Re:Reddit holds the secret to fixing Facebook
by bloopernova on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @08:22AM
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Reddit has some good, but it is increasingly being overtaken by the bad.
Stormfront recruits on Reddit and works to infiltrate then control popular subreddits.
The Reddit admins only banned a couple of token websites recently because media attention was focused upon them. Once the spotlight moves elsewhere, the admins will once again go back to doing nothing.
There's also accusations that CEO Steve Huffman "/u/spez" is a white nationalist supporter. This leads some folks to say that Reddit is not cracking down on hateful content because their leadership approves of it. Spez was also caught directly modifying Reddit's production database to change comments mocking him. That's right, a C level exec had production database access and thought nothing of trolling people by directly modifying their comments.
Reddit's leadership has also been denying that they have done nothing to mitigate the Russian propaganda influence on Reddit. The admins have tried to pass off a few banned accounts as "constant vigilance". This has been shockingly inadequate since the Russian influence of US elections was uncovered.
The best one can say about Reddit's leadership is that they're very, very lazy.
Stormfront recruits on Reddit and works to infiltrate then control popular subreddits.
The Reddit admins only banned a couple of token websites recently because media attention was focused upon them. Once the spotlight moves elsewhere, the admins will once again go back to doing nothing.
There's also accusations that CEO Steve Huffman "/u/spez" is a white nationalist supporter. This leads some folks to say that Reddit is not cracking down on hateful content because their leadership approves of it. Spez was also caught directly modifying Reddit's production database to change comments mocking him. That's right, a C level exec had production database access and thought nothing of trolling people by directly modifying their comments.
This calls into question any legal case that has relied on Reddit comments as evidence. For instance: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/watch-mo...
Reddit's leadership has also been denying that they have done nothing to mitigate the Russian propaganda influence on Reddit. The admins have tried to pass off a few banned accounts as "constant vigilance". This has been shockingly inadequate since the Russian influence of US elections was uncovered.
The best one can say about Reddit's leadership is that they're very, very lazy.