I'm doing things differently from here on out.

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[–]bobbobbybob 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

so no reddit downvotes, so instead have a marxist public trial space where people can gang up on others to get rid of those dissident voices?

whatever.

[–]ReeferMadness 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

That's absolutely not what this is. It's about making moderation transparent.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

public trials are simply bringing the vote brigading mechanism back, with disliked contributors (by a vocal subgroup) removed from the site by public spectacle rather than by downvote spamming.

Personally, I LOVE having /u/magnora7 as the admin, and i've supported all but one of his bans (/u/diogenesjunior, who I think fell foul of a long term mindfuck by TheAmeliaManiac). Democracy is a failed mechanism

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

Moderation is required and is itself not the problem. The problem is the abuse of moderation to push an agenda. Free speech does not mean you are allowed to yell fire in a theater, or defraud someone. Not allowing spam does not make saidit "just like reddit". In fact that is a disingenuous argument designed to destroy saidit by flooding it with spam.

Since moderation is inevitable the only question is how best to do it. This is so far the best way I ever heard.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

TheAmeliaManiac had a very specific set of limitations on the scope of his moderation. What he is proposing, while the site admin is away, is a gross overstepping of those limitations.