Newcomers: Let's make sure Saidit is better than Reddit. This shouldn't be a place to waste time, but to have productive and intelligent discussions.

submitted by Aureus from self.whatever

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]ForeverZer0 74 insightful - 9 fun74 insightful - 8 fun75 insightful - 9 fun -  (8 children)

The first step is not to dictate on what content others should post.

While I agree with the spirit of your message, I disagree with how it was described. If people wish to build subs centered around shitposting, then more power to them, I don't need to visit them. For others who are sincerely interested in high-quality civil discourse and exchange of ideas, then they also can have a sub for that, these two are not mutually exclusive to each other.

The common element is that they both respect others rights to post content that is meaningful to them, regardless of someone else's opinion if it is or not.

[–]Aureus[S] 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I won't stop anyone from making a shitposting sub. They have every right to do it. But I also have every right to think it's pointless, and to express my opinion on that. All content is not created equal.

My main driver for posting this is seeing several reddit alternatives (and online alternatives in general) go down the tubes. They tend to devolve into outrage porn and edgy meme posting very, very quickly. I just want Saidit to avoid the same fate.

[–]King_Brutus 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

That's what communities are for and why they should be able to operate independently. If a sub wants to shit post then let them, if a sub wants to have serious discussion then let them.

[–]Current_Year_Acct 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Something I think is probably hurting this site during this reddit exodus is not being able to create a community for two weeks.

[–]King_Brutus 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think it's a decent idea to prevent spam, but yeah during this exodus specifically it's a problem.

[–]Wrang1er 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I wish there was a sports sub, I will have to wait a few days to make one though.

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

There's s/sports

[–]Current_Year_Acct 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed. I'm against censorship overall, but in favor of censorhip/moderating based on the environment you want to create. If the front page is all conspiracy theories about jewish people, the site will never be more than a barely active extremist circle because normal people don't want to associate with it. Same with porn all over the place.

The problem with reddit is they present themselves as normal and open, but only moderating extreme stuff, but the reality is they aggressively moderate with a hard left bias.

Perhaps the answer is having minimal oversight on communities, but curating what is allowed on the front page? That's what reddit did years ago, and not doing so seems to be what caused voat to become antisemetic shock and outrage porn.

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

That’s exactly how I feel. I actually found it shocking when I arrived here that the place wasn’t full of anitsemetic and “nigger” memes like basically every other Reddit alternative.