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Reddit is a cesspool. There are people actively using it for radicalization. It takes them far too long to shut down subreddits dedicated to far-right eugenicis

Reddit is a cesspool. There are people actively using it for radicalization. It takes them far too long to shut down subreddits dedicated to far-right eugenicist delusions, if they do so at all.

SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
My man… if you think the problem with Reddit is “far right” that is just how far your perspective is skewed. There are a lot of accusations to make at Reddit; that is by far not even close to reality.
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- waithuh 3y ago
  Reddit has a far everything. From tankies in denial to straight up Nazis, Admins do nothing with both sides. I used to like the libertarian approach (except the borderline/straight up cp subs...) but it is evident that they dont do anything except punishing their own community and censoring what they dont like because of being understaffed and underqualified rather than sacrificing on advertising revenue for the sake of liberty and pulling users that way.
  - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
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    - plagiarist 3y ago
      Of course, this is what I expected to see when you claim far right content isn't a problem. You are severely biased to think that The Donald was anything other than a cesspool of radicalism. The dude has been a lifelong con man. He was an utter failure (and traitor) as a president, as was obvious from the start. Reddit is full of whatever a dogwhistle becomes when everyone can hear it. Just whistles, I suppose. It is shockingly easy to find racists commenting about IQ and 13/50 bullshit in any subreddit that isn't actively moderating against that, let alone one that encourages it like the Donald.
      - Gud 3y ago
        the_donald was banned years ago, along with many other far right subs. Where are these far right wing subs? Right or wrong, I don't really care. The far right has been effectively purged from Reddit.
        plagiarist 3y ago
        Maybe a single hive was removed after years of activity. The users from the Donald were not removed. They moved to other subreddits where they persist with the same behaviors. There has certainly not been any sort of purge.
        DropInIn 3y ago
        Nah they instead purged those who opposed the hate mongering and called out the trolling... I've come to hazard a guess they prefer the TD folks because the have higher engagement rates and are more prone to fall for the shady ads that reddit seems to be rife with
        Gud 3y ago
        Where? I just don’t see it. It looks to me they moved elsewhere, in some cases probably more radical communities. https://pbfcomics.com/comics/deeply-held-beliefs/ https://pbfcomics.com/comics/deeply-held-beliefs/
      - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
        >racists commenting about IQ and 13/50 bullshit I don’t know what you are saying. Explain?
        plagiarist 3y ago
        You've thoroughly proven you have no clue you would recognize far-right content when you used the Donald as a counter-example of it, no need to continue.
        3y ago
    - waithuh 3y ago
      my HN client doesnt have notifications. You havent been to 'every corner of Reddit' if you are making this claim. Especially around the 2016-2018 mark, there used to be horrible subs. The far lefters overtook (mostly), for sure, but Reddit used to be (maybe still is, i dont know) the front for recruiting new misguided teens for those forums you mentioned.
ipaddr 3y ago
I agree reddit is a cesspool. I disagree that rightwing groups are the cause. Leftwing groups, Rightwing, groups in the middle, groups around programming languages are all filled with toxic people showing toxic behaviour that the same people would complain about on other mediums.
dude187 3y ago
Any examples of that? That sounds pretty far fetched

Reddit is a cesspool. There are people actively using it for radicalization. It takes them far too long to shut down subreddits dedicated to far-right eugenicist delusions, if they do so at all.

SV_BubbleTime 3y ago

My man… if you think the problem with Reddit is “far right” that is just how far your perspective is skewed. There are a lot of accusations to make at Reddit; that is by far not even close to reality.

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waithuh 3y ago
Reddit has a far everything. From tankies in denial to straight up Nazis, Admins do nothing with both sides. I used to like the libertarian approach (except the borderline/straight up cp subs...) but it is evident that they dont do anything except punishing their own community and censoring what they dont like because of being understaffed and underqualified rather than sacrificing on advertising revenue for the sake of liberty and pulling users that way.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
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  - plagiarist 3y ago
    Of course, this is what I expected to see when you claim far right content isn't a problem. You are severely biased to think that The Donald was anything other than a cesspool of radicalism. The dude has been a lifelong con man. He was an utter failure (and traitor) as a president, as was obvious from the start. Reddit is full of whatever a dogwhistle becomes when everyone can hear it. Just whistles, I suppose. It is shockingly easy to find racists commenting about IQ and 13/50 bullshit in any subreddit that isn't actively moderating against that, let alone one that encourages it like the Donald.
    - Gud 3y ago
      the_donald was banned years ago, along with many other far right subs. Where are these far right wing subs? Right or wrong, I don't really care. The far right has been effectively purged from Reddit.
      - plagiarist 3y ago
        Maybe a single hive was removed after years of activity. The users from the Donald were not removed. They moved to other subreddits where they persist with the same behaviors. There has certainly not been any sort of purge.
        DropInIn 3y ago
        Nah they instead purged those who opposed the hate mongering and called out the trolling... I've come to hazard a guess they prefer the TD folks because the have higher engagement rates and are more prone to fall for the shady ads that reddit seems to be rife with
        Gud 3y ago
        Where? I just don’t see it. It looks to me they moved elsewhere, in some cases probably more radical communities. https://pbfcomics.com/comics/deeply-held-beliefs/ https://pbfcomics.com/comics/deeply-held-beliefs/
    - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
      >racists commenting about IQ and 13/50 bullshit I don’t know what you are saying. Explain?
      - plagiarist 3y ago
        You've thoroughly proven you have no clue you would recognize far-right content when you used the Donald as a counter-example of it, no need to continue.
        3y ago
  - waithuh 3y ago
    my HN client doesnt have notifications. You havent been to 'every corner of Reddit' if you are making this claim. Especially around the 2016-2018 mark, there used to be horrible subs. The far lefters overtook (mostly), for sure, but Reddit used to be (maybe still is, i dont know) the front for recruiting new misguided teens for those forums you mentioned.

ipaddr 3y ago

I agree reddit is a cesspool. I disagree that rightwing groups are the cause. Leftwing groups, Rightwing, groups in the middle, groups around programming languages are all filled with toxic people showing toxic behaviour that the same people would complain about on other mediums.

dude187 3y ago

Any examples of that? That sounds pretty far fetched