I mean, I would agree if reddit wasn’t filled with hateful and violent post but it’s the case. Last week, I reported a popular post joking about rapping two women who OD just to get told to shut up by the mods. So the fact that this loser got the entire community banned just shows the type of justice you can expect from social medias controlled by tech-bros.
Comment on Babyllionaire Musk got r/whitepoepletwitter banned
donuts@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’m sorry but inciting violence gets any instance nuked, broligarch or federated.
Just read this:
Some of the screenshots say: “Muskrat’s DOGE Henchmen have been identified,” “It’s time to do more than dragging names, let’s drag their necks up by a large coil of rope,” “Time to hunt,” “I’ll say it. This nazi stooge needs to be shot,” and other comments sharing a similar sentiment.
Now of course we can gloat that R*ddit is bending the knee, but if a Lemmy instance was big enough to attract the same attention, exactly the same thing would have happened. No instance owner wants their whole instance get nuked by feds because the users of the instance are inciting violence.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
someguy3@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You have too many p’s. Rapping is ok.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Lol, fixed. English is not my first langage and the corrector was fine those rapping women.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 days ago
And two women rapping could be Salt N Peppa!
HonorableScythe@lemm.ee 6 days ago
The mod of a sub I watch confirmed earlier that Reddit is threatening moderators who don’t comply with removing the names of Elon’s goons from their subs, claiming that spreading those names is doxxing.
Those names, by the way, are Gavin Kliger, Ethan Shaotran, Akash Bobba, Luke Farritor, and Edward Coristine.
But nice scapegoat you got there.
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
You forgot Gautier Cole Killian.
Don’t forget to make and shame all 6 thugs.
- Gavin Kliger
- Ethan Shaotran
- Akash Bobba
- Luke Farritor
- Edward Coristine
- Gautier Cole Killian
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Bullshit.
I saw the screenshots. The upvotes didn’t even break 2 digits. At most, the comments would get removed and the users banned. Saying it makes sense for the entire sub to be taken down for the dozen or so idiots is, undeniably, bullshit.
The same types of comments have been made on lemmy. The instances did not get taken down or any legal action. Suggesting otherwise is nonsense.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 days ago
Yes, Muskrat used the power of the state to enforce laws arbitrarily and for his own benefit.
Weird how that keep happening in states.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Moderation is the law, not banning a sub. The continued banwave today I think speaks to that rather clearly.
DrFistington@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I mean. he’s a non elected foreigner who’s overstayed his visa and has no security clearance, and he’s stealing access to the most sensitive systems our country has. It’s absolutely time to hunt. Anyone have links to screenshots showing the identities of Musks henchmen?
3dmvr@lemm.ee 6 days ago
very little is considered inciting violence on reddit, I had a comment get removed for that once it was “I dont like h1b visas, it makes it harder for americans to get jobs when hella ppl are already struggling to find jobs with degrees rnow” they removed that for inciting violence than temp banned me for a week for appealing it
meldrik@lemmy.wtf 6 days ago
I’m putting the tinfoil hat on here, but wouldn’t it be rather easy to have some users go and post stuff like that in the subreddit? How many upvotes did those comments get?
At least on Lemmy, the votes are public, so manipulation can be discovered.
Also, if those posts were talking about Hamas, Hezbollah or maybe Russia, would that also have shut down the subreddit?
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I’m putting the tinfoil hat on here, but wouldn’t it be rather easy to have some users go and post stuff like that in the subreddit? How many upvotes did those comments get?
Sure, but why whitepeopletwitter of all places? If they’re trying to disrupt dissent surely there are more effective places to put their energy
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Sure, but why whitepeopletwitter of all places? If they’re trying to disrupt dissent surely there are more effective places to put their energy
Not that I think this is what happened, but I think the answer is actually really straightforward - how quickly will reddit bend the knee? Let’s find out.
Thats all it would take is a random thought to get there.
Again, not what I think happened. Enough people elsewhere saying the same things that its bound to get commented in a reddit thread as well.
I do, however, think Musk pushed for the entire sub to get banned, or spez did it proactively as a show of support (with a hope to bury his nose in Musk crack).
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 6 days ago
Based comments. How come Lemmy doesn’t have content like that?
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 6 days ago
And no instance owner wants to be considered an accessory to a crime planned in their space
tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Shit like that was frequently posted on the_donald back in the day, except targeting minorities, and the admins were fine with it
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Because your reports doesn’t matter. They don’t have any morals to begin with and will only comply for legal threats.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Tbf a lot of people wanted to nuke the sub, and I would bet a lot of those were fake accounts to force Reddit to ban it. The actual users would’ve been inclined to behave and keep their space.
9bananas@lemmy.world 6 days ago
“a lot of people wanted to” doesn’t matter on a corpo platform.
but if a greedy little pig-boy wants something gone, THAT matters.