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> Nothing good comes out of reddit that is not put into reddit from the outside. The good that comes from inside Reddit is the curation, as much as everyone li
by hnzix 6y ago
> Nothing good comes out of reddit that is not put into reddit from the outside.
The good that comes from inside Reddit is the curation, as much as everyone likes to complain about it.
They have become more proactive about banning hate and grief subreddits and have a system for reporting and shadowbanning bad faith individuals. If anything one could argue they come down a little too hard on borderline controversial subs but it's such a tough line to walk.
- bigiain 6y ago"Curation"? By five totally unaccountable mods, all pushing brands for money? https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/gitwbo/pointing_out_how_much_power_few_people_have_gets/ https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/gitwbo/p... That curation is "The good that comes from inside Reddit"???
- andrewzah 6y agoDramatics aside, the best subreddits tend to be the ones that are strongly curated. /r/AskHistorians, /r/neutralpolitics, etc.
- john-radio 6y agoThose are very good subreddits (/r/nosleep is another strongly curated, excellent one with a different purpose) but I don't think that can stand up as a general rule at all. /r/NoStupidQuestions, /r/CrazyIdeas, /r/LearnPython...
- dorkinspace 6y agoThe reason those subs are some of the best is not just because they are strongly curated, but also because they are fairly curated based on well defined, sensible rules. The unaccountable, power-abusing moderators that are being discussed in this thread remove posts and ban users completely arbitrarily. If these mods had a rule system like r/AskHistorians and applied them as fairly, there wouldn't be nearly as much concern over the issue.
- bawolff 6y agoSo? I dont care who the mods are. Reddit is a glorified collection of web forums. Like all web forums they live and die by the signal to noise ratio. Reddit is popular because most subreddits match up to some subgroup that thinks it has decent signal to noise ratio.
- nathias 6y agoah yes, come for the news, stay for the censorship
- blaser-waffle 6y agoIf you don't like it there is always Voat. HN has a decent amount of curation, too. Been seeing a lot of flagged and deleted posts these days...
- sanchostache 6y agoCesspit echo-chamber anymore. A reflection of the communist society in which we're quickly headed. The doublespeak and gaslighting has a lot gotten worse...