I wasn't previously aware of the very, very racist parts of reddit.
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Khalifa Jayy
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That's what I mean. I didn't know there were subreddits dedicated to such vitriol and hate.
It's a pretty fucking stupid idea, because it means anything can exist despite the fact they can just slightly tighten up on enforcing some standards and stamping out dumb subreddits like that and telling people they aren't allowed to have a voice on reddit.
I mean the internet itself is a goddamn forum, I wish they would at least do people the courtesy of not having people stumble upon stuff like this on reddit.
Unknown Soldier
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Reddit is 4chan pretending to be respectable.
Never forget that.
Never forget that.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Businesses should be able to do whatever they want, but inaction is complicity, and that's how I judge Reddit.
Thank god for gaf
HUELEN10
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That and profiteering, privacy hating, content stealing, and corrupt.
Well, moot ain't perfect either. But I've been going to Moot's site since 2006.
Particle Physicist
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I have trouble navigating reddit. I don't get it, I stopped trying a long time ago.
freenudemacusers
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Never ever say never ever
many of the subbreddits are alright. It's not like the entirety of reddit users consists of racist, misogynistic douches
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Is anyone happy with their commenting system? It's so fucking bad, and it hasn't changed ever.
Khalifa Jayy
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Reddit is the main hub.
You have sub-reddits (similar to sub-forums on a forum like GAF) that you can subscribe to and receive content on your homescreen from those sub-reddits.
BearFlexington
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Worse than Liveleak commenters?
The only times I ever go to reddit are for oculus rift and elite dangerous stuff, and only because resources elsewhere for those specific things suck. So I'm a hypocrite, but I only go there, maybe like once every two months when I really need to find something. I'm not addicted like I am to neyogafe
HUELEN10
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It truly doesn't, they censor a lot of things. Out of all these imageboard and imageboard-like places, it seems ∞ and Ponychan of all places have the most free speech.
matty2Dfraud
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Welcome to the internets. It's not just reddit.
You literally could probably hire half a dozen people to check newly created subreddits and shut down the ones that are clearly blatantly racist, sexist, smut, etc. but I guess "free speech".
Last time I gave Reddit a try I searched for Ferguson which lead me directly to r/ferguson... and then I promptly got the fuck out of there. What a shithole.
They have fairly active white power neo nazi subs that are allowed to stay open I dont think they give a shit
I'd rather that than a forum that censors anything that could be construed as offensive. All of the absurdly the offensive/illegal/disgusting stuff on reddit can't be found unless you're looking for it. I've been using reddit for years and didn't know about the cute female corpse subreddit that was mentioned here, because I would never look for that.
Any comment section or message board anywhere online is prone to dumbass racism. There's not much anyone can do about it
Zeyphersan
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It's not even the back corners of reddit. It's the big subreddits, either in their posts or in the comments. The defaults have racist shit on them all the time
Well now that's just not true
Well now that's just not true
The only place on reddit I visit daily is r/oculus, because it's actually a fun and informative subreddit about VR.
Most of the time, when I look at things on the front page, the top comment is always a joke, and every reply to it is always trying to branch off of that joke.
I really think the karma system is stupid.
Most of the time, when I look at things on the front page, the top comment is always a joke, and every reply to it is always trying to branch off of that joke.
I really think the karma system is stupid.
How? How could the Internet at large be completely rid of all racism and hate speech? Have ISPs monitor everything everyone does and send people fines for being an asshat online?
smokeandmirrors
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Reddit fucking sucks and if it weren't for the sports subreddits I wouldn't use it at all.
that said it's pretty much stormfront on most of the defaults. actually im pretty sure it is stormfront pushing their bullshit talking points a lot of the time and the rest of reddit feeds off it.
that said it's pretty much stormfront on most of the defaults. actually im pretty sure it is stormfront pushing their bullshit talking points a lot of the time and the rest of reddit feeds off it.
A Fish Aficionado
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That's why you just go the imgur page of gone wild.
One of their admins even said they'd turn a blind eye to banning a subreddit as long as a hate subreddit keeps gilding comments, a while back.
They're letting actual hate groups linked to actual crimes use reddit to recruit into actual hate groups.
They have an actual strategy where someone will make a comment in a bigger default sub, then a bunch of them will gild the comment, so it looks like it's being upvoted.
There's actually some truly great subreddits like the ask historians and ask scientists sections. Don't get me wrong, Reddit is a disgusting shithole for the most part, but it does have some value.
Silicon Valley libertarians, everything is fair game until it affects them
Mostly nothing? You can't censor everything that you dislike or not agree with.
entremet
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If you own your domain, you can do whatever you want. That's beauty and the beast of the internet.
Blogger and Wordpress.com need to be alerted to taken be down.
Youtube puts moderation at the responsibility of the channel owner.
HUELEN10
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This guy gets it.
Let me guess. White?
CrushDance
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The internet is great, for the people in charge of it. You have sites like stormfront and chimpout(Seriously) that are very focused on that and have many members. Then you have the "big" websites where the racism is just casual and everything is a "preference" or ideology not to be questioned. In many ways, the internet mimics real life. The same people clumping together, ostracizing others and engaging in the same disturbing behaviour and mentality. Just don't bother visiting those places, it's the only real option until the majority start to care to correct themselves. You're not going to change them.
No, censorship and giving them any attention at all is what allows hate groups to flourish. Don't give the crazy, evil people legitimacy by trying to silence them. It's better to let the jackasses have their say and everyone else with a working brain can ignore or mock them.
HUELEN10
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Seriously, just knowing that there are some people out there that would want the ISPs to censor content scares me; a free and open internet had a lot of stuff you don't like, but it is important.
This is coming from a Jew that is tired of hearing "gas the k*kes" on some of these places quite regularly. Even with these hateful comments, not seeing them on the Internet doesn't mean the sentiments will go away IRL, so why even think about censoring the net for the sake of, at the end of the day, pointless "protection"?
This is coming from a Jew that is tired of hearing "gas the k*kes" on some of these places quite regularly. Even with these hateful comments, not seeing them on the Internet doesn't mean the sentiments will go away IRL, so why even think about censoring the net for the sake of, at the end of the day, pointless "protection"?
Its one thing to ignore, its another to give them a home of operations
AstroNut325
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I like reddit. News, space/science related stuff there is pretty darn good. Haven't explored further than that though.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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These last couple of weeks have shown me that people are even more naive than I'd imagined
depressing
depressing
CrushDance
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Did giving the KKK attention and focusing on them make them flourish or go in decline? Did passing laws stating that you cannot harass or reject service to someone because of their colour, not improve things? The majority never wants to correct themselves, it's too difficult. It also means accepting responsibility for the plight of others, instead of pretending that it has nothing to do with them. Or acknowledging the benefits or rather lack of humanity that it affords to be a part of the majority."Hi priviege". I used to be against the policing of the internet, I'm slowly warming up to it.
Unless previous posters haven't made it clear: you can't just "ignore" them. All the white power / hate group subreddits on Reddit actively attack users, game votes, and other activities on the default subreddits and small race-centered subreddits.
They even fucking bot the attacks now.
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