Reddit shuts down /altright

[Jaskalas]

Gizmodo reached out to one of Reddit’s “powermods” who told us via email that he heard “they were encouraging users to go to some kind of ‘bounty’ site, where users collaborate to attempt to gather personal information on targets.”

Sounds like crimes were actively being committed.

 

[ivwshane]

Boom, down goes the strawman!

I haven't seen anyone say or suggest that they don't (or shouldn't) have the right to do whatever the want with a sub. They are a private company and can set whatever policies they want under the law.

That's because you are a fucking moronic hack.

Welcome to Amerika where "free speech" is king! Where conservative ideology is considered so utterly vile and offensive that it's commonly suppressed throughout our society as acceptable practice without regard or concern for the most sacred of our country's founding principles and tenets. Free indoctrination and "safe zones" offered at most every major college and university! This is the new American dream...totalitarianism for all! Come one, come all!

 

[thraashman]

Boom, down goes the strawman!

I haven't seen anyone say or suggest that they don't (or shouldn't) have the right to do whatever the want with a sub. They are a private company and can set whatever policies they want under the law.

So you missed the original post I see. Here, let me link it to you since he clearly is indicating his belief that this is a free speech issue when it fucking isn't.

Welcome to Amerika where "free speech" is king! Where conservative ideology is considered so utterly vile and offensive that it's commonly suppressed throughout our society as acceptable practice without regard or concern for the most sacred of our country's founding principles and tenets. Free indoctrination and "safe zones" offered at most every major college and university! This is the new American dream...totalitarianism for all! Come one, come all!

Edit: Damn, I got distracted with work (I know, who does "work" during the work day when there's internet arguing to be done) and missed that ivwshane has already pointed this out to you.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Edit: Damn, I got distracted with work (I know, who does "work" during the work day when there's internet arguing to be done) and missed that ivwshane has already pointed this out to you.

My bad. But it was such a great rant!!!

 

[1sikbITCH]

Why not just ban members doing that vs. shutting down who subreddit?

The management of the subreddit refused to ban the members. So ownership revoked their charter. Go ask the mods why they didn't do their jobs.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Meh...hopefully conservatives with a spine won't shed a tear. Most conservatives I run across are tired of this alt-right bullshit hijacking and poisoning real conservative ideology.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Welcome to Amerika where "free speech" is king! Where conservative ideology is considered so utterly vile and offensive that it's commonly suppressed throughout our society as acceptable practice without regard or concern for the most sacred of our country's founding principles and tenets. Free indoctrination and "safe zones" offered at most every major college and university! This is the new American dream...totalitarianism for all! Come one, come all!

Careful, you'll give yourself as case of the vapours.

 

[agent00f]

https://voat.co/

Welcome to Amerika where "free speech" is king! Where conservative ideology is considered so utterly vile and offensive that it's commonly suppressed throughout our society as acceptable practice without regard or concern for the most sacred of our country's founding principles and tenets. Free indoctrination and "safe zones" offered at most every major college and university! This is the new American dream...totalitarianism for all! Come one, come all!

Reddit is a private company and as such is within their rights to shut down any sub they want. The flip side is that it's very clear that reddit, much like twitter is not friendly to conservatives. If you are conservative, reddit does not want you there, so find other places to go. Seeing how well this strategy is working out for twitter, I wish reddit equal amounts of success

Bad move IMO. Sensoring free speech even if what they say is retarded. If you dont want to read it, dont read it. Simple as that.

Hey guys, just a heads up that the conservatives tired of being subjugated created their reddit alternative at https://voat.co/. I agree it would be best for everyone if all y'all took Pokerguy's advice and moved on down there to avoid the oppression.

 

[norseamd]

We've had a few for months. Go check the Gamergate thread and you can find at least 2-3 any given string of posts.

There are other people who have used that thread as well however.

 

[norseamd]

Can they finally ban /r/TheDonald?

 

[twelfth]

Sounds like crimes were actively being committed.

Exactly. Reddit's pretty liberal (heh) with how you can use their site and what kind of subreddits can be made... but when you start adding criminal elements into it, you're gone. This is what happened with /r/altright.

This thread is a blessing. It becomes immediately evident who belongs on the ignore list.

 

[IronWing]

Where conservative ideology is considered so utterly vile and offensive

This part is true.

 

[MajinCry]

This thread is a blessing. It becomes immediately evident who belongs on the ignore list.

Moreover, it shows who of the resident posters contribute to that sub. I wonder if Orooroooroorooroo will chime in. It'd be classic.

 

[werepossum]

You don't get how "free speech" works do you?

We all understand how free speech works. The left gets to say whatever offensive things it wishes, usually subsidized by taxpayers, and then gets to physically attack anyone who says anything they do not wish to hear while blaming the victims of their attacks. At least, that's how it works now in fundamentally transformed Amerika.

 

[Victorian Gray]

We all understand how free speech works. The left gets to say whatever offensive things it wishes, usually subsidized by taxpayers, and then gets to physically attack anyone who says anything they do not wish to hear while blaming the victims of their attacks. At least, that's how it works now in fundamentally transformed Amerika.

Don't choke on any of that straw you're tossing around.

 

[mikeymikec]

Welcome to Amerika where "free speech" is king! Where conservative ideology is considered so utterly vile and offensive that it's commonly suppressed throughout our society as acceptable practice without regard or concern for the most sacred of our country's founding principles and tenets. Free indoctrination and "safe zones" offered at most every major college and university! This is the new American dream...totalitarianism for all! Come one, come all!

I think a lot of conservatives would disagree that conservatives are neo-nazis. I think a lot of anti-conservatives would disagree with that notion as well!

 

[shortylickens]

I love the direction they want to take this country...don't you?

Reddit and Anandtech are not taking the country in any direction. They are private sites that let members talk about specific subjects.
Are you trying to be annoying or is it accidental?

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Reddit and Anandtech are not taking the country in any direction. They are private sites that let members talk about specific subjects.
Are you trying to be annoying or is it accidental?

I was referring to an increasingly significant element of the slack-jawed neanderthal left who are so intellectually challenged and mentally depraved that they actually conflate conservative speech with hate speech and believe it with every ounce of their soul....I'm not talking about Reddit or AnandTech specifically. I'm talking about morons.

 

[SheHateMe]

IIRC correctly, they actually had a stickied thread on their sub for people to go to some website for doxxing people. That's a HUGE no-no on Reddit.

 

[TeeJay1952]

I hold the cursor over Show Ignored Content and it is shows who you arn't reading. I alway nod my head and go O Yeah.

 

[fskimospy]

I love how ATPN conservatives somehow find a way to make conservatives the victim even when these people were basically committing crimes. Your capacity for victimhood never ceases to amaze me.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Without religious persecution, they're lost, so they make some shit up

 

[agent00f]

Everyone here should keep in mind that the internet was essentially created by the leftards at Berkley/CERN/etc.