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

    When you’re looking for dog whistles because you want to try and dismiss someone’s point/opinion you tend to find them everywhere. Not because they’re actually there, but because everything looks like one when you’re of that mindset.

    Reddit became too political. I literally said that. Lots of it is right wing, but vastly more of it is left wing. That’s not controversial to say. Their rules and enforcement literally state left wing talking points.

      • 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?