just_athrowaway

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   by just_athrowaway 12y ago

   This is a perfect example of reddit-style commenting. It's paternalistic, dismissive, sarcastic and it adds nothing to the discussion. This type of commenting is done to dehumanize and marginalize those you disagree with so you don&#x
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   by just_athrowaway 12y ago

   This is difficult. Most everybody can agree that gay-bashing is unproductive and not part of civil discourse. The problem is I see people online and in real life attempting to engage in honest discourse and getting silenced as if they wer
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   by just_athrowaway 12y ago

   That's great but I'm not talking about subreddits banning topics, I'm talking about the enforcement of acceptable views on topics that are already being discussed. I agree with having safeguards against things like hate-speec
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   by just_athrowaway 12y ago

   Who knows who gets to do what, but at least one admin became an SRS mod immediately upon leaving their position. http://www.dailydot.com/business/reddit-admin-intortus-leave... I decided to stop by for old time's
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   by just_athrowaway 12y ago

   Not sure if you're disagreeing with tomp's comment or just changing the subject. TwoX is a default and at least before I quit the site a contrary view in that sub was likely to earn a shadowban. I understand the mods have to deal