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

Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by spacephysics on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:57PM (#23602563)

Reddit once being a haven away from large corporate interests, has continually succumbed to the mainstream narrative of what’s appropriate.

Sure, there are communities that are horrid, but then there are those that are on the line. And inch by inch that line moves from moral goodness, to corporate interest.

Reddit is no different than Twitter/YouTube/Facebook, only they haven’t covered the same amount of ground.

Given another few years, if that, we’ll see the same censorship practices on Reddit, with the same magnitude, as youtube, facebook, and twitter.

This is essentially account entrapment. Show content they know is in bad faith, then punish them. Or, once a post is deemed in bad faith, retroactively punish them for not having the correct opinion.

1984

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by snapetom on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:18PM (#23602836)

It's interesting. I was just looking at a user account that had a gazillion post karma, but -10 comment karma. It also created a few subreddits. It's so obvious a content farmer.

People moved away from Digg because they implemented an algorithm to suggest news, and de-emphasised user submitted stories. Now, essentially the same thing is happening with reddit via these farmers. It's not as obvious and might not be sanctioned, but at the end of the day, a few select bots are also pushing content to the front.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by qq11ww22ee33 on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:18PM (#23602831)

> 1984

1984 and its consequences has been a disaster for the human race. Read another book

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by minkzilla on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:28PM (#23603814)

I’ve read many books in my time and I liked 1984 both for its entertainment value and as a warning about government power and limiting free speech. What is wrong with 1984? Is there a similar but better book I should read?

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by jodrellblank on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:24PM (#23604939)

What’s wrong with 1984 is people sign up for a private service, post something against the ToS, get their account banned by a volunteer user-moderator, then call it “punishment” and cite 1984 as if “piss off, troll” from JimBob moderator of /r/WhippetFanciers is exactly the same as living in North Korea and being forced to speak NewSpeak on threat of having caged rats eat your face in Room 101.

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