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[–]raven9 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If you cant see how users with nefarious intent attack platforms that stand for free speech by deliberately posting offensive content then you are just not very smart.

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

I'm a mod of an active subverse. I see these troll users weekly and I'm forced to ban them all the time. My point is that the minute you assign a 'site' admin god like powers to get rid of 'offensive content' you've destroyed the concept of social media free speech. That decision creates a power position that eventually get's filled by a corporate cabal lackey that doesn't just get rid of trolls but also legit dissidents (like myself) because that's why he or she or it was put there in the first place.

I'm not sure how much time you've spent on reddit but 'getting rid of offensive content that might get our site banned!' was always the excuse used to quarantine and ban legit political content.

If you can't see that you are just not very smart.

[–]raven9 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I dont care what reddit said. My comment had nothing to do with what reddit does and you just said you ban users so you just destroyed your own argument.

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

I don't ban users from saidit. I kick them out of my subverse for not following subverse rules. Not the same thing. They can create their own subverse and allow anybody or everybody they want. If an admin starts kicking everyone out there's nowhere else to go and don't tell me 'make your own site'. That's not feasible for most people and even when you do it ends up being: 'make your own server' and 'make your own payment processor' and 'make your own internet' and 'make your own bank'.