I was looking through these recent /r/technology threads:
https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/apcmtf/reddit_users_rally_against_chinese_censorship/
https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/apgfu6/winnie_the_pooh_takes_over_reddit_due_to_chinese/
And it seems that there are a lot (probably most) of people completely clueless about the widespread censorship that already occurs on reddit. And in addition, they somehow think they'll be able to tell when censorship occurs!
I wrote about this in a few different subs recently, which you can find in my submission history, but here are some main takeaways:
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Over the past 5+ years Reddit has gone from being the best site for extensive information sharing and lengthy discussion, to being one of the most censored sites on the internet, with many subs regularly secretly removing more than 40% of the content. With the Tencent investment it simply seems like censorship is officially a part of Reddit's business model.
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A small amount of random people/mods who "got there first" control most of reddit. They are accountable to no one, and everyone is subject to the whims of their often capricious, self-serving, and abusive behavior.
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Most of reddit is censored completely secretly. By default there is no notification or reason given when any content is removed. Mod teams have to make an effort to notify users and cite rules. Many/most mods do not bother with this. This can extend to bans as well, which can be done silently via automod configs. Modlogs are private by default and mod teams have to make an effort to make them public.
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Reddit finally released the mod guidelines after years of complaints, but the admins do not enforce them. Many mods publicly boast about this fact.
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The tools to see when censorship happens are ceddit.com, removeddit.com, revddit.com (more info), and using "open in new private window" for all your comments and submissions. You simply replace the "reddit.com/r/w.e" in the address to ceddit.com/r/w.e"
/r/undelete tracks things that were removed from the front page, but most censorship occurs well before a post makes it to the front page.
There are a number of /r/RedditAlternatives that are trying to address the issues with reddit.
EDIT: Guess I should ment
... keep reading on reddit ➡You could say it's very prophetable.
If i told a Christian ,for example, how bible glorifies rape in some (by some i mean many) instances, theyd say im lying but in reality, there is so many parts praising and encouraging it.
Religion is helluva drug, kids
Turns out there was a lot of cross referencing.
This maybe our only hope. I'm not sure it would work but maybe 5-10 years from now, all the bluechecks cheering this will be scrubbed for something they're saying today. Of course I don't know if they'll see the light since they are incapable of self reflection.
The only other hope is that Twitter and other social media giants sanitize themselves so hard that even the normies will find them boring and they become unprofitable.
DUDEronomy
For instance, when I was watching the Bible Project, I realized the Epistle to the Romans was written at the time when the Jews returned to Rome after once being evicted by the Roman emperor, and there were arguments between the Jews and Gentiles about whether to keep certain Moses's law. I am really mesmerized by this sort of knowledge and wondering how I can get more. What are some books I can read to know more? Thank you so much!
I guess you can call me an eightheist
Hi Reddit! My name is Dominic Milton Trott.
I have led a relatively normal life, working in IT and as a father in the UK. Later on in life, I became interested in researching psychedelics and recording my experiences. I also frequented online drug forums, where I noticed that some users would suddenly drop off the radar, having died during their experimentation. I thought that if I could share my knowledge of what to expect along with the relevant safety information - the proper dosage, duration, precautions, etc - I could help to save lives.
I self-administered the drugs for a number of years and turned what I learned into a book, The Honest Drugs Book. I've now updated it with more drugs - 157 in total - and renamed it to The Drug Users Bible.
I have been interviewed by Vice and have just done my first on camera interview with Freethink, available at https://www.freethink.com/shows/dope-science/drug-use
Ask me anything!
Proof: https://i.imgur.com/tKHYJbk.jpg
PS: Some people have asked me for a link to the book itself. Here it is on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/099559368X.
The Bible says that if your eyes or hand cause you to sin, you should gouge out your eyes and chop off your hands.
It doesn’t say to blame women....
