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by rory096 11y ago
>If you want to quit smoking Just poison your whole pack! But seriously, for those who don't want to deal with fixing their lack of discipline right now, I highly recommend SelfControl and its counterparts on other platforms. Block
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Why the discrepancy? Just that most images on the sites aren't jpgs? (What else supports exif, tiff?)
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by rory096 11y ago
This is a great point. I've been thinking about the problem exogenously- as a group of racists (/etc.) out there that we as the internet have to deal with. (People are still getting convinced of racism?) It definitely becomes a
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by rory096 11y ago
Gotcha, I see what you mean. (Didn't intend to put words in your mouth) My counterpoint is that reddit is the most popular site for just about any group to congregate on the internet. If you're a niche site trying to keep out th
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So you argue that reddit should exclude people , rather than content ? What if a user is found being racist on another site, should they be banned from reddit?
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> I think they should be able to remove them. I've seen this argument come up a few times, but I don't think it's relevant. Of course reddit has the right to restrict whatever they want, but why should that affect your o
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by rory096 11y ago
I think the top post is intended to be Steve's assessment of the rules as they are (see footnote [1]) and to solicit feedback for potential changes. Really the only new thing mentioned is the non-porn NSFCivilization category, which he
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by rory096 11y ago
You know, I originally had a hard answer and edited it away because I think OP is ambiguous. >for $150,000 you could have bought 10% of Airbnb. Does that mean for $150K I can buy as many shares as constitute 10% of the current outstandin
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by rory096 11y ago
Slightly related: does anybody know how Terrafugia's Wefunder round went?
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This is the distinction between 'pre-money valuation' and 'post-money.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-money_valuation
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by rory096 11y ago
Gotcha, more of a resurfacing then. I'll change it to this, which I sort of left out: Lots of pure speculation that Victoria was fired because Jesse Jackson's AMA the previous day went poorly, or maybe because the reddit administ
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by rory096 11y ago
Ah, you meant those subreddits. I thought you meant the ones on strike - I think of the /r/fatpeoplehate thing as a separate, prior incident. That's also not really at all Victoria's department; my understanding is that
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by rory096 11y ago
>I still think they are more likely to hate a woman. Well sure. If 3% of people are virulently sexist (against women) and none or fewer are sexist against men, the overall sentiment leans towards sexism – especially when they're lou
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The distinction seems akin to freedom fighter vs. terrorist . If you're arguing in favor of improving the community, it's curation; if you just got shadowbanned, it's censorship. But it's the rules themselves that are
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by rory096 11y ago
To be clear, it didn't happen in the order you specified. It was more like 2-3-1-4 — Victoria fired, protest, subreddits shut down in protest, Ellen resigns (1 week later) — and it was moderators who took down the subreddits, not reddi
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by rory096 11y ago
That is a weird quote. Is it normal for articles mentioning past trials to say "if a mistrial is declared, the trial was invalid"? Seems like an out of place, almost tautological piece of information. Maybe if something like a m
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by rory096 11y ago
Good example, I am a Jew. Me, I'd probably toss some downvotes around and get out - maybe once in a blue moon if I'm drunk I'll write a response to one of the dumber/ridiculous comments. But there's more vocal peopl
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by rory096 11y ago
Eh, that link just doesn't have the same impact. The weaseling is in the reverse – by saying their article is only about 'some people' they imply that other people exist, but never give them any ink. Hence I say the sentence
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(assuming you're serious?) 1) Victoria, the admin who interfaces celebrities and /r/IAmA, was abruptly dismissed. No cause given, which grew a lot of conspiracy theories, but that's obviously standard practice when you f
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word If they expressed any opposing view, that might be valid. But they may as well have stated it as fact. (aside: that's not a WP: page anymore? lame)
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by rory096 11y ago
> But this is a very far cry from the debate "TechRaptor" and this thread are suggesting we have! Actually, as a guy who refreshes the news every 20 minutes (in particular the NYT), I think we've finally arrived at exactly
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by rory096 11y ago
I'd specifically point to the Hero vs Angry Mob motif and the quote "bullying, harrassment[ sic ] and ugly behavior are out of control on the web," which implies that they must be brought under control. Obviously within the
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by rory096 11y ago
It's not an opinion piece, it's a biased piece. Let's compare the headlines and ledes, which set the tone of a piece (some might argue they're all that matter). Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief 1. Ellen Pao,
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by rory096 11y ago
Do you think Kapor really supports additional censorship on reddit? My issue isn't with what he said in his quote. It's that the Times changed their well-balanced piece into one that implies the crappy parts of reddit need to be b
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by rory096 11y ago
Sure, but the article is talking about the stuff on reddit that wasn't removed. Doesn't calling it "out of control" imply a desire to start controlling it? (grandparent was edited after flag, even more ironically by a
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by rory096 11y ago
I mostly intended my comment to be a shot at the Times' shoddy reporting on this one. You're right that censorship is certainly justified in many contexts. But the article quoted a founder of the EFF in its clear bias towards mor
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by rory096 11y ago
Now that it's edited to somewhat more than just calling me out personally (and yes I'm a white guy, I currently live in Virginia and my startup is linked on my profile), there's a couple points to respond to. (I'd argue
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by rory096 11y ago
I disagree. Even flagging notcensorship's personal attack ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9870590 ) is a form of censorship. It's certainly not First Amendment protected, and you're absolutely correct th
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by rory096 11y ago
Let me be clear. I do not support the offensive behavior on reddit. I just think censorship and moderation is not an effective or desirable solution.
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Mention, sure. Highlight, sure. But this is the top article on a CEO's departure and it doesn't even mention the trigger incident until the 5th paragraph, below the second picture. It says nothing about /r/fatpeopleh

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