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R/The_Donald got a ton of press coverage and discussion to the point where it was shut down, whereas the left leaning ragebait subs do not. Why is this do you

R/The_Donald got a ton of press coverage and discussion to the point where it was shut down, whereas the left leaning ragebait subs do not. Why is this do you think? Why do you think facebook gets so much press attention?

Robotbeat 6y ago
If the Tankies (who are the closest equivalent) ever get enough power to actually make a ruckus to the degree that the far-right did, the ban hammer will fall on them, too.
- dencodev 6y ago
  It already did. Reddit banned virtually every "far" leftist sub when they banned the_donald. Stupidpol is probably the closest thing left and I guarantee you that will be banned within the year too
BitwiseFool 6y ago
Progressive redditors hated r/The_Donald but they recognized that it's methods work and they adopted the same tactics and created a few dozen subreddits using the same playbook. Ironically, the AOC-people are championing The_Donald's tactics better than anyone else and the Admin's don't feel like stopping them.
- 4ggr0 6y ago
  Well, you know. One subreddit spreads hate against non-white, non-straight, non-american people, the other subreddit spreads hate against fashists and billionaires, and people with power who discriminate others in general. That being said, it really annoyed me how many AOC posts I saw on Reddit. I kinda like her, but I'm not from the US, so ultimately I don't care that much. It felt like Reddit was just a place to post every AOC tweet in existence. Of course we can argue that hate is always bad, but this would turn into the ancient argument about what (physical) targets the right has, vs. the left. One group punches down, the other group tends to punch up.
dencodev 6y ago
This is simply not true. They banned at least a dozen leftist subreddits at the same time.
Rule35 6y ago
Because one group has the time to go onto the other's forums and scan for anything incendiary and forward it to the press. And only one group of people says that they're being literally killed by words. Also, most news channels do zero (literally) fact checking and often explicitly lie. Through 2020 I've seen so many talking heads directly contradict the videos coming out of events. Videos they could easily find and watch on Youtube if they cared.

Robotbeat 6y ago

If the Tankies (who are the closest equivalent) ever get enough power to actually make a ruckus to the degree that the far-right did, the ban hammer will fall on them, too.

dencodev 6y ago
It already did. Reddit banned virtually every "far" leftist sub when they banned the_donald. Stupidpol is probably the closest thing left and I guarantee you that will be banned within the year too

BitwiseFool 6y ago

Progressive redditors hated r/The_Donald but they recognized that it's methods work and they adopted the same tactics and created a few dozen subreddits using the same playbook. Ironically, the AOC-people are championing The_Donald's tactics better than anyone else and the Admin's don't feel like stopping them.

4ggr0 6y ago
Well, you know. One subreddit spreads hate against non-white, non-straight, non-american people, the other subreddit spreads hate against fashists and billionaires, and people with power who discriminate others in general. That being said, it really annoyed me how many AOC posts I saw on Reddit. I kinda like her, but I'm not from the US, so ultimately I don't care that much. It felt like Reddit was just a place to post every AOC tweet in existence. Of course we can argue that hate is always bad, but this would turn into the ancient argument about what (physical) targets the right has, vs. the left. One group punches down, the other group tends to punch up.

dencodev 6y ago

This is simply not true. They banned at least a dozen leftist subreddits at the same time.

Rule35 6y ago

Because one group has the time to go onto the other's forums and scan for anything incendiary and forward it to the press. And only one group of people says that they're being literally killed by words. Also, most news channels do zero (literally) fact checking and often explicitly lie. Through 2020 I've seen so many talking heads directly contradict the videos coming out of events. Videos they could easily find and watch on Youtube if they cared.