And, of course, ethics in game journalism.
Free speech is a deep subject with many different interpretations even in the freest of societies (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech)
Political philosophy aside, personally I am saddened to see the same noble freedom that was once demanded to protect the expression of novel, perhaps subversive ideas and the speaking of truth to power invoked to defend the asinine, violent utterances of mobs of bullies as they attack their victims. People, obviously, shouldn't be arrested for public displays of ignorance or mean-spiritedness, but calling that "freedom of speech" makes me sad.
I didn't jump to Voat. Reddit for me currently has the 'least friction'. I know how it works, I know the memes to post for free karma (although I prefer lurking). It's becoming really commercial though ... lots of content advertising. Reddit is really novel for the first 1-2 years and it feels great to 'participate' in the silly memes but after 1-2 years it becomes stale (my experience).
I think that Reddit creating itself into BuzzFeed but with Reddit content is a genius move.
Most people will react negatively on Reddit but those are the vocal minority. Most people that I know are on reddit just look at cute images of cats and lurk, rarely post.
I'm sure we're all weeping over the demise of /r/coontown and other Stormfront-affiliated subreddits. What a sad loss, and what a valuable group of users to alienate!
If I were a US citizen, I'd be less enthusiastic than you seem to be about this situation, irrespective of coincidental alignment of (current) outcomes with personal moral sensibilities.
I'd want to look very hard at the fact that the control loop for "what you can't say" on the ad-driven internet runs through corporate ad departments and random twitter mobs.
Edit: ok, evidently jokes aren't a popular mode of speech either.
Of course you can easily overdo it but I think banning sarcasm has a significant downside and we should rather teach people to use it correctly.
What the commenter was doing was insinuating a conclusion based upon a straw man, so as not to be scrutinised for the underlying conclusion.
200 million users, and you think they're all that are left on there?
What's wrong is not noticing that your conversation is nothing but white and male. It implies that there are people who have been driven out, one way or another, and you aren't surprised by their absence.
Are you suggesting that my race and gender are ...'problematic?'
Read this: https://medium.com/message/how-white-people-got-made-6eeb076...
This sounds dangerously like fascism IMHO.
Fascism is a clearly defined concept, and there are many examples other than Nazism. In point of fact: it is not necessary to invoke Nazism in order to define fascism.
The kind of autocratic and intolerant behaviour that you suggest is clearly reminiscent of fascism.
Anyway, I have seen the arguments you raise before and I don't really see that we'll arrive at any kind of agreement here.
Reddit used to be loved and trusted as a place that cared about its community and free speech, but now most users probably stay on Reddit only because it's popular, and would jump ship as soon as a more popular alternative, even in just a niche, shows up.
But of course, thanks to funding, possible good management and inertia, Reddit might just be able to out-innovate and out-compete anyone else and keep its current position.