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[–]deliciousdogfoodmy name isnt a puppyplay reference i swear 26 insightful - 4 fun26 insightful - 3 fun27 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

It's like they actually thought that everyone had forgotten about superstraight already so proving every single allegation made against them right wouldn't have any consequence.

[–]reluctant_commenter 19 insightful - 4 fun19 insightful - 3 fun20 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I know, right? "Those people with opinions I don't like will stop existing if I just delete their Reddit accounts!" Like, no fuckin way lol.

[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's what happens when you give people the ability to block other people on social media. It can certainly be useful in some cases - no one deserves to be stalked and harassed on social media, and having the ability to block people that are actually harassing you (not just disagreeing with you) can be nice (although honestly if I was being stalked and harassed on social media I would probably just disconnect from the internet for a while since I can still live a full and happy life without Reddit or Twitter, but I get that some people make social media their entire life).

However, having the ability to just "disappear" any dissenting opinions with the click of a button makes these people think that, yes, those people will just stop existing if they go around using their banhammer, and results in shitty echo chambers and purity spirals that make shitty people even shittier. Luckily, there's no "block" button in real life (unless, I suppose, you go around just straight up murdering people that hurt your feelings, but there are real consequences for that kind of thing), so the deeper these people fall into their echo chambers, the less capable they are of being out in the real world, which means that if I go outside I don't actually have to interact with these people.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hope that this further enrages people. I honestly hope that Reddit doubles down on this awful shit they're doing, because it's peaking a lot of people and freeing them of their apathy or brainwashing. I just hope it doesn't progress to the point that a child actually ends up getting hurt by the reddit admins