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Did you're read the article, and the statement Discord put out? I think the stated reason is the believable. > Discord says it did not ban the server for finan

Did you're read the article, and the statement Discord put out? I think the stated reason is the believable. > Discord says it did not ban the server for financial fraud — rather, it was banned because it continued to allow “hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings.”

bobthepanda 6y ago
Yeah. I’m no fan of Wall Street but there is definitely a lot of rabid vitriol around, for example, Citron, and I really would not be surprised if people were stepping over the line and calling for violence.
uoaei 6y ago
Excuses like this have been leveraged for centuries to oust people who the Big Guys don't like. Not saying it isn't true, but what I am saying is that it puts in stark relief all the servers they are NOT banning due to similar/worse behavior.
unethical_ban 6y ago
It is a shitty, disgusting and cowardly excuse, but I bet they're gonna go with "autist" and "retard" and etc. if they stick to that line.
- cmorgan31 6y ago
  The discord for WSB was a bit more than just ablest slurs but the timing of this is just a bad business move unless there's more to it. It doesn't make any real sense from a liability aspect unless they were going to plan some kind of insurrection against the government... you can just as easily ban them for this same reason "multiple warnings" next week. There had to have been external pressure on someone higher up or someone with a stake in the game.
samatman 6y ago
Hah. How long are we going to keep falling for this same shtick? Seriously, are you naïve or is this bad faith? I can't tell anymore.
- peytn 6y ago
  An enormous amount of propaganda has been pumped directly at us for years. It’s not really their fault.
scarmig 6y ago
I think at this point every single unpopular or questionable action made by an institution is going to go with a "it's to prevent hate/discrimination" justification. It's an easy way to get a credulous mob on your side; you can always nutpick random examples; and if someone argues against it they just prove they're one of the racists/whatever.
- madeofpalk 6y ago
  I mean your comment is based on the assumption that hate speech doesn't happen online. in my experience, places like discord and a bunch of subreddits are sweltering with it. it is not surprising at all that something that blew up as fast as this had trouble moderating hate speech out and became a host for it.
  - luxuryballs 6y ago
    I think he’s saying you don’t ban the entire room just because some of the people say naughty words. And also why is someone deciding for me how much risk I can take? Just let me be exposed to hateful speech, I think I can handle it, and if not I can leave. It’s not like they can argue that hearing bad language will overflow their hospital and thus I must be on lockdown just in case.
    - madeofpalk 6y ago
      its discord's service. they can choose whether they want to host and enable hate speech or not. they made a decision.
      - imgabe 6y ago
        Nobody disputes that they have the right to make that choice. That doesn't mean it's the right choice. If your entire justification for something boils down to "I'm technically allowed to do this" it should be pretty obvious that you're doing something shitty.
  - scarmig 6y ago
luxuryballs 6y ago
You can take almost any discord down for this, and they often do if it gets reported enough times. In this case it got enough attention so they enforced the rules.
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bobthepanda 6y ago

Yeah. I’m no fan of Wall Street but there is definitely a lot of rabid vitriol around, for example, Citron, and I really would not be surprised if people were stepping over the line and calling for violence.

uoaei 6y ago

Excuses like this have been leveraged for centuries to oust people who the Big Guys don't like. Not saying it isn't true, but what I am saying is that it puts in stark relief all the servers they are NOT banning due to similar/worse behavior.

unethical_ban 6y ago

It is a shitty, disgusting and cowardly excuse, but I bet they're gonna go with "autist" and "retard" and etc. if they stick to that line.

cmorgan31 6y ago
The discord for WSB was a bit more than just ablest slurs but the timing of this is just a bad business move unless there's more to it. It doesn't make any real sense from a liability aspect unless they were going to plan some kind of insurrection against the government... you can just as easily ban them for this same reason "multiple warnings" next week. There had to have been external pressure on someone higher up or someone with a stake in the game.

samatman 6y ago

Hah. How long are we going to keep falling for this same shtick? Seriously, are you naïve or is this bad faith? I can't tell anymore.

peytn 6y ago
An enormous amount of propaganda has been pumped directly at us for years. It’s not really their fault.

scarmig 6y ago

I think at this point every single unpopular or questionable action made by an institution is going to go with a "it's to prevent hate/discrimination" justification. It's an easy way to get a credulous mob on your side; you can always nutpick random examples; and if someone argues against it they just prove they're one of the racists/whatever.

madeofpalk 6y ago
I mean your comment is based on the assumption that hate speech doesn't happen online. in my experience, places like discord and a bunch of subreddits are sweltering with it. it is not surprising at all that something that blew up as fast as this had trouble moderating hate speech out and became a host for it.
- luxuryballs 6y ago
  I think he’s saying you don’t ban the entire room just because some of the people say naughty words. And also why is someone deciding for me how much risk I can take? Just let me be exposed to hateful speech, I think I can handle it, and if not I can leave. It’s not like they can argue that hearing bad language will overflow their hospital and thus I must be on lockdown just in case.
  - madeofpalk 6y ago
    its discord's service. they can choose whether they want to host and enable hate speech or not. they made a decision.
    - imgabe 6y ago
      Nobody disputes that they have the right to make that choice. That doesn't mean it's the right choice. If your entire justification for something boils down to "I'm technically allowed to do this" it should be pretty obvious that you're doing something shitty.
- scarmig 6y ago

luxuryballs 6y ago

You can take almost any discord down for this, and they often do if it gets reported enough times. In this case it got enough attention so they enforced the rules.

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