It's unfortunate that "free speech" sites are the niche counter to mainstream sites like Reddit. Reddit should be the niche site for people who are terrified of free speech.

submitted by Artistic-Mastodon-25 from (self.WatchRedditDie)

The moderation on reddit is absurd. You literally... LITERALLY... cannot post an unpopular opinion on a sub called r/unpopularopinion without it getting removed automatically, down voted instantly,or permabanned.

The number of rules that you have to follow just to post a banal thought is mind boggling.

Why is reddit the mainstream? Why isnt Reddit the niche site for woke SJWs who have zero tolerance for dissent? Nobody likes them. Is conformity that comfortable?

Am I allowed to write certain combination of letters or will I get banned?

Is saidit just a response to r/politics and Twitter?

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[–]mongre 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

That's how reddit became popular. It was a place to go and discuss. You could read a post, well cited, click references, learn the truth.

Corporations are the enemy.

[–]Node 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I was there for the first 12, and reddit was great for the first half of that.

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

Corporations and invasive government

[–]fschmidt 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Why is reddit the mainstream?

Because mainstream people are moronic scum. Supporting free speech is a fringe view these days.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I checked, and nearly all the moderators of r/unpopularopinion are actual Communists, some of them even go out and say it. It's obviously just a front for CCP propaganda.

[–]akkordeonplayer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Reddit became like this over time, I think. It seemed as if something extreme happened around the first of the fiscal year, and Reddit threw their hat behind Biden.

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

Whenever the trumpfs sub was banned, thats when reddit started pushing on the progressive communities too. And forcing mods into communities that don't censor everyone.