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Can I get more details on that one? Which subreddit, and why was it so disruptive? Genuinely curious.
by ToucanLoucan 3y ago
Can I get more details on that one? Which subreddit, and why was it so disruptive? Genuinely curious.
- rcxdude 3y agoCheck out rule 11 on https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/about/ https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/about/ (they have relaxed the rules a bit because Reddit doesn't provide for a non-abusable block, which is important and useful functionality). But essentially it's disruptive because you can simply block most of the active members of a subreddit and get an unchallenged soapbox, which in a community which wants to correct misinformation is not desired (I think they fixed this particularly stupid idea but for a while you could just block all the moderators and it would be quite difficult for them to even notice you)
- ToucanLoucan 3y agoBut by virtue of blocking most of any given subreddit to get "an unchallenged soapbox" I mean... you will get that, but: 1) Your post will get very little traction or engagement, which means it'll be buried in New quite quickly 2) You won't really be a bother to the community at all, because of 1. Like, if someone posted something that was incredibly offensive to all in a given community but then hid it from everyone... like, is it even really posted? Isn't that just basically shadowbanning yourself? I'm legit trying but I'm having a hard time picturing what purpose this would be used for, on the part of the poster. Seems like a huge waste of time to be honest.