I know we pretty much all hated spez for all the shit he pulled, but a few weeks ago the tone towards reddit itself around here was more neutral. People liked it here on Lemmy a lot better, but people weren’t hating on the old place so much.

Recently I’m seeing this huuuuuuuge surge of just pure fucking hatred leveled at the site itself. Anyone else notice this or is it just me?

I mean, I was there because I thought it was alright. I hated spez for fucking it up and completely screwing his communities over. But I never hated reddit itself, and I still don’t. Otherwise I would’ve left a lot sooner.

Do you personally hate reddit? If so, why?

  • WhirlybirdEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m not saying anything about being “too woke”, no. I’m saying it’s too political now, being run by mods and admin that push their political agendas and censor and ban everyone they disagree with. It goes both ways, “far left” and “far right”. It just so happens though that the admins have made the site rules more “far left” meaning unless you play along with their talking points and ideologies you get banned.

      • WhirlybirdEnglish
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        1 year ago

        This is the exact thing you see in liberal circles - just say any objections to the politics is complaining about “being too woke”.

        I’m basing it off literally seeing things people get banned for. You can see all comments that get removed by admins/mods by going to reveddit.com. You get banned for “hate speech” for daring to say something as controversial as biological males shouldn’t compete in sports against biological females.

        I’m not a conservative btw. Have never voted for the Conservative Party in my country. I’ve voted for our “far left” independents more than I’ve voted for even our regular “liberals”.

        As I said, Reddit has gotten too political across the board, irrespective of which way it leans. If they banned people for being pro abortion I’d be against that since I’m pro abortion rights. It’s just a fact that Reddit leans very left in its moderation.

        I’ll ask you a question - do you think it was a conservative or a liberal that made “misgendering” a hate speech violation and ban worthy on Reddit?

          • WhirlybirdEnglish
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            1 year ago

            It’s not dependant on the community - it’s a site rule.

            I wasn’t banned for “misgendering” - or anything else - so you can stop with that.

            Avon with trying to dismiss a differing opinion as “oh you think think it’s too woke”. It’s like you didn’t read anything I wrote.

              • WhirlybirdEnglish
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                1 year ago

                So much wrong with this.

                Firstly, misgendering falls under the “no hate speech” site ToS. Not sub reddit rules - site wide.

                Secondly, admins are very active in censoring opinions and taking down posts. Again - reveddit.com. You can literally see that they removed posts very, very frequently. Not just mods - admins. They show differently.

                Admins ban you from the site, not the sub. Mods can only ban you from the sub.

                I also never said I don’t have a political leaning. I do - to the left. That doesn’t mean that I automatically agree with every liberal policy or thought. I’m anti abortion but I’m pro free speech. I don’t believe anyone should be censored for saying something.

                People like you always make the same mistake of assuming that literally everything that could be considered “conservative” is automatically wrong and should be censored. That’s what you’re saying here.

                And again - no, not site wide banned. I had absolutely received a 1 day site wide ban from admin for a post that said that no amount of hrt can get rid of the natural differences that come with biological sex, citing “hate speech” despite there being nothing wrong with what I said, along with science backing it up. I deleted my account months after that - the api changes but more so the extreme control being exerted by the admins after that were the last straw.

                Thanks also for confirming that you are a Reddit mod or frequent reporter of content you don’t like. People like you are what ruined the site because you can’t tolerate differences of opinions. Literally what I said in my original post 😂

                I’ll ask again since you still haven’t answered - do you think it is a liberal or conservative policy to ban misgendering and questioning of gender ideology?

                  • Whirlybird
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                    1 year ago

                    Not a word about “misgendering” my dude. For good measure here is the content policy as well. Please point out where you see this rule.

                    It’s covered by this:

                    not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups of people

                    They deem any talk critical of gender ideology as an attack on marginalized or vulnerable groups of people.

                    It’s also explicitly covered here on your link:

                    Promoting Hate Based on Identity or Vulnerability

                    It then lists “gender identity” as a protected class.

                    Revveddit hasn’t worked since the API changes so no, I can’t see that. Please show me some examples you have since you make it sound so apparent.

                    Damn, wasn’t aware of this since I just left reddit behind.

                    Well the rule doesn’t exist so there’s nothing to answer.

                    Classifying gender critical speech as “hate speech” for “attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups of people” exists, so answer the question please. Do you think that would be a democrat or republican application of the rule?

                    If this is all happening and is as bad as you say it is, then let’s see some links! A single link even! You’ve provided no evidence so far. It’s just a feeling you have as far as I am concerned.

                    If reveddit no longer works than that becomes pretty hard unfortunately. I do love how you’re acting like it’s a conspiracy theory that reddit is getting more and more left leaning though. It’s fact. Go create a burner account and go in to any article about gender or trans people in sport and comment something along the lines of “trans women are still biological males and should not be able to compete against biological females” and you’ll be banned, guaranteed.