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When everyone is a criminal, anyone can be arrested. The reddit mods have basically made this charge, in their own special WSB way. It's impossible for moderat

When everyone is a criminal, anyone can be arrested. The reddit mods have basically made this charge, in their own special WSB way. It's impossible for moderators to fully control large groups, subs and such. Some bannable comments will always be present, and they are limited by whatever moderation tools they get from reddit. Meanwhile, the idea that discord, reddit (throttled not banned) and FB all simultaneously and coincidentally took these actions during the gamestop maneuver is not even 1% believable. WTF.

mike00632 6y ago
It's kind of all over the news and getting a lot of attention. Couldn't that easily explain the attention Facebook now gives?
lenkite 6y ago
You just need a few saboteurs coming in and posting "hate speech" on your forum and then reporting the same. Before you know it, you are banned, you have (several) news articles objectifying you as nazis and you are doxxed to high-heaven. The only way you can get back is if you are "friends" with the big-boys or the mainstream media.
- paxys 6y ago
  The oldest trick in the book for governments and large organizations. Large peaceful protest happening? Send some goons to blend in and cause trouble, and arrest everyone.
- Lammy 6y ago
  > if you are "friends" with the big-boys or the mainstream media For example: Bohemian Club was originally founded by San Francisco newspapermen in 1872, and you can see how many friends they have in very very high places. Manufacturing Consent is not a new phenomenon. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720044742/http://library.sonoma.edu/regional/faculty/phillips/bohemian.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110720044742/http://library.so...
- sneak 6y ago
  Guilt/censorship by association: your group, or ability to post, can be shut down by something someone else entirely did. We desperately need to abandon centralized platforms. Continuing to donate content to them will never rid us of them.
- dmingod666 6y ago
  Hacker news is just a bunch of hateful people inciting violence. There, DoS in one sentence.
konjin 6y ago
This goes beyond online communities: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6611240-three-felonies-a-day https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6611240-three-felonies-a... Short summary: you dear reader are a federal felon, the only reason why you're not in prison is that no one has bothered to lock you up yet. The laws on the books and the way we live our lives have diverged so much that you commit at least three felonies by the time you have had lunch.

mike00632 6y ago

It's kind of all over the news and getting a lot of attention. Couldn't that easily explain the attention Facebook now gives?

lenkite 6y ago

You just need a few saboteurs coming in and posting "hate speech" on your forum and then reporting the same. Before you know it, you are banned, you have (several) news articles objectifying you as nazis and you are doxxed to high-heaven. The only way you can get back is if you are "friends" with the big-boys or the mainstream media.

paxys 6y ago
The oldest trick in the book for governments and large organizations. Large peaceful protest happening? Send some goons to blend in and cause trouble, and arrest everyone.
Lammy 6y ago
> if you are "friends" with the big-boys or the mainstream media For example: Bohemian Club was originally founded by San Francisco newspapermen in 1872, and you can see how many friends they have in very very high places. Manufacturing Consent is not a new phenomenon. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720044742/http://library.sonoma.edu/regional/faculty/phillips/bohemian.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110720044742/http://library.so...
sneak 6y ago
Guilt/censorship by association: your group, or ability to post, can be shut down by something someone else entirely did. We desperately need to abandon centralized platforms. Continuing to donate content to them will never rid us of them.
dmingod666 6y ago
Hacker news is just a bunch of hateful people inciting violence. There, DoS in one sentence.

konjin 6y ago

This goes beyond online communities: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6611240-three-felonies-a-day https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6611240-three-felonies-a... Short summary: you dear reader are a federal felon, the only reason why you're not in prison is that no one has bothered to lock you up yet. The laws on the books and the way we live our lives have diverged so much that you commit at least three felonies by the time you have had lunch.