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I have no idea of the legalities of this. Personally, I feel the rebrand of Twitter to X was a pretty dumb move. However like most discourse nowadays, I can't

I have no idea of the legalities of this. Personally, I feel the rebrand of Twitter to X was a pretty dumb move. However like most discourse nowadays, I can't trust a single take on any of this. It's all predictably far more political than fact-based in a sort of self-fulfilling, postmodern, prophesy. Digg was utterly destroyed by this. Then Reddit, which has not died, but is utterly captured and zombified. HackerNews is the last bastion of this - and it is certainly the best, but is clearly being Digg/Reddit'fied. Whatever this ideological capture cancer zombification is - it's cancer. If you are reading this, recognize it is probably happening to you too. Seems inevitable.

hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago
What is this about reddit being zombified? Dont they have huge traffic?
- snoochyboochies 3y ago
  The once hilarious, once satirical, r/pyongyang subreddit is now unironically an influential bastion of Communist propaganda. Its contributors are no longer ironic or ban-posting - they are true believers, and they're indistinguishable from the moderators of most all major subreddits & the corporate overlords who tacitly support them. At this point, none even bother to pretend they believe in "free speech" as a human right. The "you have now been banned by r/pyongyang" punchline is now far more relevant to any subreddit, thread or comment that is not sufficiently left wing (as defined by current date/time). Reddit is "democratic" insofar as the most upvoted thread/comment makes it to the top, right? No. Around 2016, something happened. (Won't speculate here). Now every default subreddit is run/moderated by explicitly far left wing activists. All non-default subreddits with any level of popularity is similarly run/moderated by explicitly far left wing activists. If it ain't far left Tumblr leftist, it's right wing, and it shall be either annexed by a left wing mod and converted or outright banned. I'd love to hear HN's strategy to combat this. It is truly nuts. But at this point, we all expect it.
  - snoochyboochies 3y ago
    Downvoters will legitimately truly struggle to find a reason why their censorship is better than the once satirical NK r/pyongyang censorship. There is 0 difference in absurdity between banning posts of "Kim Jong Un does surely poop and pee" in r/pyongyang and "Men cannot get pregnant" in r/science. They're cult members stuck. Unfortunately it's not easy to get unstuck from there.
    - hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago
      > There is 0 difference in absurdity between banning posts of "Kim Jong Un does surely poop and pee" in r/pyongyang and "Men cannot get pregnant" in r/science. You've been radicalized. Please get help.
      - snoochyboochies 3y ago
        "Kim Jong Un is a human who poops and pees" and "men cannot get pregnant" are both statements of objective fact.
    - Name_Chawps 3y ago
      I once posted in subreddit A, and got banned just because I had once posted in the "alt-right" subreddit B (which was an apolitical comedy subreddit).

hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago

What is this about reddit being zombified? Dont they have huge traffic?

snoochyboochies 3y ago
The once hilarious, once satirical, r/pyongyang subreddit is now unironically an influential bastion of Communist propaganda. Its contributors are no longer ironic or ban-posting - they are true believers, and they're indistinguishable from the moderators of most all major subreddits & the corporate overlords who tacitly support them. At this point, none even bother to pretend they believe in "free speech" as a human right. The "you have now been banned by r/pyongyang" punchline is now far more relevant to any subreddit, thread or comment that is not sufficiently left wing (as defined by current date/time). Reddit is "democratic" insofar as the most upvoted thread/comment makes it to the top, right? No. Around 2016, something happened. (Won't speculate here). Now every default subreddit is run/moderated by explicitly far left wing activists. All non-default subreddits with any level of popularity is similarly run/moderated by explicitly far left wing activists. If it ain't far left Tumblr leftist, it's right wing, and it shall be either annexed by a left wing mod and converted or outright banned. I'd love to hear HN's strategy to combat this. It is truly nuts. But at this point, we all expect it.
- snoochyboochies 3y ago
  Downvoters will legitimately truly struggle to find a reason why their censorship is better than the once satirical NK r/pyongyang censorship. There is 0 difference in absurdity between banning posts of "Kim Jong Un does surely poop and pee" in r/pyongyang and "Men cannot get pregnant" in r/science. They're cult members stuck. Unfortunately it's not easy to get unstuck from there.
  - hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago
    > There is 0 difference in absurdity between banning posts of "Kim Jong Un does surely poop and pee" in r/pyongyang and "Men cannot get pregnant" in r/science. You've been radicalized. Please get help.
    - snoochyboochies 3y ago
      "Kim Jong Un is a human who poops and pees" and "men cannot get pregnant" are both statements of objective fact.
  - Name_Chawps 3y ago
    I once posted in subreddit A, and got banned just because I had once posted in the "alt-right" subreddit B (which was an apolitical comedy subreddit).