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Reddit's switch to banning all subs that aren't ideologically "correct" is absolutely terrifying to me. Something really big and bad is happening in society and suddenly the idea that an actual revolution of some sort is in our future is way more realistic.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Jul 11, 2020

Reddit's one of the biggest sites on the internet and was a place for a huge variety of people from all sorts of ideologies to come together and have their own communities. This purge is a grievous loss of something that was really special. I'm really fucked up about this.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

I feel so active about this. Nothing's made me feel this hyped and angry in years. I want to write somebody or go protest. I would literally go protest in the streets about this. Or cry. I feel dumb if I cry about this but I think it might happen. I read all those subs so much.

3:45 AM · Jul 11, 2020

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are you upset they banned the_donald

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Yes

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I feel the same way...Scary how fast we give up on something so critical. I’ve also realized I’m part of the problem: I haven’t always said what I really thought w/ honesty and courage. Easier to go w/ the herd as defending free speech / free thinking has real consequences.

James”Jamie” Aaron Thomas

@JThomasOfficial

Jul 11, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

Go for it! Express how you feel- it’s not dumb! It’s ireprehensible that it’s taking away places for people to discuss things they don’t see eye to eye on- how can we make progress without discussion and exploration...

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Open internet is dead. My 5yo daughter won’t be going to kindergarten. We need to pray (as atheists) that the fucking Republicans keep a slender senate majority. Things are messed up, I feel you. Oh & it would be nice to have some perspective from Scott A right now

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it’s weird because you usually have a very detached unemotional position about things I have feelings about, and that is completely reversed here; just making this observation feels like a role reversal

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Other details to hate: 2 types of white washing, IMO: 1. Banning tons of tiny subs then saying "99% bans weren't even active" 2. Lumping in r/Cumtown and Chapo to not seem partisan Then there's the new policy being explicit about asymmetric enforcement:

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The Safest Space

@TheSafestSpace

Jun 29, 2020

New Reddit hate speech policy does not apply to "people in the majority"

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Yeah, I'm ok with all the racist and transphobic subreddits going away. They can go to VOAT for all I care. And this probably not some "altruistic" move. The company probably thought it was time to shut them down before their ads stated pulling out.

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How does one strike the proper balance between canceling even minimally controversial user content and an un-moderated hellscape of spam, conspiracy, and evil? Also, what incentives could influence a company to stay at that happy medium?