They have no problem with r/worldnews calling for Palestinians to be exterminated or r/Conservative demanding slavery back, but laughing at a Nazi who said gun deaths were "worth it" getting gunned ...
    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      0·
      5 days ago

      Reddit fears retribution, especially the fiscal kind.

      The fediverse is not immune to bullying by powerful people, but it’s much more of a pain as we more resemble a hydra.

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 days ago

    No offense, but r/TheDeprogram was actually a pretty toxic community. It doesn’t surprise me that it got banned.

    • Five@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I hope it doesn’t surprise anyone it was banned. But let’s not pretend its because they were toxic. The only reason Reddit has ever pumped the breaks on a toxic community that wasn’t politically left is when they were dragged over the coals in the mainstream news about it and it threatened to hurt their advertising revenue.

      TheDeprogram’s ban is political censorship. If you don’t embrace late-stage capitalism, it is not safe to build a community on Reddit.

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        Since Luigi they have gotten a lot more strict about this stuff.

        But ironically I feel like this is kind of the same situation as Kirk. I’m sad for the situation that led this to happen. There are contributing factors here that are deeply troubling and should be addressed. But I don’t feel sad for Kirk and I don’t feel sad for the DeProgram even though I don’t think it’s right to leave that decision up to assholes in suits.

      • Archangel1313@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        I don’t disagree with that. My point was more along the lines that that particular community is home to some pretty rude assholes. When the difference between getting banned and not, depends on the extent to which a rule gets violated…that community definitely has a very high number of people with no filters, who regularly spew some pretty rancid takes. Not really the types to “keep their heads down, until shit blows over”, if you know what I mean.

        And unfortunately as you indicated, due to Reddit being Reddit, now is probably not the best time to go out of your way to prove how edgy and anti-establishment you can be. It just gives them an excuse to pull the trigger on you.

    • PunnyName@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      They kept jailbait up until it got national publicity.

      They kept fat people hate until it got negative attention. Same with watch people die.

      It’s always about the money and their optics.