The identity nonsense that made many people flee from Reddit is being brought over. I was banned for being male from a group five hours after joining saidit. I am making my communications with these morons public. You pretend not to be dicks, I will own up to it when I decide to be one.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-15T03:00:43+00:00

Yeah, /s/pinkpillfeminism still hasn't done that even though I've reported them multiple times. :/

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T14:22:28+00:00

So... I'm still getting used to Saidit. Do I still click the little laughing face if a post is batshit retarded but funny because of that?

rdh2121 · 2020-06-30T17:34:54+00:00

whatever happened to "if you don't like something don't look at it"?

It's still alive and well. If you don't like a comment someone made on /s/GenderCritical, hide it and move on. If the sub is on /s/all, the sub is not a safe space, and exists for all users on Saidit. If that's not what the users of /s/GenderCritical want, all you have to do is remove yourselves from /s/all, and you can be as exclusive as you like.

Saidit was created to combat exclusion and censorship. You came here for that very acceptance of diverse viewpoints, so that's what you're getting. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T18:39:15+00:00

Cool story bro.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-04T17:22:24+00:00

Still waiting.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-04T17:14:24+00:00

That's not what you're supposed to do anyway? o_o

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:34:24+00:00

Your personal interpretation of saidit's rule disallow it.

No... the admins disallow it, which is why GC isn't on /s/all.

In fact your encouraging saidit to pick and choose who shows up in a feed which is a form of censorship. You're the one being censorious.

All you gotta do to be on /s/all is not censor your sub. That's literally it. You're clearly on the wrong site here. I recommend Reddit for all your censorship needs.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T15:26:23+00:00

So that's how long it took /s/funny to devolve from actually funny content to boomer humor.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-25T01:26:21+00:00

Good for her. Hopefully your selfishness and willful ignorance doesn't get anyone elderly or immunocompromised killed.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-24T14:42:18+00:00

I agree with you in that I think SaidIt should stay English only for now, but I think the main issue is one of moderation and avoiding spam. Eventually I think it would be great for SaidIt to become a multilingual online forum, but that will only work once the infrastructure to support it is in place.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-12T23:57:46+00:00

Triple Triad from Final Fantasy VIII. A few years ago I looked for some scans of the cards online to make my own deck, but could never find any good enough.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-12T18:22:57+00:00

In a vacuum, I'd say you're right, but the way Reddit and other private platforms have been treating unpopular speech for the past decade or so is representative of a troubling cultural shift in the mainstream that is definitely worth talking about just as much as joblessness and the general economic downturn.

Full disclosure, I'm not a superstraighter, but I am enjoying the shit they're stirring up.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-17T03:19:33+00:00

How about this? If you see a comment you don't like, just ignore it, and then you won't be advocating for censorship like you're currently doing.

You can't just leave us alone to say what we want within our private space.

Because it's not a private space. It's a public space, by the design of this website that you've agreed to use of your own free will, and you will follow its rules, including the rule that if you're a useless circlejerk of censorship, you have to publicly state it.

Your beliefs are not PRO free speech, your beliefs are ANTI free speech. You don't like what's being said, so you want to shut it down. Instead of ignoring comments you don't like, you advocate for literal censorship, and then act like that's somehow exercising your right to free speech? Jesus, the mental gymnastics.

Luckily, the creators of this site don't share your delusions, and actual free speech advocates will always be here to report your censorship and lack of respect for the rules of this website.

In fact, I've just reported your pro-censorship sub again, just for the hell of it. I'm sure the admins will get around to forcing you to explicitly state your anti-free speech position on your sidebar soon enough.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-16T13:26:05+00:00

Nope, I'm reporting them because they're breaking the rules that ensure free and open discussion on Saidit.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-04T16:29:55+00:00

Israel is one of the few countries that we should continue to fund. Having a relatively stable democratic ally in the Middle East is enormously valuable.

The vast majority of other foreign aid should of course be eliminated.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T20:46:18+00:00

Saidit is whatever we make it. I've been through /new/ whenever I have free time to try to counter some of the crazy propaganda coming through, especially the bigger, more important subs like /s/politics and /s/Coronavirus, but I can only do so much.

If you want Saidit to be a balanced place with free discussion from all directions, please post yourselves, and comment on extremist posts pointing out their flaws so that newcomers to Saidit know that we want open dialogue and don't brook propaganda.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:34:33+00:00

Who said this?

...the admins did. It's in the rules for moderators. Rules 4a and 4b.

Do you realize how many subs you could ban out of the feed by that logic? All subs that have a set of rules could technically be construed as banning free speech.

Practically none, as long as they allow disagreement, which they almost universally do? You're clearly on the wrong site here. I recommend Reddit for all your censorship needs.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:23:22+00:00

It's not "being changed". Saidit's rules specifically disallow it. I'm arguing that the rules already in place should hold for /s/all New as well.

They're not allowed because their censorship is antithetical to the anti-censorship community we're trying to build here. The trade-off is that you can have your echo chamber, but you're not allowed to advertise it on /s/all.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T18:36:30+00:00

Since d3rr is one of the founders of the site, I think they'd know...

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:46:42+00:00

This is a great idea. It could be kinda like quityourbullshit.

rdh2121 · 2020-06-30T18:31:49+00:00

Remember that whenever a headline asks a question, the answer is always "no".

That being said, God I hope so.

rdh2121 · 2020-06-30T13:51:00+00:00

It's telling that FWR survived when all of the subs made to criticize it were banned, especially given Reddit's racist new rules.

rdh2121 · 2020-06-30T00:09:53+00:00

Did you accidentally disable it in preferences? I disabled mine on purpose.

rdh2121 · 2020-06-29T22:46:35+00:00

I love Dunkey's content, but I always figured his taste in games was pretty far removed from my own, and this kinda seals the deal.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-26T18:46:09+00:00

Sounds like Sen. Tammy Duckworth might be a little racist.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-26T11:54:15+00:00

That's weird - I haven't seen him anywhere near a golf course.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-25T20:51:10+00:00

Hey, at least you've got the self-awareness to recognize it.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-13T12:15:46+00:00

But I thought republicans liked spending money on fences?

rdh2121 · 2021-03-12T23:46:25+00:00

Hi, just a reminder that if you're not going to allow debate (or men, for that matter), per Saidit rules you have to enable the option to remove your sub from the frontpage.

I saw this post from New, so you may have already done so, but I wanted to send a quick reminder just in case.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-12T18:17:50+00:00

I mean, it's pretty par for the course at this point. The Republicans have been the party of "socialism for Congress and billionaires, feudalism for everyone else" for at least three decades now.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-12T18:15:21+00:00

Why is this on /s/WikiLeaks?

rdh2121 · 2021-03-10T23:14:33+00:00

Can confirm that neither button changes at all for me when I vote. I've started using whether or not the number changes as my indicator for whether a vote went through.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-10T14:41:18+00:00

Pretty sure that if he held church services online, he wouldn't have been jailed. Which means, of course, that he wasn't jailed for church services.

rdh2121 · 2021-03-10T12:57:56+00:00

Always remember that if a headline is a question, the answer is "no".

rdh2121 · 2020-07-26T06:49:02+00:00

This is entirely false, according to the CDC, which clearly states that the current test is specifically for COVID-19.

You're absolutely right that your attempts at distraction and misinformation are not my concern, though, and you following me around the sub trying to muddy the waters with ridiculous assertions and accusations won't stop me from debunking the pathological science and conspiracy theories this sub is sadly currently full of.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-24T20:42:28+00:00

There is no medical need for them

If you count "not spreading a plague" as not a medical need, then sure, I guess.

absolutely nobody should have the authority to force someone else to use them, or any other "medical/safety" device.

You're not wrong, but if you don't wear a mask, you're still an asshole. Furthermore, any contribution you make to the spread of the virus is your moral responsibility, even if it's not your legal responsibility.

Be better, people.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-14T17:09:31+00:00

Jeezus, this is some of the most blatantly one-sided, biased, editorialized descriptions of the Portland protests that I've seen. Could you not find any sources that merely reported the facts, instead of also telling us what we're supposed to think about them, as though we're completely incapable of drawing our own conclusions? Be better Saidit.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-14T16:44:50+00:00

I mean, that makes sense, since currently there's practically zero evidence to support the bioterrorism conspiracy theory. The WHO should instead be trying to get the international community to put pressure on China to close its ridiculous wet markets.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-14T16:01:15+00:00

Subs are allowed to limit open discussion as long as they remove themselves from /s/all, which GC has done. I think this is a reasonable trade-off, since any post you find on the frontpage will be open to all points of view.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-14T15:56:20+00:00

This has nothing to do with the Coronavirus. Reported for being off-topic.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-04T17:32:26+00:00

It also has to be real socialism, but nobody knows what it looks like, since it apparently hasn't existed so far.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-04T17:12:54+00:00

This is the problem with our current pharmaceuticals industry. If they shouldered all the costs of research, they should of course be able to set their own prices. But, they're not shouldering those costs - we are. There should absolutely be price caps for private companies that accept public money for R&D, to provide a return to the Americans who are actually funding that research.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-04T16:23:26+00:00

Here's the post from two days ago.

Obviously the mod shouldn't be banned, but the unreasonable bans handed out so far need to be reversed, and I haven't heard any word from the admins on the situation yet.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-04T00:53:10+00:00

And what about the rest of the world? Are they in on it with the Democrats?

rdh2121 · 2020-07-03T06:00:47+00:00

This thread pointed out some suspicious banning behavior on the part of the /s/pinkpillfeminism mods. Some people were saying that posts on that sub should lead to the sub being banned, but I argued that it should be allowed to stay. Not four hours later, I myself had been banned from /s/pinkpillfeminism for unsatisfactory reasons, after just having defended them hours before.

Still waiting on an update for whether or not any of these unwarranted bans will be overturned, and whether the admins will step in and deal with the misbehaving mods over there.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-03T04:45:23+00:00

My royal "we" says otherwise.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T22:26:42+00:00

It looks like some of those communities might have been banned for advocating violence, which is against the ToS. /u/d3rr, do you know if that was the case?

If so, it seems that those bans were for pretty different reasons than a post simply saying "FUCK MEN" a bunch of times. Something like "Let's murder men right now" would be something I'd see as a bannable offense.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T22:15:00+00:00

Fair enough, the admins probably have a clearer idea of what they want out of the site than I do. Also, I have a couple of comments/questions:

Posts like that are definitely not the majority of posts on /s/pinkpillfeminism, so it likely isn't analogous to the subs you're talking about.
It seems to me that as long as subs that do act like that allow dissenting voices in the comments, they should be allowed to stay anyway. Were the subs you're talking about removed for not allowing dissent?

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T21:46:37+00:00

Posts like "FUCK MEN FUCK MEN FUCK MEN YALL EAT A DICK" should absolutely be allowed, especially on a sub like /s/pinkpillfeminism, but if the comments removed are in good faith and are high on the PoD, then the admins should definitely look into the mod's behavior.

Admins, is there any way for users to see what the content of the removed comments was? Do you think all of the removed comments constitute comments that should have been removed?

Edit: And no sooner have I defended them here than I've been banned from there as well. /u/d3rr, /u/magnora7, are you looking into these bans? My comment probably deserved to be deleted, but I don't think I deserve to be censored from that community permanently without warning. Any thoughts on what's happening, and whether my ban can be overturned, would be appreciated.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T20:53:29+00:00

This is because we have laws against profiteering during an emergency, with severe repercussions. The answer we usually see, and which we saw during the Coronavirus, is instead limiting purchases to a certain number per person, which is effectively a means of artificially influencing supply to help ensure that there's more to go around.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T20:47:52+00:00

Good point, sorry about that. I wondered why it was jumping to the middle of the comments section. I'll edit my top post. Thanks for citing your sources. :)

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T20:43:29+00:00

Can't make up a completely coincidental etymology? I mean, you absolutely could, but I'm not sure what the point would be.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T20:42:45+00:00

Are they idiots for attending the party? Absolutely.

Is this still a violation of their rights? Absolutely.

I hope they challenge this in court.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T20:35:09+00:00

~~Why are you citing a hilariously biased, glorified op-ed instead of an actual source?~~

Either way, it's awful how many people are refusing to get the vaccine - this is only going to lead to even faster spread of the virus, and even more deaths.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T20:27:51+00:00

But that's where my cum goes :(

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:55:56+00:00

Can you quote one of those posts for me, with full context? I absolutely support moderation of comments that aren't in good faith and are low on the Pyramid of Debate.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:45:15+00:00

Unfortunately, it seems citizens are the ones who are ultimately going to be responsible for upholding their rights to defend themselves. Hopefully that doesn't get ugly.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:43:58+00:00

I'm absolutely torn on abortion, but if it's a right we're giving to adults, we have a moral obligation to extend that right to children, who are in an even more precarious position.

I'd be fine with a ban on abortion, but that must come with a complete restructuring of sex ed, contraceptive availability, and extensive provisions for mothers and children as a result.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:24:39+00:00

Hopefully these are quickly challenged and struck down by the courts.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:21:21+00:00

Saidit is a free speech platform. To participate in /s/all, subs must allow free speech. Subs that advocate for censorship should not be allowed to promote themselves to the public here, as they're antithetical to the community we're trying to build. Allowing their censorship on the frontpage is tacit endorsement of their censorship.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:18:00+00:00

Absolutely, trolling is a problem on subs like GC, but moderators are allowed to remove comments low on the pyramid, and that's not a violation of Saidit's rules.

The problem is that GC also doesn't allow good faith disagreement or debate, which directly goes against the rules of Saidit, and therefore can't be allowed on the public /s/all page, and I think that should hold for New as well.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:15:38+00:00

All of these "consequences" are paper-thin and could even have the opposite effect. Wearing masks can make people more cognizant of the risks posed by COVID, for example, and can lead to better social distancing practices, for example.

Wear your masks people. Don't be an asshole.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T19:11:29+00:00

That's not true, and for good reason. Multiple states allow minors to choose to be vaccinated against their parents' wishes, for example.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T18:49:44+00:00

The editorializing at the end of your title is entirely unnecessary, and inappropriate for the /s/news sub. /u/Chipit, so far your posts here have reeked of disingenuousness, and are the opposite of the kind of content we want to promote in this community. Be better.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T18:46:05+00:00

This seems a bit more appropriate for /s/conspiracy than /s/politics.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T18:44:12+00:00

Here are the rules in question.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T18:24:12+00:00

Such a great song.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T18:04:29+00:00

This is probably among the best uncensored source that has been assembled.

He says as he unironically posts The Corbett Report, of all things.

I don't have time to take 22 minutes out of my day to watch trash, and then take another hour providing the sources it would take to debunk said trash while you post 5 new conspiracy theories in the same amount of time. Brandolini's Law, the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle is real.

I will, however, continue to point out your ridiculously biased sources, and also correct your misinformation when I have time.

Other users of this sub: let's be better than this. Let's start posting actual science here, and avoid inundating this space with conspiracy theories like this that will prevent the sub from actually being useful.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:42:07+00:00

That makes sense. I guess the question is whether we want to promote subs that censor content on a platform designed to be anti-censorship.

Also, it seems like word about those subs can still spread by word-of-mouth, and also through other associated "front-facing" subs like a hypothetical /s/debateGenderCritical that would conform to platform guidelines.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:28:29+00:00

Not sure if you're serious, but the NCAA is a college sports association in the US. This sub is likely for posting anything related to US college sports.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:23:55+00:00

I checked them out - their comments are pretty low on the Pyramid, but I don't think they warrant a site-wide ban. Just ban them from the subs they're spamming/not engaging with in good faith and move on.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:20:35+00:00

How is this funny? Is this sub just the right wing version of /r/PoliticalHumor now?

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:18:28+00:00

I mean, I'm all for pointing out how this is clear misinformation and fearmongering coming from Republicans, but I don't think I'd go so far as to advocate for actual voter fraud.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:15:34+00:00

Because he's a well-known conspiracy theorist, that's why. Can we also please stop with the sensationalist titles? This is the OPPOSITE of what we should want on the NEWS sub. Jeezus.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:11:27+00:00

Jeezus Christ. Can someone besides /u/Tom_Bombadil and /u/hennaojichan please start posting in /s/Coronavirus? It's starting to feel more like /s/conspiracy than a sub that actually provides useful information about the current global pandemic.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:08:40+00:00

Ruqqus is nice, when it's working. Haven't tried notabug.io yet, but it's supposedly pretty good too.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:07:10+00:00

Because at least half of those cuts were from reallocations, and these "cuts" have been shown to in no way reduce policing, militarization of police, or police brutality. It's not enough, and people should continue to protest until we get real change.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T17:04:43+00:00

There is no peer reviewed evidence that the masks reduce transmission. They should prove it works before forcing people to use them.

Peer reviewed research takes months to years. As someone who works in a field revolving around peer-reviewed research, trust me, I know. I'm still waiting on a paper of mine from 2 years ago to be published.

In short, there's no time to wait 2 years for peer reviewed research during a global epidemic, and masks are, yet again, a completely reasonable precaution in the absence of better data.

before they test for transmission with various masks they would first need to: A) Prove this is a new virus

Lol, absolutely not. Whether it's a new virus or not has literally zero effect on whether or not a mask would be useful.

Citizens should follow the recommendations of the CDC, including any of their recommendations for social distancing and mask wearing. Should masks be required by law? Probably not. Does going outside without a mask make you a giant asshole? Absolutely!

This face mask psyop is a hoax on a hoax on a hoax.

Conspiracy theories should go in /s/conspiracy.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:54:05+00:00

Probably because the majority of those "cuts" were actually just reallocations, and NYC is giving lip service to the idea of reducing police militarization and polite brutality without actually doing anything.

More substantial cuts are absolutely necessary, and I hope the protests continue until they achieve real change.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:51:36+00:00

This will rightfully be struck down by the courts. Hopefully the plaintiffs will be able to get an injunction in the meantime to prevent this law from ever taking effect.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:50:01+00:00

This kind of sensationalist title formatting needs to stop.

Anyhow, this only constitutes a 6% reduction in advertising revenue on Facebook. It's not hurting Facebook in the slightest, and ad companies are only doing this because they want to reduce advertising expense during the current economic downturn.

Once the Coronavirus starts easing off and the economy picks back up, those companies will absolutely come crawling back, boycotters or no boycotters.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:41:45+00:00

For me it was deleting my comments with Automoderator and not notifying me about it. I kept having to open my own comments in private windows just to make sure they weren't being deleted.

Then, when they are deleted, you have to spend a half hour playing whack-a-mole with the Automod trying to figure out what about your comment was triggering it.

That and powermods banning any comments contributing to discussion that happen to go against the mods' narrative, leaving the majority of subs as nothing more than huge circlejerking echo chambers.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:38:56+00:00

Like 99% of what comes out of Scott Adams' mouth, this is absolutely ridiculous, and isn't worth listening to.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:26:22+00:00

This kind of sensationalist, misleading propaganda is the OPPOSITE of what we should be promoting on the history sub, or on Saidit in general. Acting like groups of people don't change over the course of 150 YEARS is disingenuous.

We're on Saidit because we want to be better than this crap. Be better, OP.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:13:45+00:00

I'm definitely not MGTOW, but I'm always up for bashing Wikipedia. It's so incredibly transparently biased, especially in social and political articles, that it would be hilarious if it weren't so damaging, especially since there are no good alternatives.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:10:06+00:00

I think Sparknotes is fine, for the most part, and you just had a terrible teacher.

The problem with Sparknotes is that it's myopic by design, and intended to only convey the mainstream interpretations of a given text. Teachers should be aware of what Sparknotes has to say, but teaching from Sparknotes does a disservice to students.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:07:07+00:00

This is an interesting idea, but with the way Saidit works, with open modlogs and the ability to report moderators who violate site rules, I don't really think it's necessary.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T16:04:17+00:00

So... we're not even pretending this sub is about the Coronavirus anymore? We just an extension of /s/conspiracy now?

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T15:58:46+00:00

There's so much crazy here I almost don't know where to start.

police are the primary cause of violence

This is you putting words in my mouth.

Police have been scaling back their efforts

This is completely incorrect, as the complete sham of the police budget "reductions" over the past couple of days show.

Violence is highly seasonal, and can be directly correlated to things like the outside temperature. That's why crime is compared to what happened the previous year. This is well-known; you're telling me this is news to you?

And I'm the conspiracy theorist. Also, I thought the rise in violent crime was due to the disbanding of the anti-crime units? yOu'Re aRgUiNg AgAiNsT yOuRsElF, aNd LoSiNg.

These are the same NYC cops who, when everyone was running away from the flaming World Trade Center, ran towards it.

Yay, they did their jobs once.

Why am I not surprised they're being shit on?

Because you're aware of how militarization of police and police brutality have gotten to the breaking point, so you're rightfully shitting on them along with every other reasonable person?

Your propaganda isn't gonna work here bub. Your arguments are as transparent as your motives.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T15:44:20+00:00

The mask charade is a PsyOp to frighten people.

Nope, it's not. It's a good faith effort to reduce transmission, and hasn't yet been disproved by studies. It's a perfectly reasonable step.

Masks can prevent bacterial transmission, but viruses are many orders of magnitude smaller in size.

It's still a more than reasonable precaution, and again, Coronavirus hasn't been shown to spread through masks.

It's part of the scamdemic hoax.

Lol.

rdh2121 · 2020-07-02T15:40:38+00:00

That's why I like the Pyramid of Debate orientation that Saidit has. Calling people names and not productively adding to the discussion is rightfully removed, while controversial posts that do contribute remain.

rdh2121