Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”

Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by dageshi on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:41PM (#23602286)

I imagine the mods have a fairly finely tuned sense of which threads will turn into a shitstorm and don't give a fuck about pre-emptively killing them.

And honestly I WISH nobody used reddit anymore, maybe it could roll back 10 years when it was frankly more fun, but it sure seems like more people than ever are using it.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by dvtrn on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:43PM (#23602331)

I imagine the mods have a fairly finely tuned sense of which threads will turn into a shitstorm and don't give a fuck about pre-emptively killing them.

How do we feel about pre-emptive moderation? Is it warranted? Is it warranted every time? Only certain topics?

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by dageshi on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:49PM (#23602431)

Ultimately the mods are volunteers, they get to do what they want?

More precisely I would imagine they don't care about facilitating/refereeing culture wars inside their subs, cause lord only knows how much work that would be.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by dvtrn on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:52PM (#23602468)

Well sure, they get to do whatever they want, you're right. It's their community they're moderating. We agree.

That wasn't what I was asking-however.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by dageshi on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:01PM (#23602619)

I think it's probably warranted some of the time, mostly around topics where much heat but little light is generated.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by tekknik on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:48AM (#23613142)

How does this method avoid the moderators implicit bias? Unless we get actual sitting judges how can these people be neutral and not impose their bias on what light is?

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by Spivak on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:16PM (#23602811)

I 100% support Reddit killing any thread in a popular subreddit about anyone trans or the trans community preemptively because every single thread turns into an absolute dumpster fire. Reddit on the whole shows a very different side whenever those kinds of threads show up.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by yiyus on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:37PM (#23603125)

Many of the oldest users (me included) have just moved from the more general subreddits, where those shitstorms happen, into more and more specialized subreddits. But I miss the old reddit too.

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