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Re:Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons by Tainnor on Thursday July 22, 2021 @09:15AM (#27918442)
I'm not super active on reddit, but I do frequent (mostly as a lurker) some subreddits from time to time, such as r/math, r/learnjapanese, r/history etc. I don't remember running into any sort of heated political argument in any of these subreddits. Of course, for other subreddits it might be different, but this is my experience.
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Re:Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons by Tainnor on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:04AM (#27928682)
Well you're free to think whatever you want about BLM, but some sort of protest or statement was happening all over the world both in on- and offline communities, so you're not really singling out Reddit here, this is just an instance of a general trend.

Plus, my statement was about "heated political arguments", not a one-time statement from moderators which remains, to my understanding, rather rare. One thread about BLM doesn't deter me from visiting these subreddits.

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Re:Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons by codesections on Thursday July 22, 2021 @09:38AM (#27918672)
> I do frequent (mostly as a lurker) some subreddits from time to time, such as r/math, r/learnjapanese, r/history etc. I don't remember running into any sort of heated political argument in any of these subreddits.

I haven't spent any time there, so I'm genuinely curious: how does r/history avoid political arguments? Some people say that everything is inherently political, but history seems especially adjacent to politics

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Re:Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons by hiptobecubic on Thursday July 22, 2021 @10:30AM (#27919302)
All of the "successful" subs are either small enough to self-govern effectively because they feel like actual communities or they have hardcore, uncompromising moderator teams that enforce the rules swiftly.

askhistorians is the best example I can think of. askscience close behind.

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Re:Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons by babyblueblanket on Thursday July 22, 2021 @10:01AM (#27918949)
r/history is heavily moderated, and primarily political positions need to be backed up with actual historical facts and discussion (and not out-of-context common talking points) or it'll be called for what it is and deleted.
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Re:Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons by browningstreet on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:58PM (#27922150)
I am mostly a lurker on Reddit, but I find it more satisfying that Twitter these days.

People I like in the world are unbearable on Twitter. I've unfollowed, muted and don't-show-me-their-retweets a good bunch of them.

If up and downvotes can work as feedback encouraging people to stop it with the "sigh" posts, or the rage-of-the-day posts, it could improve Twitter. If not, I'm not sure what could improve Twitter.

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Re:Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons by paulddraper on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:56PM (#27925337)
The huge default subreddits like r/pics are the worst offenders.

Ones that actually have a real interest group are more reasonable.

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