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Reddit seems to have just as much illegal content. All of this just seems like empty virtue signaling by tech companies way too late to actually change anything

Reddit seems to have just as much illegal content. All of this just seems like empty virtue signaling by tech companies way too late to actually change anything.

dumbfounder 6y ago
So you are saying that they should be trying to change the political landscape to prevent things that might happen in the future? Gross.
- goldenkey 6y ago
  Thought crime? Grotesque.
- marrone12 6y ago
  I'm saying that if it's about illegal content, why make these moves now when there's been illegal content on Parler before today, as well as illegal content that existed on other apps in the past.
  - dumbfounder 6y ago
    There is always a threshold. It isn’t one piece of illegal content that gets something banned outright. So we are just talking about where the line in the sand is drawn.
newguy1234 6y ago
Most of the big tech companies have been taken over by activist employees anyways. Look at coinbase. They had to do a purge just to get rid of the employees that weren't working and focusing on non-company issues instead. Palantir also had to completely leave because there was so much pressure being put on them in the valley.
enkid 6y ago
I don't know much about parler, but Reddit just removed r/donaldtrump and banned the most egregious mod of r/conspiracy. It's also a much bigger site, so there are going to be more people talking on it, but they are at least taking steps to prevent this kind of content.
mhh__ 6y ago
Does it? How many properly violent subs still exist on Reddit? Don't forget that they banned ChapoTrapHouse along with The_Donald way back when
mlindner 6y ago
Yes and virtue signalling that will only drive a large segment of public opinion highly against them. I'm completely against Trump but doing a mass political purge of everything associated him will only prove a lot of the things his rabid followers say about social media platforms as true. I'm just hoping it won't be followed by employee retribution for holding political views that agreed with the president. We don't need more division in this country.

Reddit seems to have just as much illegal content. All of this just seems like empty virtue signaling by tech companies way too late to actually change anything.

dumbfounder 6y ago

So you are saying that they should be trying to change the political landscape to prevent things that might happen in the future? Gross.

goldenkey 6y ago
Thought crime? Grotesque.
marrone12 6y ago
I'm saying that if it's about illegal content, why make these moves now when there's been illegal content on Parler before today, as well as illegal content that existed on other apps in the past.
- dumbfounder 6y ago
  There is always a threshold. It isn’t one piece of illegal content that gets something banned outright. So we are just talking about where the line in the sand is drawn.

newguy1234 6y ago

Most of the big tech companies have been taken over by activist employees anyways. Look at coinbase. They had to do a purge just to get rid of the employees that weren't working and focusing on non-company issues instead. Palantir also had to completely leave because there was so much pressure being put on them in the valley.

enkid 6y ago

I don't know much about parler, but Reddit just removed r/donaldtrump and banned the most egregious mod of r/conspiracy. It's also a much bigger site, so there are going to be more people talking on it, but they are at least taking steps to prevent this kind of content.

mhh__ 6y ago

Does it? How many properly violent subs still exist on Reddit? Don't forget that they banned ChapoTrapHouse along with The_Donald way back when

mlindner 6y ago

Yes and virtue signalling that will only drive a large segment of public opinion highly against them. I'm completely against Trump but doing a mass political purge of everything associated him will only prove a lot of the things his rabid followers say about social media platforms as true. I'm just hoping it won't be followed by employee retribution for holding political views that agreed with the president. We don't need more division in this country.