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The fact that a subreddit for a Republican political candidate (and then president) is “highly controversial” on Reddit says enough.
by Auracle 3y ago
The fact that a subreddit for a Republican political candidate (and then president) is “highly controversial” on Reddit says enough.
- TulliusCicero 3y agoIf you think the reason r/theDonald got banned was for having "conservative political opinions" then you're either ignorant of the situation or being intentionally disingenuous.
- Auracle 3y agoWhy were they banned? Keep in mind Reddit changed their entire front page algorithm because they weren't happy with r/the_donald getting to the front page as often as it was.
- bink 3y agoIronically, that sub wasn't banned for supporting a right-wing political candidate but for repeatedly refusing to action content calling for violence against law enforcement.
- Auracle 3y agoSource on the repeatedly refusing part of that? I was no fan of that subreddit but I popped in from time to time and they were ridiculously stringent about adhering to Reddit's rules. Also, it wasn't long after that many, many, many subreddits had far worse calls for violence against law enforcement and none of them got banned for it.
- renewiltord 3y agoPolitics is inherently highly controversial, is what I meant. And on forums like this, even a slight majority is enough to suppress the other. After all, think about it: if you have 5000 rabid A voters and 4900 rabid B voters, every pro A comment will be at +100 and every pro B comment will be at -100 even if everyone participates. True approval will be slightly above 49% for B comments but will end up appearing to be massive disapproval. That's a structural problem with additive/subtractive vote counts.