This isn’t purely “multiple subreddits”. Many of these subreddits share common sets of moderators, who are using the size of their subreddit to bolster this com

This isn’t purely “multiple subreddits”. Many of these subreddits share common sets of moderators, who are using the size of their subreddit to bolster this complaint in a misleading way, implying that they represent all those users who are subscribed to their subreddit. Recall that 92 of the top 500 subreddits are controlled by the same 5 people (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018). There is a small social circle of people that control a massive firehose of information based on their personal rules and whims, and this same group is now demanding further censorship that fits their worldview. Personally I’ve noticed increasingly aggressive censorship site wide, which is very upsetting given how pro free speech Reddit once was. Cofounder Aaron Swartz was famously against any censorship but now Reddit has gone so far as to omit him from their pages (https://reclaimthenet.org/aaron-swartz-reddit-founder/ https://reclaimthenet.org/aaron-swartz-reddit-founder/). Reddit’s leadership was “taken over” and its original mission was slowly corrupted in favor of censorship. I used to not care about this issue until it came to affect me directly. Mods aggressively shape opinion. I was banned in one subreddit early in the pandemic for advocating for masking, and then banned elsewhere for supporting the lab leak hypothesis. With the Jan 6 Capitol riot I was banned in one subreddit for drawing comparisons against past incidents at the Capitol and rioting from 2020. I was banned elsewhere for claiming Trump’s election complaints should be investigated by authorities rather than tried in the court of public opinion. Each subreddit has its own special flavor of echo chamber cultivated by aggressive mods, through a mix of their rules and mod actions undertaken with little transparency. The division in our society feels fueled by such social media, since no one is allowed to freely and authentically interact anymore, which is white depressing. I really wish there was a way for better products to compete against the network effects of incumbents like Reddit. There is a long list of alternatives (https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/oioeot/list_of_active_reddit_alternatives_v7/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/oioeot/...) but I don’t see any having much of a chance. The only ones that did have a chance, Gab and Parler, were attacked and banned in a coordinated manner from app stores and elsewhere. They also carried their own biases from what I’ve read. Is there a way to avoid ending up with a Balkanized internet of echo chambers?