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this whole thing has really turned me off reddit. i blocked it in my /etc/hosts and my productivity has gone way up. also, makes me appreciate the efforts of HN

this whole thing has really turned me off reddit. i blocked it in my /etc/hosts and my productivity has gone way up. also, makes me appreciate the efforts of HN to keep things civil and intelligent - even if it means a lot of my posts and comments go nowhere.

jimmybrite 14y ago
Doxxing him and ruining his life was okay then? Even though he didn't post or created those creepy subreddits which you have the liberty NOT to go to?
- freeslave 14y ago
  he ruined his own life.
  - tbirdz 14y ago
    blame the victim mentality.
    - ajays 14y ago
      Why is he a victim? He chose to make his identity known to people! He attended Reddit meetups. People knew him. Was he not aware that he was trolling and doing nasty stuff? If he was unaware, then I can understand him feeling like a victim; but he was fully aware that his actions were considered abhorrent by many people, and still persisted. So, naturally, people want to know who this person is, what makes him tick, etc.
      - stfu 14y ago
        That was in my opinion exactly his mistake. He got to comfortable.
    - king_jester 14y ago
      The victims in this case are the people who were stalked and harassed by people posting to creepshots, not violentacrez.
- bmm6o 14y ago
  > Doxxing him and ruining his life was okay then? False dichotomy, one can think they are both bad.
- icebraining 14y ago
  Even though he didn't post or created those creepy subreddits What? VA certainly did create a lot of them (e.g. /r/PicsOfDeadJailbait) and he moderated and posted on most. (This is not a post pro or against the recent events)
Legion 14y ago
> this whole thing has really turned me off reddit. To me, that's like saying, "that dirty alt.binaries.whatever group really turned me off USENET." The reddit I visit doesn't have any violentacrez. Nor does the reddit my wife visits. The thing reddit gets right is the ability to customize and narrowly define what content you get fed. Mine looks like a more scattered HN. My wife's looks like a text-based Pinterest.
- MrMember 14y ago
  Exactly right. Unsubscribe from all of the default subs, then find specific subs for your interests and subscribe to them.
- bmm6o 14y ago
  That is the difference between a protocol and a site/platform. As an operator, you could choose not to carry news groups that you find objectionable. Or you can choose not to visit websites you don't want to support. Reddit is too monolithic for that. It's true that you can not see it our pretend it's not there, but one of the few ways to promote change is to not visit the site at all.

jimmybrite 14y ago

Doxxing him and ruining his life was okay then? Even though he didn't post or created those creepy subreddits which you have the liberty NOT to go to?

freeslave 14y ago
he ruined his own life.
- tbirdz 14y ago
  blame the victim mentality.
  - ajays 14y ago
    Why is he a victim? He chose to make his identity known to people! He attended Reddit meetups. People knew him. Was he not aware that he was trolling and doing nasty stuff? If he was unaware, then I can understand him feeling like a victim; but he was fully aware that his actions were considered abhorrent by many people, and still persisted. So, naturally, people want to know who this person is, what makes him tick, etc.
    - stfu 14y ago
      That was in my opinion exactly his mistake. He got to comfortable.
  - king_jester 14y ago
    The victims in this case are the people who were stalked and harassed by people posting to creepshots, not violentacrez.
bmm6o 14y ago
> Doxxing him and ruining his life was okay then? False dichotomy, one can think they are both bad.
icebraining 14y ago
Even though he didn't post or created those creepy subreddits What? VA certainly did create a lot of them (e.g. /r/PicsOfDeadJailbait) and he moderated and posted on most. (This is not a post pro or against the recent events)

Legion 14y ago

> this whole thing has really turned me off reddit. To me, that's like saying, "that dirty alt.binaries.whatever group really turned me off USENET." The reddit I visit doesn't have any violentacrez. Nor does the reddit my wife visits. The thing reddit gets right is the ability to customize and narrowly define what content you get fed. Mine looks like a more scattered HN. My wife's looks like a text-based Pinterest.

MrMember 14y ago
Exactly right. Unsubscribe from all of the default subs, then find specific subs for your interests and subscribe to them.
bmm6o 14y ago
That is the difference between a protocol and a site/platform. As an operator, you could choose not to carry news groups that you find objectionable. Or you can choose not to visit websites you don't want to support. Reddit is too monolithic for that. It's true that you can not see it our pretend it's not there, but one of the few ways to promote change is to not visit the site at all.