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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

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.
      - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
        Why are you having difficulty explaining all the things you are saying are so commonplace? You are making claims but unwilling to back any of them up. Imagine for a moment… if you were so far left that everything looked “far right” to you, how would you know?
        plagiarist 3y ago
        I'm not having difficulty, I'm choosing not to follow the directives of someone who thinks the Donald wasn't far right radicalism. "You didn't write responses on my terms so you're wrong and biased to the point of delusion." No, actually, you think a far-right echo chamber finally getting banned for agitating users towards shooting police officers is somehow Hillary Clinton's fault.
  - dude187 3y ago
    So you're saying there's no examples, meaning that you're actually claiming such subreddits don't exist
    - plagiarist 3y ago
      From your comment history on vaccines and illness I presume you are more familiar than I with far-right subreddits. Perhaps you should list a few here to satisfy yourself, since I won't be entertaining the question.
      - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
        You have now in this thread accused two HN members of being far right… while being completely incapable of linking far right activity on Reddit you claim is all over the place. You may have a religion you aren’t aware of.
        plagiarist 3y ago
        Again, you think a subreddit purpose-built around supporting lifelong con man isn't far-right. Not even after he has been indicted for insurrection and stealing secret documents is it clear to you.
        evandale 3y ago
        I don't understand why you can't link to a single _existing_ alt-right subreddit. You keep referencing a single one that was purged years ago. You're claiming they're still on Reddit but using a long gone subreddit as proof of Reddit being alt-right today? How does that even work? If you can't link to something today you can't say the problem still exists today.
        dude187 3y ago
        This is just another admission that your claim has no merit
      - dude187 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.

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.
    - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
      Why are you having difficulty explaining all the things you are saying are so commonplace? You are making claims but unwilling to back any of them up. Imagine for a moment… if you were so far left that everything looked “far right” to you, how would you know?
      - plagiarist 3y ago
        I'm not having difficulty, I'm choosing not to follow the directives of someone who thinks the Donald wasn't far right radicalism. "You didn't write responses on my terms so you're wrong and biased to the point of delusion." No, actually, you think a far-right echo chamber finally getting banned for agitating users towards shooting police officers is somehow Hillary Clinton's fault.
- dude187 3y ago
  So you're saying there's no examples, meaning that you're actually claiming such subreddits don't exist
  - plagiarist 3y ago
    From your comment history on vaccines and illness I presume you are more familiar than I with far-right subreddits. Perhaps you should list a few here to satisfy yourself, since I won't be entertaining the question.
    - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
      You have now in this thread accused two HN members of being far right… while being completely incapable of linking far right activity on Reddit you claim is all over the place. You may have a religion you aren’t aware of.
      - plagiarist 3y ago
        Again, you think a subreddit purpose-built around supporting lifelong con man isn't far-right. Not even after he has been indicted for insurrection and stealing secret documents is it clear to you.
        evandale 3y ago
        I don't understand why you can't link to a single _existing_ alt-right subreddit. You keep referencing a single one that was purged years ago. You're claiming they're still on Reddit but using a long gone subreddit as proof of Reddit being alt-right today? How does that even work? If you can't link to something today you can't say the problem still exists today.
        dude187 3y ago
        This is just another admission that your claim has no merit
    - dude187 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.