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You're right. The_Donald has been dead for months due to the above-mentioned restrictions on submissions, moderator removal, and moving to a different site. If

You're right. The_Donald has been dead for months due to the above-mentioned restrictions on submissions, moderator removal, and moving to a different site. If they're getting banned now it's for something that was done months ago.

SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
I think it’s worth mentioning the Reddit reason for initial quarantine was “anti police” comments. MediaMatters / ShareBlue wrote an article about how anti police the sub was referencing two downvoted but not deleted comments. The entire sub was always pro law and order. Reddit put very heavy limits on the sub for that. Which is pretty damn funny to me - because right now on every single popular sub there are “all cops are bastards”, “kill all police”, “the only good cop is a dead cop” in any thread that even sort of tangentially references police. I don’t care much either way. But the massive hypocrisy is there. No one has the balls to say “we just don’t want this on our platform”. A couple months after the quarantine, Reddit admins changed the reason on the disclaimer before entering from “anti police comments” to “rule breaking”. It shows me the weak moral character of the people in charge... and why I don’t want these people getting to decide what is right and wrong. Edit: initial warning, later chased for ambiguous “rule breaking” https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-3.03.56-PM.png?w=1200&h=630&crop=1 https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Scree...
- belltaco 6y ago
  This is quite not correct. What triggered the quarantine was the violent threats against Oregon state police for this: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/oregon-senate-republicans-have-walked-out-in-protest-over-cap-and-trade-bill-according-to-reports/283-3a3d22d5-7a51-424c-8fe1-1645b8516306 https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/oregon-senate-repu... And it wasn't just two comments, and they weren't downvoted. Proof here https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/pro-trump-subreddit-full-calls-violence-support-oregon-republicans https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/pro-trump-subreddi...
  - SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
    You know mediamatters wrote that article before Reddit took action right? Reddit used that article as the justification for something they clearly wanted. It was the Oregon GOP rep that said [If you send the police to get us, send bachelors]. I think it’s a little more complicated than you make it out to be. It’s a larger discussion of what can mods with a large subreddit be responsible for. Is it reasonable to assume that in a sub that is typically pro police that some users that posted comments get the sub shut down? If that is the standard, can we prove mediamatters didn’t make those posts to point to for effect? Maybe you are right; but mediamatters is BEYOND extreme bias so let’s not use them as an authority, and there is clearly hypocrisy at Reddit if threats against police “were” a problem.

SV_BubbleTime 6y ago

I think it’s worth mentioning the Reddit reason for initial quarantine was “anti police” comments. MediaMatters / ShareBlue wrote an article about how anti police the sub was referencing two downvoted but not deleted comments. The entire sub was always pro law and order. Reddit put very heavy limits on the sub for that. Which is pretty damn funny to me - because right now on every single popular sub there are “all cops are bastards”, “kill all police”, “the only good cop is a dead cop” in any thread that even sort of tangentially references police. I don’t care much either way. But the massive hypocrisy is there. No one has the balls to say “we just don’t want this on our platform”. A couple months after the quarantine, Reddit admins changed the reason on the disclaimer before entering from “anti police comments” to “rule breaking”. It shows me the weak moral character of the people in charge... and why I don’t want these people getting to decide what is right and wrong. Edit: initial warning, later chased for ambiguous “rule breaking” https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-3.03.56-PM.png?w=1200&h=630&crop=1 https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Scree...

belltaco 6y ago
This is quite not correct. What triggered the quarantine was the violent threats against Oregon state police for this: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/oregon-senate-republicans-have-walked-out-in-protest-over-cap-and-trade-bill-according-to-reports/283-3a3d22d5-7a51-424c-8fe1-1645b8516306 https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/oregon-senate-repu... And it wasn't just two comments, and they weren't downvoted. Proof here https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/pro-trump-subreddit-full-calls-violence-support-oregon-republicans https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/pro-trump-subreddi...
- SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
  You know mediamatters wrote that article before Reddit took action right? Reddit used that article as the justification for something they clearly wanted. It was the Oregon GOP rep that said [If you send the police to get us, send bachelors]. I think it’s a little more complicated than you make it out to be. It’s a larger discussion of what can mods with a large subreddit be responsible for. Is it reasonable to assume that in a sub that is typically pro police that some users that posted comments get the sub shut down? If that is the standard, can we prove mediamatters didn’t make those posts to point to for effect? Maybe you are right; but mediamatters is BEYOND extreme bias so let’s not use them as an authority, and there is clearly hypocrisy at Reddit if threats against police “were” a problem.