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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by ipython on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:29PM (#23681511)
It’s funny, what I see is not politics but simple market effects. The truth is that most people value some level of moderation. Surprise! A cesspool of trolls does not provide for an inviting community.

I find it hilarious that we have congresspeople whining about being “censored” on the very platform they claim is censoring them. I would think the first step of a competent censor would be to censor complaints of censorship itself.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by Brendinooo on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:39PM (#23681665)
Eh, I'm not so sure about that. If you want to censor and you don't have an ironclad mandate to go nuts, you need veneer of plausible deniability. "How are we censoring people? If we were censoring, would our first step be to censor complaints of censorship itself?"

(Not saying that's what's happening, just saying I disagree with the argument here)

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