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> now my ip is shadowbanned for circumventing the reddit policy of not creating new account to post on subs you are banned from. That's frustrating. You wanted

by rhaksw 5y ago

> now my ip is shadowbanned for circumventing the reddit policy of not creating new account to post on subs you are banned from. That's frustrating. You wanted to politely share your opinion on local politics in a popular forum and now you can't even create a new subreddit. I made reveddit [1] to allow users to review moderator actions on reddit. Maybe you can use that to research how you think that subreddit is biased and then share your analysis on another site. The history [2] and subreddit [3] pages may be helpful. [1] https://www.reveddit.com/about/faq https://www.reveddit.com/about/faq [2] https://www.reveddit.com/v/korea/top/ https://www.reveddit.com/v/korea/top/ [3] https://www.reveddit.com/v/korea/ https://www.reveddit.com/v/korea/

58x14 5y ago
I'm really glad you made this and posted it here, it's massively important to shine light on how much social engineering power rests with a handful of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28312261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28312261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018
- rhaksw 5y ago
  Even if subs all had different moderators, reddit's secret removal system [1] gives them more influence over discourse than I think most people realize. Consider, would you want someone to do this to you? I can't imagine any regular reddit users agreeing to allow everyone to secretly remove each other's content. [1] https://www.reveddit.com/about/faq/#need https://www.reveddit.com/about/faq/#need
treme 5y ago
thanks, this is great work.
- rhaksw 5y ago
  You're welcome! Feel free to post in r/reveddit if you have any questions or feedback. https://www.reddit.com/r/reveddit https://www.reddit.com/r/reveddit
  - treme 5y ago
    just wanted to thank you again. I'm just on the verge of diving into studying coding as a career, and seeing what you did with your skills to make an entire product to "fight the powers be" truly inspired me to learn to build things.
    - rhaksw 5y ago
      Haha great! You'll be glad you got into it. You can do a lot with a little effort. This project began as a 100-line tampermonkey script. There are a surprising number of things you can work on that nobody else is doing, or that could be improved with your unique point of view. Of course you need to spend some time building your skills, but the tools are improving which makes it easier to build useful things. It can be hard to get your ideas heard while working for someone else, and having a side project can let you explore your creative side. My take on "fighting the powers" is we are all susceptible to bias, greed, etc, and we can put our faith in open systems that allow us to see when these human factors have run amuck.

by rhaksw 5y ago

58x14 5y ago

I'm really glad you made this and posted it here, it's massively important to shine light on how much social engineering power rests with a handful of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28312261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28312261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018

rhaksw 5y ago
Even if subs all had different moderators, reddit's secret removal system [1] gives them more influence over discourse than I think most people realize. Consider, would you want someone to do this to you? I can't imagine any regular reddit users agreeing to allow everyone to secretly remove each other's content. [1] https://www.reveddit.com/about/faq/#need https://www.reveddit.com/about/faq/#need

treme 5y ago

thanks, this is great work.

rhaksw 5y ago
You're welcome! Feel free to post in r/reveddit if you have any questions or feedback. https://www.reddit.com/r/reveddit https://www.reddit.com/r/reveddit
- treme 5y ago
  just wanted to thank you again. I'm just on the verge of diving into studying coding as a career, and seeing what you did with your skills to make an entire product to "fight the powers be" truly inspired me to learn to build things.
  - rhaksw 5y ago
    Haha great! You'll be glad you got into it. You can do a lot with a little effort. This project began as a 100-line tampermonkey script. There are a surprising number of things you can work on that nobody else is doing, or that could be improved with your unique point of view. Of course you need to spend some time building your skills, but the tools are improving which makes it easier to build useful things. It can be hard to get your ideas heard while working for someone else, and having a side project can let you explore your creative side. My take on "fighting the powers" is we are all susceptible to bias, greed, etc, and we can put our faith in open systems that allow us to see when these human factors have run amuck.