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Re:Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app clien... by redthrowaway on Saturday January 05, 2013 @03:05PM (#5013841)
I've been a redditor for something like 4 years. I've read thousands of complaints about Nazi mods banning people they disagree with. Upon closer inspection, I've found the vast majority of those who were banned deserved it. In only a handful of cases have I seen mods who legitimately were trying to censor opinions they disagreed with.

People have a tendency to hide behind the principle of free speech as if it were all-encompassing and omnibenevolent. It isn't. Just because you have the right to speak your mind doesn't mean you have the right to be heard. Low-quality contributions can and must be suppressed if the level of discussion in a community is to remain high.

Re:Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app clien... by mistermann on Sunday January 06, 2013 @12:41AM (#5015461)
Its not so much the moderators, its the downvotes. Reddit, imho, has a very particular and narrow opinion on many subjects - disagree with this opinion, even in legitimate good faith of open discussion, and your comment will be buried within minutes. The masses in the community have really lost their way.
Re:Reeddit - Minimalist, elastic and read-only web app clien... by ChiperSoft on Sunday January 06, 2013 @01:24AM (#5015567)
Hivemind happens everywhere, even on HN and SO. There will always be a status quo.