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668 points wildmusings | 3 comments | 24 Nov 16 00:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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seanalltogether ◴[24 Nov 16 01:24 UTC] No.13027203[source]▶
The tension that The_Donald and many alt-right subreddits place on reddit in general seems to be reaching a boiling point. I get the feeling the admins are just waiting for a credible reason to present itself that lets them cleanly wipe out all of them.
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gottam ◴[24 Nov 16 01:37 UTC] No.13027290[source]▶
What is the tension about exactly? That they don't align with their own personal political views?
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bcherny ◴[24 Nov 16 01:44 UTC] No.13027327[source]▶
I think it's more about the way they express their opinions, rather than the content of those opinions.

Posting in ALL CAPS, posting fake news or insults to other members of the community, posting to incite anger, etc. does not make for good discussion, and hurts the sense of community. That, and bringing that to other subreddits via brigading, etc.

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trungaczne ◴[24 Nov 16 01:50 UTC] No.13027356[source]▶
I hardly feel that sub to be any different than other political subs.

If anything, the insane censorship, hivemind of r/politics is more toxic.

But I guess the latter is "quiet" so it's alright. No discussion makes the best discussion.

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pavanky ◴[24 Nov 16 01:58 UTC] No.13027413[source]▶
The_Donald has the exact same problems and worse.
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1. a_bonobo ◴[24 Nov 16 02:09 UTC] No.13027464[source]▶
I've looked at the_donald a few times to escape my own filter bubble and it's very much censored - stuff like Trump's recent reneging on the persecution of Clinton didn't appear at all, and comments calling out Trump's lie about having saved that Ford factory from relocation to Mexico were promptly deleted. It's in their rules and that's part of the package, it's extremely controlled.

Use uneddit.com on the_donald if you want to laugh.

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2. Mithaldu ◴[24 Nov 16 02:34 UTC] No.13027558[source]▶
Holy shit, you were not kidding. uneddit makes it look like they just delete 90% of comments on principle.
3. tomp ◴[24 Nov 16 07:14 UTC] No.13028778[source]▶
But the point is, the_donald is obviously biased - it's literally in their name. On the other hand, r/pol is supposed to be politics in general, ideally free of bias, so censorship there is much more deplorable. I wouldn't care if r/leftwing_pol had a bias, but r/pol should be bias-free.