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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by kge32 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:36PM (#23174188)
Reminder: If you swap out the 'r' in the 'reddit.com' URL for 'c' (meaning censored), you can read the deleted comments.. Nowadays that's a must when reading "controversial" threads on Reddit.

In this case: ceddit.com -> https://snew.notabug.io/r/interestingasfuck/comments/gitwbo/...

Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by gundmc on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:35PM (#23174623)
Wow. Reading the comment threads that were censored on that post is incredibly disturbing.
Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by update on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:16PM (#23174887)
note, this also works if you add 'move' in between 're' and 'ddit' (i.e. removeddit)

so: https://www.removeddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/gitw...

good to have backup services.

Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by stockavuryah on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:41PM (#23183579)
it's useful to check both, they do not work the same way
Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by dntbnmpls on Thursday May 14, 2020 @04:18AM (#23176869)
> Reminder: If you swap out the 'r' in the 'reddit.com' URL for 'c' (meaning censored), you can read the deleted comments.

That's true if ceddit scanned the thread prior to the message being deleted. In a heavily trafficked and modded thread, many comments will be deleted in-between scans and those will be lost to everyone but reddit admins.

The only surefire way of seeing every censored comments is for reddit to provide the option to the users, but they are too pro-censorship and too pro-mod to allow that to happen.

Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by artsyca on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:02PM (#23174371)
Woa what is this black magic -- there's an interesting quote by Aaron Swartz at the bottom too
Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by lihaciudaniel on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:41AM (#23176174)
R.I.P
Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by fareesh on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:57AM (#23191618)
It's important (when considering censorship) to quantify the impact of the UX as well.

If you post an opinion that gets downvoted a lot, your account will be given a 10 minute timer before you can reply to anyone, or post a new comment.

As a result, users must weigh the implications of compromising their ability to use all the features of the website, versus having the freedom to voice their opinion. In most cases if you want to express your opinion on some topic which is against the prevailing narrative, and you don't want it to affect your ability to post about completely unrelated things like Power Tools or Automobiles, then your only options are to self-censor, or use a different account, or wait 10 minutes between comments.

The ceddit website will show you censored content, but there are likely millions of similar comments that users did not post because the algorithm discourages wrongthink

Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by switch007 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:47AM (#23176208)
Doesn't work for me due to Same Origin Policy. Am I missing something?
Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by jtnjns on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:37AM (#23176572)
I get the same error in Firefox but it works in Chrome

edit: It also works if you disable Enhanced Tracking Protection in FF

Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by kolbe on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:13PM (#23174449)
replying to this just because i don't know how to archive a comment on HN
Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by tree3 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:26PM (#23174549)
Click on the comment's "X minutes ago" and then click "favorite"