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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by porpoisely on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:26PM (#19119864)
I disagree. Anonymous environments bring out the best kind of discourse with the occasional annoyances. There is a reason why most people agree that reddit's golden age was around the 2008-2012is period. Before all the censorship and propaganda. In my opinion, censored environments bring out the worst kind of discourse. Look at social media of today.
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by amanaplanacanal on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:36PM (#19124792)
> Anonymous environments bring out the best kind of discourse with the occasional annoyances.

So if I wanted to see this on 4chan, which board would you recommend I visit?

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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by windo11 on Friday February 08, 2019 @11:33PM (#19120744)
Just a reminder that during reddit's so-called "golden age", it was the largest hub for underage pornography on the internet.
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by adrianN on Saturday February 09, 2019 @12:39AM (#19120975)
That depends or your definition of pornography. AFAIK nothing on /r/jailbait was technically illegal.
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by enraged_camel on Saturday February 09, 2019 @01:20AM (#19121072)
>>That depends or your definition of pornography

Let’s not split hairs here. There is a reason we have a saying: “X is like porn; you know it when you see it.”

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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by adrianN on Saturday February 09, 2019 @02:57AM (#19121254)
Different people know it when they see different things. Not too long ago showing ankles was considered basically porn.
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by Eremotherium on Saturday February 09, 2019 @10:37PM (#19126244)
That saying goes back to supreme court justice Potter Stewart and it's something a lot of people would disagree with as it posits a fake universal standard for things like offensiveness and obscenity.
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by windo11 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:03AM (#19121271)
Underage "softcore" pornography. It's still reprehensible and indefensible, and it was one of the largest nsfw subs at the time.
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by adrianN on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:09AM (#19121283)
So would that title now go to Instagram or which site currently has the largest collection of underage girls in bikinis? How about TikTok or Youtube?
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by windo11 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:16AM (#19121305)
I honestly cannot continue a conversation where I have to defend the position that a subreddit devoted to sharing sexualized pictures of children is fucked up. This should be obvious and beyond debate.
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by adrianN on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:55AM (#19121404)
I'm not arguing that sexualizing minors is good, I'm just saying that there is a massive difference between the sexual exploitation that goes into the production of actual child pornography and the posting of girls in bikinis. I hope you agree that the harm done isn't even on the same level. Using the same language for both is just not right.
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