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I’ve been sitewide banned from Reddit twice. It’s always been this way.

by dannyw 6y ago

valvar 6y ago
You're not the president of the United States.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  There really shouldn’t be any distinction. The President, while a very powerful figure, is still a citizen. If we’re going to complain about rich people having privileges that poorer people don’t, then Trump is no different in that respect. Regardless, if Trump wants to, he has official means (through whitehouse.gov) to issue statements. He choose Twitter when he had other options.
- rustyminnow 6y ago
  If anything, the president should be held to a higher standard.
hiimtroymclure 6y ago
you aren't the president. Any future elected official now has to consider if these social media companies are a good medium to communicate with the people. If that elected official doesn't play big tech's rules, the looming threat of a ban might change their mind. It's crazy naive to not see the implications of this
- FireBeyond 6y ago
  The President has access to TV (this one mainly uses it to go on long winded rambling call-ins to Fox and Friends), not to mention a fairly comprehensive web platform of his own to communicate. This is a President who wouldn't even use the designated @potus account because he is so narcissistic he wanted the follower count for himself.
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago
  the implications being??? that it's not a great idea for the POTUS (or equivalent) to consider a private communications platform as their official "channel to the people"? well, duh! who'd have thunk?
- lame-robot-hoax 6y ago
  The president has to follow the TOS just like any other user. They aren’t a king.
- fuzxi 6y ago
  What good reason is there for the president to not simply communicate via whitehouse.gov or equivalent? You might argue that it has lesser reach compared to a major social media site, but there are countless individuals and organizations that would jump to be the first one posting a link to a presidential address on social media sites.
- andrewzah 6y ago
  It's almost as if there are official channels to communicate information. Ones that aren't private companies.
- mac01021 6y ago
  Twitter and the like were never a good medium to communicate with the people. Seldom can you say anything serious in 140 characters.
maxerickson 6y ago
That statement is incoherent.
- dannyw 6y ago
  If you say things big tech doesn’t like, you get deplatformed. This applies to everyone.
  - maxerickson 6y ago
    If you got banned the first time you couldn't get banned a second time. Which is more than just semantics. Suspending an account and the associated momentum without actually banning the person might be a good mechanism to have in place.
newguy1234 6y ago
I get banned all the time from reddit. So much so that I have like 10 alt accounts premade so I can just slowly shift from one to the next. Sometimes I don't even know why I get banned.

I’ve been sitewide banned from Reddit twice. It’s always been this way.

by dannyw 6y ago

I’ve been sitewide banned from Reddit twice. It’s always been this way.

valvar 6y ago

You're not the president of the United States.

colejohnson66 6y ago
There really shouldn’t be any distinction. The President, while a very powerful figure, is still a citizen. If we’re going to complain about rich people having privileges that poorer people don’t, then Trump is no different in that respect. Regardless, if Trump wants to, he has official means (through whitehouse.gov) to issue statements. He choose Twitter when he had other options.
rustyminnow 6y ago
If anything, the president should be held to a higher standard.

hiimtroymclure 6y ago

you aren't the president. Any future elected official now has to consider if these social media companies are a good medium to communicate with the people. If that elected official doesn't play big tech's rules, the looming threat of a ban might change their mind. It's crazy naive to not see the implications of this

FireBeyond 6y ago
The President has access to TV (this one mainly uses it to go on long winded rambling call-ins to Fox and Friends), not to mention a fairly comprehensive web platform of his own to communicate. This is a President who wouldn't even use the designated @potus account because he is so narcissistic he wanted the follower count for himself.
PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago
the implications being??? that it's not a great idea for the POTUS (or equivalent) to consider a private communications platform as their official "channel to the people"? well, duh! who'd have thunk?
lame-robot-hoax 6y ago
The president has to follow the TOS just like any other user. They aren’t a king.
fuzxi 6y ago
What good reason is there for the president to not simply communicate via whitehouse.gov or equivalent? You might argue that it has lesser reach compared to a major social media site, but there are countless individuals and organizations that would jump to be the first one posting a link to a presidential address on social media sites.
andrewzah 6y ago
It's almost as if there are official channels to communicate information. Ones that aren't private companies.
mac01021 6y ago
Twitter and the like were never a good medium to communicate with the people. Seldom can you say anything serious in 140 characters.

maxerickson 6y ago

That statement is incoherent.

dannyw 6y ago
If you say things big tech doesn’t like, you get deplatformed. This applies to everyone.
- maxerickson 6y ago
  If you got banned the first time you couldn't get banned a second time. Which is more than just semantics. Suspending an account and the associated momentum without actually banning the person might be a good mechanism to have in place.

newguy1234 6y ago

I get banned all the time from reddit. So much so that I have like 10 alt accounts premade so I can just slowly shift from one to the next. Sometimes I don't even know why I get banned.