Reddit NoNewNormal: banned for .... being targeted by other major subreddits.

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[–]WhoFlu[S] 12 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

As I understand the story, a bunch of subreddit was set themselves to private in "protest" of the existence of the subreddit "NoNewNormal." Reddit initially put up a post saying they wouldn't censor those kinds of ideas (which contradicts previous actions, like quarantining /r/WuhanFlu). However, they've now reverse course and given in.

"OMG Censorship!" - Meh, I stopped giving a fuck about censorship on Reddit a long time ago.

The fascinating part is the meta!

  • Many of the biggest subreddits, including non-political subreddits, are run by radical leftists and willing to use their position of power for political purposes.
  • Now that Reddit admins have caved, it sets a precedent where these moderators know they can kick off similar "protests" and get other subreddits banned. Reddit Admins won't be able to "put this genie back in the bottle," and expect to see more of this in the future.
  • I'm not buying the Reddit Admin's recent post pretending to support free speech. In fact, we know many biased leaders of major subreddits were installed by the Reddit Admins.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

it sounds crazy but it seems like spez might be anti vaccine himself but has been overruled.

I know he's nuts on other things but he made a sane post about not censoring anti vaccine talk 6 days ago and now this overrules him and is posted by someone else.

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

"Spez" is only being saved from un-personhood because some believe he's essential to getting the IPO launched. If the IPO goes through, he'll be liquidated.

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

he might even get aaron swartzed so he needs to be careful. Just surprising but you'd think he already knew that supporting covid related free speech is not allowed.