one single comment sums up the problem I have with user-moderation systems like reddit (and HN).
- so33 9y ago
  >Wouldn't squashing the voices of the "right-wing contingent" just lead to an (already implied) echo chamber of leftist thought? That implies it's only possible to be "right-wing" or "leftist".
  - deleted 9y ago
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- wvenable 9y ago
  What ever happened to neutrality? Moderators shouldn't be promoting an ideology left or right. I understand that Reddit admins themselves don't want to promote an ideology either -- they want to remain neutral -- but they are sacrificing their platform to people who don't hold he same ideals. The biggest change I've noticed is just how political the city/country subreddits have become. A few years ago, they used to be more fun places but now nearly all the content is very hateful and polarizing.
  - phil21 9y ago
    > they used to be more fun places but now nearly all the content is very hateful and polarizing. I don't think this is a reddit thing - it's a societal thing. Other platforms are also getting far more acerbic in general. City council meetings, local news, etc. It seems the country is in a period of time where politics is both forefront and rather contentious. I feel the stuff on-line is simply reflecting the greater societal trends - jut with the typical amplification everything on-line breeds.
    - wvenable 9y ago
komali2 9y ago
People are challenging this "undocumented" claim Here's a lot of users talking about how it happened to /r/canada https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/7z1wap/forget_rcanada_this_is_now_the_main_canada/ https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/7z1wap/forg... https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/7z706y/whats_going_on_in_rcanada_eh/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/7z706y/whats_... My suspicion is that whatever entity is behind massive twitter troll farms of far-right content (as well as inflammatory far-left content) is also doing everything it can to stir the shitpot over at reddit. /r/conspiracy is another one "lost" to the far-right. I even catch whiffs of it in the bay area subreddits sometimes. I'd say the same for /r/shitredditsays but for the far-left, except it's been that way for as long as I can remember (LONG before any of the bot farm stuff).

knowaveragejoe 9y ago

Not sure why this is downvoted, this is well documented.

ionforce 9y ago
Where is this documented?
aldoushuxley001 9y ago
Seems incredibly biased to say that right-wing moderators are dangerous to society. Just because someone has a more conservative outlook, doesn't mean they are a menace. A little bit shocking that needs to be pointed out.
- stordoff 9y ago
  I didn't read OP as saying that right-wing moderators are per se are "dangerous to society", but that it being just one viewpoint represented (especially if, as "a right-wing contingent" implies", it's a single group of people) could be,].
- wvenable 9y ago
  If you're a left-wing moderator or a right-wing moderator, there is no way I should know that unless you tell me. Any moderator that is actively and purposely applying their political philosophy to a forum that reaches thousands of people is dangerous to society.

UncleEntity 9y ago

> It's a dangerous trend for both society and reddit itself. Wouldn't squashing the voices of the "right-wing contingent" just lead to an (already implied) echo chamber of leftist thought? Your one single comment sums up the problem I have with user-moderation systems like reddit (and HN).

so33 9y ago
>Wouldn't squashing the voices of the "right-wing contingent" just lead to an (already implied) echo chamber of leftist thought? That implies it's only possible to be "right-wing" or "leftist".
- deleted 9y ago
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wvenable 9y ago
What ever happened to neutrality? Moderators shouldn't be promoting an ideology left or right. I understand that Reddit admins themselves don't want to promote an ideology either -- they want to remain neutral -- but they are sacrificing their platform to people who don't hold he same ideals. The biggest change I've noticed is just how political the city/country subreddits have become. A few years ago, they used to be more fun places but now nearly all the content is very hateful and polarizing.
- phil21 9y ago
  > they used to be more fun places but now nearly all the content is very hateful and polarizing. I don't think this is a reddit thing - it's a societal thing. Other platforms are also getting far more acerbic in general. City council meetings, local news, etc. It seems the country is in a period of time where politics is both forefront and rather contentious. I feel the stuff on-line is simply reflecting the greater societal trends - jut with the typical amplification everything on-line breeds.
  - wvenable 9y ago

komali2 9y ago

People are challenging this "undocumented" claim Here's a lot of users talking about how it happened to /r/canada https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/7z1wap/forget_rcanada_this_is_now_the_main_canada/ https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/7z1wap/forg... https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/7z706y/whats_going_on_in_rcanada_eh/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/7z706y/whats_... My suspicion is that whatever entity is behind massive twitter troll farms of far-right content (as well as inflammatory far-left content) is also doing everything it can to stir the shitpot over at reddit. /r/conspiracy is another one "lost" to the far-right. I even catch whiffs of it in the bay area subreddits sometimes. I'd say the same for /r/shitredditsays but for the far-left, except it's been that way for as long as I can remember (LONG before any of the bot farm stuff).