Musk 'Pressured' Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report.

[ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works]

I definitely have wanted to but wasn’t sure if I should since no one else had. I should have just done it.

[socialmediarefugee@lemmy.world]

If they don't block you for asking

[Guest]

There has been unwarranted censorship at a scale I've never seen on Reddit
I thought it was the last bastion of free speech

While actual hate speech and seriously harmful content goes completely unchecked

It is unfortunate

Steve Bannon isnt welcome on Colorado. Phil Long Auditorium shouldnt host nazis.
I was banned for saying as much from Fucking Reddit of all places
Pointing out that there have been fires at dealerships lately does not equate to harrasment
Phil Long Auditorium should not host the Rally period.
Their casual attitude towards white supremacy is unacceptable and while i dont believe they should necessarily be burnt to the ground, there are better places to buy automobiles
They deserve to be boycotted
And i will punch a nazi mod in the face 100% of the time

Edit: UPDATE
2 PROTESTORS WERE RAN OVER BY TWO DIFFERENT HATE RALLY ATTENDEE"S CARS !!!
NAZIS ARE VIOLENT PIECES OF SHIT

Told you so r/Coloradosprings

Fuck yall

[socialmediarefugee@lemmy.world]

I'm amazed any of you get told why you were banned

[cmdrshepard42@lemm.ee]

Yeah that's likely what everyone else thinks too. Someone has to start the discussion

[Guest]

How's an IP ban even supposed to work when you get a new IP regularly?

[zenitsu@sh.itjust.works]

I got perma banned for calling a magat regarded and telling them to stop eating crayons, under rule 1:

Reddit is a place for creating community and belonging, not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups of people. Everyone has a right to use Reddit free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence. Communities and users that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned.

lol. The small and marginalized group of election winning fascists.

[wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world]

The mierdas touch!

[wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world]

Yeah same, I guess time flies when you're bombarded with shit 24/7

[Guest]

Reddit is dead to me and I was with it since near the beginning.

[nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

My God they've pissed off Hitler

[dfx4509b_2@lemmy.org]

I'd argue Lemmy and other decentralized platforms are the last bastion for free speech instead of Reddit though.

[yarharsuperstar@lemmy.world]

Add reddit. FRAGMAT? MAF G RAT? MAGA FRT? Oh thats not bad

[hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I actually pay extra to my internet provider for a fixed ip so that I may have a privilege of being permabanned

[charlxmagne@lemmy.world]

"Free speech absolutist"

[djsp@feddit.org]

For anyone who doesn't know: this is a clever reference to the myth of Midas' Touch that I'm totally stealing.

[fmtx@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Same. Joined at the Digg migration. Left at the 3rd party App-ocolypse. Reddit is dead. Or perhaps it's more accurate to say that it's a zombie: with more bots than actual human users, it's the Dead Internet Theory in action.

[droans@midwest.social]

There was that peak time back in the 2010s. Right after they got rid of all the worst hate communities but before they were taken over by astroturfing.

Maybe like 2014-2015ish?

[droans@midwest.social]

I'd argue Lemmy and other decentralized platforms are the last bastion for free speech instead of Reddit though.

Lemmy is kind of forced to be, too.

Horrific speech can be removed from the site. But if you want to see it, the admin logs are open to the public. Other instances also aren't forced to play along with the views of one instance. And each instance can choose whether they want to connect with others.

So you could create your own Christian Nationalist and White Supremacist Lemmy. But our instances don't have to federate with it. And if they choose to do so, we can leave for a different one or the users can block it entirely.

Lemmy lets anyone have a platform and, simultaneously, it doesn't force anyone to listen to you just because you have your own platform. Basically, everything that makes Lemmy a decentralized platform also makes it good for moderation without harming free speech.

[droans@midwest.social]

Haven't gotten banned yet but it's definitely gotten to the point on Reddit where you are aware that you can't discuss some topics.

Like mentioning Luigi could get you shadow-banned. Redditors acted like they were going to stand up against this and yet there's nothing. So the censorship is working - either all the comments are getting removed or people are too afraid to talk about it.