I just got banned from /r/scarysigns for posting CDC stats about covid

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[–]asterias 14 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Reddit has stopped being a decent place for discussion since a long time. They are just trying to hide their true intentions so that users won't flock away to other platforms.

[–]magnora7[S] 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Completely agree. I just worry other people are reading it and taking it seriously, and if the hivemind is too perfect and literally hundreds of millions of people visit it regularly... I worry about the mind of humanity. I feel an obligation to say something sometimes. But it's like pissing in to a tsunami, it feels so futile. Especially after all your comments get deleted because the mods don't agree with the scientific links you post... sheesh.

I'm glad we have saidit at least. I just wish more people came here, and more people told others about saidit. But I'm very grateful to the people who are here, we have a nice little community going here.

[–]roguecanine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

You need to advertise & market it somehow. Some subreddits I've seen post link to saidit with auto moderator, but surely there's more that can be done. I heard there was once a mass migration from Dig to Reddit. So it seems like it's possible, since it happened before.

[–]roguecanine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Also I was thinking the other day. One of the problems with reddit is that mods have total control over subreddits. Maybe the way to change it and attract new non-politically motivated users would be to introduce some voting system where active users of a sub could vote for mod...

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I am thinking about making another new site similar to saidit that is focused on "no politics" as a core rule

[–]roguecanine 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's an interesting idea. Though I wonder how would one attract non-political people if most of the reddit refugees seem to be political.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it might be tough going at first, but the most-requested thing I've heard about reddit alternatives is the desire for a "no politics" one, so I think a few hundred will be interested right off the bat. And then some of those can become content administrators to make sure it stays no politics and doesn't get hijacked.