12-Year Reddit veteran, sadly acknowledging the site won't return to the way it was 7+ years ago

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[–]Canbot 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

"free speech" was more of an assumption on my part than a fundamental tenant of their platform

No, it was explicitly stated by the founder that free speech was a tenant of the site. He was philosophically opposed to censorship he saw on other websites. They really did turn it into everything it was never supposed to be.

[–]Dr_Bukkake 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

He even specifically stated that the founding fathers would be proud of him for creating a site where all opinions can be expressed no matter how controversial.

[–]Aureus 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Also, to respond to OP's xkcd comic, this version is a lot better.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And i appreciate it. I tone down my rhetoric for this site, as it is a normal friendly one, but I'm not going to moderate my language, and will freely call out cunts for being cunts. I've had some good debates here, and the more reddit-mod leftists types normally end up having to block me, rather than being able to silence me, as I stick to the rules and the pyramid of debate.

As long as you weave your insults into a well written contribution that covers the pyramid peak, then its all good.

[–]Yamyam 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They're shitting on Aaron Swartz.

[–]neovulcan[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thank you. Either I never knew where to look or it was removed before I started looking, but good to know just how good Aaron Swartz really was.

[–]Aureus 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Btw, check out this response to the xkcd comic you posted. Randall has a fundamentally flawed view of free speech

[–]neovulcan[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People were citing free speech when Google wouldn't run ads for, I think it was a car company or something. The thing is, what you permit says a little bit about your company as well. That car company probably wouldn't have been significant, but what if Google allowed porn ads? It'd be "free speech", and the industry would certainly pay, but it wouldn't be in Google's best interest.