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well I think reddit implemented some of those more because they're control freaks but I can see how some of those things arise as a defense against these kinds of posts

I think people should expect to see horrible things on the fediverse

I think it was more common on the internet some time ago

I saw a dude

the things I've seen online that "haunt" me a bit when I think of it I guess are the watchpeopledie videos, seen enough suicide and death vids. Which is why I think I posted about what people think of gore, if not on here, then on another forum, wondering what people think of this kind of stuff. I'm pretty much desensitized to it but it's not something I would really want to choose to see. If people posted it and I have to take it down as a mod or I had a job like that, I don't think I'd be bothered by it (as someone posted a woman who had a job doing this who got mental issues from it and was trying to sue her employer). Maybe not as desensitized as I just look at it as a physical thing that happens, I don't feel as emotional about it. I do feel bad for the people and things in the world and suffer myself, but I also accept that certain things are happening or happened.

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iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Yeah, I second this. Reddit has far far far more violent and disgusting content.

The only reason they had the tools @masterofballs@wolfballs.com mentioned, is because they are authoritarians

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- masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  After being a site admin I've kinda started to think it isn't all authoritarian. Its bot and manipulation defense. For example, votes are used in the display algorithm. People will write a bot to auto down vote all post. That breaks the site algorithms. Post are not meant to start with negative karma. It screws all kinds of stuff up. People write bots to spam and make their products show up. Its cheaper than paying for advertising. A front page post where millions see it is worth thousands of dollars.
  
  People make 20 accounts and have entire conversations with themselves to make a opinion appear more valid. Its human nature to be more likely to accept a thing if everyone around you agrees with it.
  
  The hard part about enforcing counter measures is its difficult to do it without view point discrimination. You want people yo talk things out for themselves but it be a somewhat mirror of actual humans.
  
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  - iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    I see. Yeah, I agree, you need these kind of measures to protect your site.
    
    But, I think what people hate about Reddit mod/site rules are the unreasonable censorships, where they ban you if you don't obey their propaganda.
    
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    masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    Its absolutely infuriating you can't just post a video to r videos with a new account.
    
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masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
I don't want gore post. I don't consider that free speech. Its not a expression. You can't wave someone's decapitated head around a town square.

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- iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  You can, if you live in Kabul. Its their govt endorsed free speech to put peoples heads on spikes in the middle of the city. Ofc privilege only applies to members of the Taliban.
  
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  - masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    I know your joking but the Taliban can host their own instance I suppose with their own cultural norms.
    
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    iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    I agree with you, regarding pointless gore posts. Its not normal social media, and its better for them to be hosted on their own sites, for those who enjoy.
    
    But some gore posts have real value. Like videos of sports or industrial accidents. Normally these are sanitised by newspapers and media, and people have no idea of many dangers.
    
    People raised in such a censored safe space get into a real accident. Boom PTSD.
    
    Same with war. A lot more Americans and people in general would be against war, and the shit Biden is trying with Russia atm, if they were exposed to the horrors of the war, instead of "clean" news reports.
    
    Lot of people would be vegetarians if they had to see the slaughter instead of getting meat in a box.
    
    Gore can be educational for society, in certain instances.
    
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