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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by qq11ww22ee33 on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:17PM (#23602819)
"Devolve into"? This website is just the "sounds educated" arm of imageboard users.

HN is entirely filled with right-wing to far-right sheltered techbros. Half the accounts here that are constantly complaining about "free speech" and "consequences to their actions" are really one bad day away from calling everyone they disagree with various slurs, and the other half are so insulated from any sort of actual injustice in the world that they sit atop of their smug towers of indifference, cawing at the peasants below who have things such as "opinions" (that disagree with theirs, of course) or "motivations".

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by braythwayt on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:20PM (#23602874)
You are not wrong, but don't forget Sturgeon's Revelation: "90% of everything is CRUD."

What makes something valuable is the 10% of the thing that is not CRUD, and whatever measures put into place to make sure that the 90% CRUD doesn't poison the 10% that's worthwhile.

To me, that's having clear guidelines that are consistently applied through moderation.

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Re:Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “a... by compuguy on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:52PM (#23603345)
You're not wrong about this. There is a very vocal right-wing population of commenters here on HN that show their true colors in more polarizing submissions.
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