Saidit is being infiltrated and manipulated by paid shills. This is how the fall of Reddit started and if we aren't vigilant, the same could happen here.

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[–]Chipit 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (29 children)

All that does is prevent you from seeing the shill's posts. It doesn't prevent the shill from disrupting conversations, which is their job.

[–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Allowing free speech for all means having to suffer the unfortunate consequence of having your conversation disrupted. Figure out a way so that you can ignore them or do better than them instead of turning into a butthurt Reddit jannie.

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

Speech that destroys free speech is the paradox of tolerance. We must not tolerate that which has as its goal the elimination of tolerance.

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    [–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (18 children)

    The fix is for saidit admins to hand out some IP bans to the worst offenders

    [–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    The worst offenders have infinite IPs, unique with every page request, that are not bound to any range or subnet. So IP bans are happening to them, even to entire ranges of IPs, but it accomplishes basically nothing, because they just make another completely different one.

    [–][deleted]  (6 children)

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      [–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

      If anyone is honestly gaming points on a website where points run the show, they should be shut down regardless of what site or political leanings are involved.

      [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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        [–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

        I'm not on reddit because reddit is obnoxiously left-leaning.

        And no, I don't see how banning literally bots and shills is a problem.

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

          Refer to your own username

          [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

          I get a new IP addy when I restart my router.

          [–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

          They could ban everyone from your ISP, that would be fun eh?

          [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

          That bans half of Houston.

          [–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

          A sacrifice I'm willing to make

          [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

          Banning a million people to ban me also bans potential existing and future users in the area.

          [–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

          Houston is rubbish anyway

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

          Are you saying you think I should be banned at all costs? Or is this more of a thought exercise.

          [–]Chipit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

          You can easily tell who's a shill and who's not: are you attacking the real posters and disrupting conversations, trying to distract from the real issues? Easy.

          [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

          Idk, you seem to think I'm one of the bad ones pretty often.

          [–]Chipit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

          If you do what the paid posters are doing, is there really any difference if money has changed hands or not?

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

            Oh look, it's one of the paid posters.