Reddit "accidentally" rolled out a new censorship algorithm only to face major backlash - harmless comments are now getting collapsed and labeled as "Potentially Toxic Content".

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[–][deleted] 26 insightful - 6 fun26 insightful - 5 fun27 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

Even simple comments, saying things such as "I don't like this person, they abuse people", or "this movie was bad", are getting censored and labeled as "Potentially Toxic Content". The admins are trying to spin a narrative that it was an "accident", they were testing code for a new "chat room feature", and the code leaked out to the rest of Reddit, however this was proven to be a lie:

"It's adding the .comment.collapsed-for-reason css class to the comments. Chat messages aren't collapsible, and don't have the .comment class to begin with. So, yeah, pretty much no possible chance of that being the real story."

They started to back-peddle and are now silent and aren't responding anymore. The Admins tried damage control and failed, but the thread is still live at the time of this post - the majority of Reddit users aren't having it, left, right or center and are calling Reddit out on their bullshit. Reddit is digging it's own grave, and I'm happy to see it happen. Fuck them.

Reddit's new "Anti-Evil Team" is helping flag "Potentially Toxic Content" (the admin admitted this before the backlash was so large; go through their profile. "The Anti-Evil Team" soon turns into a "bug"):

https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/e66fql/post_removal_details_on_the_new_design_redesign/f9o51uq/

I love Saidit. Thank you /u/Magnora7 & /u/d3rr, for having a soul.

[–]magnora7 23 insightful - 5 fun23 insightful - 4 fun24 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

Cheers. Well said. Reddit has such problems from the admin level to the subreddit moderator level. Just today I got banned from /r/democrats because I was talking negatively (but factually) about Hillary Clinton and the DNC. I simply left about 8 factual statements in a thread, and that was enough for them to permanently ban me from the entire /r/democrats sub, without any warning or recourse. In that moment, I also felt happy saidit exists. It's nice to hear other people like yourself are seeing reddit clearly for what it is, and appreciating the value of saidit. Thank you.

[–][deleted] 17 insightful - 5 fun17 insightful - 4 fun18 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Jesus christ. And everyone wonders why the alt-right is so popular these days.

[–]Cade_Connelly_13 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

At this point they're preferable to 'mainstream'. I used to be libertarian/centrist-ish but it's just fucking impossible to have a legit conversation these days in so many places.