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

submitted by magnora7 from self.MeanwhileOnReddit

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]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.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Word of mouth. People just need to mention saidit on other sites. Not even advertise it, just mention it.

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

Personally I hesitate to mention it due to fear of being labeled as alt-right even though I'm not. When I go to my front page there is mostly politics; I'm subbed into some related subs but still I don't want the front page to consist of most of their posts, despite being subscribed. Reddit needs to do something to piss off lots of non-political people I guess, that would be the moment to seize.

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

I appreciate your candor.

Personally I hesitate to mention it due to fear of being labeled as alt-right even though I'm not.

See that's the problem though... it's really not an alt-right site. They've put chilling effects on you, so you don't speak, even though you do believe in what's here, simply because you're afraid of a false label being used against you.

We can only have freedom of speech if people actually stand up for it. And if people won't stand up for saidit out of fear, then saidit will eventually fail. So I recommend overcoming that fear of how others label you, and instead help others who seek real information, to find that information, so that humanity might progress forward.

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

It would be interesting to know what percentage of people fear being labeled as right wing vs. fear being labeled as left wing. I think there are likely many more closet right wing as opposed to closeted left wing people. The shrillness and hysteria of the mainstream left has silenced many people.