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User gets annoyed by their post being removed for self-promotion, writes a blog post complaining and then links to a random reddit comment by someone most certa
by joshstrange 4y ago
User gets annoyed by their post being removed for self-promotion, writes a blog post complaining and then links to a random reddit comment by someone most certainly not "in the know" about what's standing in the way on an IPO.
This is a non-story. It's sour grapes plus anonymous conjecture that somewhat lines up with the reason this author is mad.
This is the second reddit moderation-related story that's hit HN today. I'm not sure why. Reddit moderation is far from perfect but I've yet to see a better system. People largely have no idea how much work goes into moderating even a medium-sized subreddit, let alone the large ones or defaults. Again, I'm not saying the mods are perfect and there are power-hungry/power-tripping mods for sure as well false (spam) positives but with the amount of stuff mods have to sift through I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Seeing that a user only/mostly submits their own content is normally an easy indicator of low-quality content (if this author's other work is like this post then I'd say that's a fair assessment).
- madrox 4y agoI tend to agree. If there's a reason to drag Reddit, this isn't it. Reddit is a messy place, but not nearly as messy as Twitter. Twitter has all the same problems and more. What this author is running up against, which is what all social networks run up against eventually, is that their vision of the site is not totally in line with the company's vision. It's yet another moderation policy story disguised as an IPO story.
- chomp 4y agoMy opinion: this user is confusing different communities; just because different subs are on the same site does not mean they operate the same. There are definitely porn subreddits that ban for self promo. Some subreddits are for aggregation and curation only. Some are for OC (original content) only. Reviews on /r/movies are typically done as text posts. This user should have taken some time to understand the community they were trying to engage with.