‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the World a Worse Place’

Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by cup-of-tea on Thursday April 19, 2018 @12:49PM (#16877467)

I disagree. Anonymity allows you to express unpopular views that you wouldn't be able to in real life. But the existence of downvoting basically defeats that, except in unpopular echo chambers, of course.

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by alex_young on Thursday April 19, 2018 @12:56PM (#16877544)

What if your unpopular view you wouldn't express in real life is something abusive towards others? i.e. trolling.

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by cup-of-tea on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:58PM (#16878270)

Who decides what is "trolling"? I think there should be moderators but that it's possible to see what moderators have done and impossible for them to actually delete posts. That way each person can decide if they are happy with the moderation being done.

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by projektir on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:04PM (#16877641)

You get banned.

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by ninkendo on Thursday April 19, 2018 @06:47PM (#16880838)

Then you just make a new account?

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by SeanLuke on Thursday April 19, 2018 @12:58PM (#16877572)

I'm not saying anonymity doesn't have its place. But that I think it's a major factor in the particular problem being discussed here.

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by ameister14 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:47PM (#16879441)

Have you not seen facebook comments on a news article lately? People have no problem being awful under their real name.

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