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A theoretical example 1. I develop a community dedicated to fascism. 2. I appoint moderators who are themselves avid ideological defenders of fascism. 3. Given
by ordinaryradical 7y ago
A theoretical example
1. I develop a community dedicated to fascism.
2. I appoint moderators who are themselves avid ideological defenders of fascism.
3. Given the motives for belonging to the subreddit, the users naturally chafe at and violate the sitewide rules for reddit. They have their own interpretations of how to best implement and promote fascism.
4. Because of the moderators' sympathies for the underlying motives and tendencies, abuse and rule-breaking continues.
Is anyone at fault here other than myself, the moderators, and the users?
PS: This article is poorly written and doesn't actually explain any of actual things going on in the_donald, it just insinuates a political agenda to this happening.
- loxs 7y agoSo, Trump memes are now fascism? Are we going to be surprised (again) when he wins again?
- ordinaryradical 7y agoThis is a bad take. I don't follow the_donald or its memes. I'm saying that if you build a community that is committed to breaking the rules of reddit it's going to get banned. You can insert knitting for fascism. It's the same across the board.
- loxs 7y agoOnly difference is that apparently fascism violates the ToS and knitting does not.
- ordinaryradical 7y agoThe actual difference is that certain ideologies attract people who think the ends justify the means or find transgression itself attractive and amusing; these qualities in the right combination lead to communities that will inevitably break the rules and undo themselves.