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It matters a great deal because of the subreddit namespace land-grabs. Someone coming to reddit for the first time might naturally go to r/politics (which has b
by brodouevencode 6y ago
It matters a great deal because of the subreddit namespace land-grabs. Someone coming to reddit for the first time might naturally go to r/politics (which has become notoriously left-leaning) and not be aware of the rich history of censorship there.
- streb-lo 6y agoThis is a tired argument. As terrible and kneejerk as/r/politics may be, it doesn't need to be some neutral ground of perfect arbitration for many reasons, the least of which is that it would be asking an insane amount of work from its volunteer moderators. If it skews left who cares? There are plenty of places to discuss politics online that skew to the right.
- brodouevencode 6y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23186995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23186995 Then advertise as such and don't pretend otherwise.
- root_axis 6y ago> Someone coming to reddit for the first time might naturally go to r/politics (which has become notoriously left-leaning) You've explained that someone might voluntarily visit a website on the internet that contains partisan content, but you haven't explained why this is a problem. They're not trapped on reddit, they didn't pay a cover fee to enter, who cares?
- brodouevencode 6y agoIt's a problem because it sells itself as something else. I don't care that it's partisan, I do care that it's partisan but bills itself as something else to millions of eyeballs.
- root_axis 6y agoWhy is that a problem?