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[–] HangedCole 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Kind of an out of the loop question here, why is the discussion about TPP banned in Reddit? I've known for a long time that it was banned, but it's just now that I've wondered why it should be. "Politics", I'm guessing?

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[–] Merchaun 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I don't know much about TPP to be quite honest, but why are mods removing and censoring it?

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[–] former-reddit-user 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

This is a really great question I wish we'd actually get an answer to. It's news so why not go there? I suppose it could fall under the rule against politics in /r/news, but at least tell someone that when you remove their post.

Anything removed should require an explanation and the specific rule that was violated.

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[–] HoneyNutStallmans ago 

Anything removed should require an explanation and the specific rule that was violated.

Transparency and Reddit are not ideas that go together.

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[–] riposte 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

They simply say, "it's politics".

They don't mention that just about everything is r/news is politics, and that they can just remove anything they want under this rule. It's not the real reason they are deleting the post.

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[–] Kleyno 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

You triggered someone's business interests, didn't you?

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[–] swfreak 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

Reddit seems nice, but it's a significant undercurrent of censorship.

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[–] UselessIdeas 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

Does anyone knows why reddit is going hard on TPP?

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[–] HoneyNutStallmans 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Reddit has business interests and advertisers to support/adhere to.

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[–] SharonLeeFan 0 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago 

Yes. Reddit is a corporate shill, in website form.

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[–] Qibble 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago  (edited ago)

My experience posting to r/news:

u/lividd

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[–] oktober 2 points 5 points (+7|-2) ago 

To be honest, Vice isn't really a good news source. Not surprising the post didn't do well.

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[–] BOTUS ago 

The videos they used to do in random parts of the world was awesome. Don't know if they still do that... but yeah their news coverage is pretty terrible. Not very objective either.

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[–] Thatdrumdude 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Which sucks because there needs to be actual better coverage of this whole possibly in a major extinction thing. It's no secret that we are losing a lot of species right now on earth, and to me the most important being the honey bee. If honeybees die, the world is probably fucked. People don't understand the value those little creatures have to this planet, but we have the technology to pollinate every single thing on this planet like bees just do. 30% of food crops, nearly 90% of wild plants. Their impact would be felt through deaths of many many species of life.

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[–] BretsFan4Ever 0 points 26 points (+26|-0) ago 

Reddit's removal of TPP related news was one of my biggest grievances with them. Seeing the opposite happen here speaks volumes about this site and where it's values lie.

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[–] Silvermcfly17 0 points 47 points (+47|-0) ago 

But are any of us really shocked? Reddit has been actively removing anything TPP related for MONTHS now. Would hate for the masses to get wind of what capitol hill is up to. But I guess thats what happens when a military base monopolizes an entire website.

Disgusting. Deplorable. And I'm glad we have voat.

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[–] mintberrycrunk 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

i don't actually understand why they are censoring it

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[–] Noglovenolove 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago 

To the extent and in the manner they are doing it, the only logical conclusion is the mods have somehow sold out to those that want TPP passed. I don't know if that means money exchanged hands or what, but people know big sub mods have real media power and they are utilizing that fact.

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[–] physicscat 0 points 27 points (+27|-0) ago 

What's sad is that Reddit was the place where I learned about these things because they were not in the news! If it hadn't been for Reddit, I might never have learned about SOPA.

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[–] Echo_of_Savages 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It's the circle of life.

I feel the same way about Vice News

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