About that "reddit is tearing itself apart" business, aka, "Media literacy 2016, the teachable moment."
1) It's a mistake to take a Gawker-derivative seriously, full stop. Their bread and butter is outrage and controversy, not understanding.
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2) It's a mistake to take that article, posted now, seriously. It's damage control for Huffman screwing the pooch. It's PR, not news.
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3) It's a mistake to believe testimony by mods. It's an open secret they're complicit in underhanded censorship:https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/523j7x/rpolitics_censorship_by_a_thousand_cuts/ …
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4) It's a mistake to believe a portrait of 300k subscribers that cherry picks, without letting them speak: http://archive.is/wdxeQ
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5) It's a mistake to believe these are extraordinary circumstances, when there is history to look back on.https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/2v7kx3/guy_exposed_a_cabal_of_users_taking_over_reddit/ …
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What you are seeing is not unlike a bully convincing the school principal that their target deserves detention for fighting back.
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