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Trying to control what ideas are allowed to be discussed seems shockingly authoritarian. It's not like this community is inciting violence.

josephcsible 5y ago
The point is that the other communities that Reddit banned weren't inciting violence either. This one is way worse than they were, yet it's not banned and they are.
- scarab92 5y ago
  The solution to authoritarianism isn't more authoritarianism. If Reddit overstepped in the past, we shouldn't treat that as a watermark for what should be banned in future.
  - cybarDOTlive 5y ago
    It's not an overstepping at all, reddit has and always will be authoritarian. They will always be political. They banned whitebeautyart because it invoked a feeling of honor, tradition. They won't ban antiwork because it encourages giving up, consooming, laziness, weakness. Exactly the kind of NPC audience reddit milks money off of. Ad revenue, reddit gold, buying emojis, constant scrooolllling, etc. You are just naive, there will always be authoritarianism, forever. You're just on the receiving end or the administrating end.
    - scollet 5y ago
      Whatever you're selling, it won't bring answers or peace of mind.
      - scollet 5y ago
        scollet 5y ago
        Fuck you.
        dang 5y ago
        Hey, can you please not break the site guidelines like this? You've been doing it repeatedly, and we ban that sort of account. I don't want to ban you, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
        scollet 5y ago
        Sorry Dan. Heated emotions. I'll keep it civil and thanks for your work.
        dang 5y ago
        Appreciated!
version_five 5y ago
You're posting on a website that routinely removes posts and comments. It's definitely authoritarian, but forum sites are not democracies. There is an argument that a subreddit could be out of line with the site, and not hosted. Granted it would be a bit of a stretch given the kind of content on reddit. I don't think r/antiwork crosses any line, but it's really up to reddit
- scarab92 5y ago
  Reddit's right to moderate what content they host isn't under challenge here. The problematic behaviour is advocating for a ban on the discussing these ideas.
commandlinefan 5y ago
> shockingly authoritarian … so all in a days work for reddit?

josephcsible 5y ago

The point is that the other communities that Reddit banned weren't inciting violence either. This one is way worse than they were, yet it's not banned and they are.

scarab92 5y ago
The solution to authoritarianism isn't more authoritarianism. If Reddit overstepped in the past, we shouldn't treat that as a watermark for what should be banned in future.
- cybarDOTlive 5y ago
  It's not an overstepping at all, reddit has and always will be authoritarian. They will always be political. They banned whitebeautyart because it invoked a feeling of honor, tradition. They won't ban antiwork because it encourages giving up, consooming, laziness, weakness. Exactly the kind of NPC audience reddit milks money off of. Ad revenue, reddit gold, buying emojis, constant scrooolllling, etc. You are just naive, there will always be authoritarianism, forever. You're just on the receiving end or the administrating end.
  - scollet 5y ago
    Whatever you're selling, it won't bring answers or peace of mind.
    - scollet 5y ago
      - scollet 5y ago
        Fuck you.
        dang 5y ago
        Hey, can you please not break the site guidelines like this? You've been doing it repeatedly, and we ban that sort of account. I don't want to ban you, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
        scollet 5y ago
        Sorry Dan. Heated emotions. I'll keep it civil and thanks for your work.
        dang 5y ago
        Appreciated!

version_five 5y ago

You're posting on a website that routinely removes posts and comments. It's definitely authoritarian, but forum sites are not democracies. There is an argument that a subreddit could be out of line with the site, and not hosted. Granted it would be a bit of a stretch given the kind of content on reddit. I don't think r/antiwork crosses any line, but it's really up to reddit

scarab92 5y ago
Reddit's right to moderate what content they host isn't under challenge here. The problematic behaviour is advocating for a ban on the discussing these ideas.

commandlinefan 5y ago

> shockingly authoritarian … so all in a days work for reddit?