Reddit isn't happy about President Trump's "anti-censorship" executive order

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[–]Iam1ofMany 44 insightful - 9 fun44 insightful - 8 fun45 insightful - 9 fun -  (14 children)

Reddit's statement is bullshit... the problem isn't the sub reddits policing themselves, that part is fine. Kick or censor whoever you want on a sub. But Reddit has taken it upon itself to remove entire communities on it's own stating they are hate groups and shit like that. That is where the problem lies. Reddit doesn't get to dictate to other people what speech is a certain type of speech. If it is illegal speech then the authorities can be contacted but other than that, eat a dick Reddit!

[–]iraelmossadreddit 13 insightful - 4 fun13 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

the changed the algorithm for how the donald gets on the front page before they banned it too. kind of like magnora did to the icepoisodon sub... now the "front page" is not really even a thing anymore. They auto show you posts based on your location and browsing history.

[–]HegeMoney 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

kind of like magnora did to the icepoisodon sub... now the "front page" is not really even a thing anymore.

This is an unfair interpretation of how things developed with IP.

M7 made the change with IP, because hundreds of IP refugees transitioned to Saidit after Reddit banned IP.

The IP refugee population outnumbered the active member base of the Saidit community by many multiples.

They basically took over.

Practically every minimally significant IP post had dozens of upvotes, at a time when a post with 20 upvotes was a big deal in any other sub.

The IP leadership were good guys, and they recognized the impact on the site.

It wasn't admin aggression, or specific censorship (other than what was externally imposed by the server companies).

IP leadership worked with M7, and the IP community was overall pretty cool about it.

The IP community has some clever, persistent, and creative characters.

They knew how to mess things up and create a lot of extra work for M7; if/when they wanted to.

Refugees are generally grateful for the accommodations that they receive from their hosts.

It's human nature.

There will always be a few bad actors who behave in an unacceptable manner, but the number of bad actors is trivial in comparison to the overall refugee population.

[–]iraelmossadreddit 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

just to be clear I wasn't saying the front page on here isn't a thing anymore. that quote kind of makes it look like that. on reddit it's called "top" now. I really wish I could tell how many real upvotes they have. edit: nvm it's like that here too. w/e Ill stop using site then.

[–]slushpilot 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

Exactly. Their response is a straw man.

[–]Iam1ofMany 14 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

I forgot to mention the other part, they said they were a small private company. I think, last I looked they were worth 3 billion, b for billion. I hope that has actually went down since last I looked but I fear it hasn't.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Worth that in theory.

I doubt they have anything near 3 bil in physical assets.

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

only if it's cuz soon as they get cash they spend it but they surely get billions from advertisers, govts, rich assholes that want to use the site to manipulate opinions

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

    no shit sherlock

    [–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    Nope. Their market worth will be mostly based on hype, estimates of potential profit and the estimated value of all their user data if they were to sell it (which is the real value). They are definitely not getting in billions in advertising.

    Really people need business education.

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

    direct opposite, the hype is years ago and proven, millions use it, it's not on facebook or instagram level but it's there, definitely getting billions between advertising, letting corporations ban certain wrongthink, letting shills run around etc.

    [–]HegeMoney 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Good point.

    It could all be over in a weekend if public perception turned against them.

    They would still have their bots to jerk them off.

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

    ‘The front page of the Internet’, says Reddit.

    [–]theoracle 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    and notabug calls itself "the back page of the internet" lol