When I started using reddit about 7 years ago, it was a bastion of intelligent, sometimes irreverent community discussion. But with things like this, and the recent talk of "segregating" communities which reddit "wishes didn't exist", its become a very different place. The mass logging of users by a certain segment of those users is extremely troubling. It actually makes me watch my words, and where I comment. The path they're going is having a chilling effect on speech right now.
Its an awful shame, and what's crazier is that in their zeal to make a safe place, they're enabling shaming and bullying on a massive level. I don't even think the SJWs behind this even comprehend what they're doing.
Reddit will fall. And where the people go, the SJWs will go also to yell at them. How will Voat handle them when they eventually come?
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[–] honorkell [S] 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Users or mods on reddit (SRS?) create a tool to automatically log where users on reddit post. This mass tagging list then can be given to any mod of any subreddit who wants it. Made a non--pc comment or thought a year ago? You're tagged forever. Now whoever has this list (mods) can choose to silence you no matter what the content of your latest post/idea is. You've been ghettoized. Combine that with this allegedly admin-approved system of automatically removing comments with certain words, and you have a system of effectively and automatically "cleaning" reddit of all speech that isn't in line with what reddit thinks is acceptable.
[–] DopeandDiamonds 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I have been off reddit for a while now. WTF happened? What a shitshow!
I feel like Voat is a big group of friends talking about shit together. Not everyone agrees but they are polite about it. Reddit has become a high school lunch room with each table making fun of the table next to them. No one realizing that they are not cool but thinking whatever clique they are in rules the school. This is so fucking mean girls with the burn booK.
[–] Genghis_Khan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Great! Thanks.
[–] honorkell [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
no prob :)