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There's already a social network out there like that. It's called Rumble. No, Gab. No, Truth Social. No, 4-chan. Turns out there's a lot of them. They all su
by MisterBastahrd 3y ago
There's already a social network out there like that.
It's called Rumble.
No, Gab.
No, Truth Social.
No, 4-chan.
Turns out there's a lot of them. They all suck because they're a product of the people who post there and they in turn reflect the quality of said individuals.
You believe that you have a right to be seen and heard. Freedom of speech has nothing to do with that. You're free to start up a new subreddit any time you like, and in that respect, reddit is far freer than almost any other forum / social network of its kind, which is why people have made such a big fuss about it to begin with. So go, have your freedom, create your own sub and build your own community.
- hax0ron3 3y agoThe thing is, it is more complex than that. Reddit's authoritarianism is an important part of why some of those other social networks you listed became what they are in the first place and/or why they were created to begin with. The more censorship of political views that lean a certain way there are on big mainstream platforms like Reddit, the more likely it is that refugees from that censorship will move to other platforms, therefore leaning those platforms highly into the opposite ideological direction. That is even more true given that the people who care enough to want to move will tend to be the more ideologically extreme parts of the original network's user base. Also, 4chan does not suck. /pol/ sucks because it has been completely overrun by right-wing political extremists and literally mentally ill people, so it is an echo chamber just as much as Reddit is, just less censored. But many of the other boards have discussion from varying perspectives.