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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 1 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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c0wardthr0waway ◴[27 May 20 13:27 UTC] No.23322807[source]▶
"Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices"

Reddit is the best example of that. I don't want to defend him but look at every single news and politics related sub from /r/news, /r/worldnews, /r/politics etc.

But that happens here too. Honestly I blame the upvote downvote system more. Reddit and HN are both really wrong with it

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1. jaybeeayyy ◴[27 May 20 13:35 UTC] No.23322933[source]▶
How is reddit silencing conservative voices? Downvotes don't count. There's plenty of conservative and right leaning subreddits with a lot of activity.

Just because there's not as much traction or acceptance among the users of reddit for conservative or right-wing ideas, comments etc. doesn't mean Reddit itself is actively silencing voices. You can't force people to not downvote things they don't like or agree with.