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I can't decide how to feel about this. It's unrelated to the reddit access issue and very hard to believe (the "I got banned for saying it's bad to wish for cov

by Aachen 3y ago

I can't decide how to feel about this. It's unrelated to the reddit access issue and very hard to believe (the "I got banned for saying it's bad to wish for covid to kill random citizens and multiple subreddits conspire against me" part, not the hiding accents part). At the same time, it sounds bad and I somehow don't expect malice from your side, just misunderstanding somewhere. So idk, I understand that it's hard to prove that this happened and that your version is the full story. I decided to just not vote on this post, but if you're wondering why people are voting this down (at least that's my expectation), I really don't think any one of them are of the opinion that random russians must die or something. Rather, I expect people find it either off topic or implausible or both.

Garvi 3y ago
Those threads were at the top of /r/worldnews for months. Each week the old one would be deleted and a new one posted. Everyone has seen them. Why are people pretending they weren't there? Because no one is going to admit they supported this or were the ones that looked the other way. Not even to themselves - they're the heroes of their own story. I understand the situation and why I'm downvoted - I wouldn't have posted it if I cared about HN points. I would feel worse if I hadn't made this post.
- Aachen 3y ago
  I'm not pretending. I simply haven't seen them. I'm not subscribed to "worldnews"
  - Garvi 3y ago
    I believe you. And good for you. Now take that thought that made you unsubscribe from their default sub one step further and reevaluate if it's worth supporting such a company in any form.
_djo_ 3y ago
Indeed. My recollection of similar threads at the time was not a celebration of Russian deaths, but a mockery of official Russian statistics that were claiming an implausibly low number of hospitalised and dead.
- Garvi 3y ago
  How I wish all those threads weren't all systematically deleted after one week, so we could delve into them right now, but they were, for some reason. And here's my anonymous word against yours. The celebration of Russian deaths started out as morbid innuendos. Example: "Oof, i really really hope not more Russians die, wink-wink. lmao". As time went on the comments became more open and more vile. No objecting voice was left in the threads, as they were cleaned by the free mods into a perfect echo chamber. A fake testament to how alone you are in opposing such thinking.

by Aachen 3y ago

Garvi 3y ago

Those threads were at the top of /r/worldnews for months. Each week the old one would be deleted and a new one posted. Everyone has seen them. Why are people pretending they weren't there? Because no one is going to admit they supported this or were the ones that looked the other way. Not even to themselves - they're the heroes of their own story. I understand the situation and why I'm downvoted - I wouldn't have posted it if I cared about HN points. I would feel worse if I hadn't made this post.

Aachen 3y ago
I'm not pretending. I simply haven't seen them. I'm not subscribed to "worldnews"
- Garvi 3y ago
  I believe you. And good for you. Now take that thought that made you unsubscribe from their default sub one step further and reevaluate if it's worth supporting such a company in any form.

_djo_ 3y ago

Indeed. My recollection of similar threads at the time was not a celebration of Russian deaths, but a mockery of official Russian statistics that were claiming an implausibly low number of hospitalised and dead.

Garvi 3y ago
How I wish all those threads weren't all systematically deleted after one week, so we could delve into them right now, but they were, for some reason. And here's my anonymous word against yours. The celebration of Russian deaths started out as morbid innuendos. Example: "Oof, i really really hope not more Russians die, wink-wink. lmao". As time went on the comments became more open and more vile. No objecting voice was left in the threads, as they were cleaned by the free mods into a perfect echo chamber. A fake testament to how alone you are in opposing such thinking.