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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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538 points donohoe | 4 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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leakycap ◴[09 Jul 25 15:17 UTC] No.44511088[source]▶
When I saw this news, my first thought was that she lasted about 1 year and 11 months longer than I expected after the first few weeks.

I know Twitter had many terrible aspects, but I do miss the world voice old Twitter provided for quotes that could be engaged with in an "everyone is here" kind of feeling that doesn't exist on any other platforms right now.

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kylebenzle ◴[09 Jul 25 16:46 UTC] No.44512181[source]▶
Of course I hate what Elon has done to Twitter but you're feeling previously that everyone was there was an illusion brought on by massive propaganda and manipulation of the conversation. The same thing has happened to Reddit now, well it feels more inclusive and open it's actually an incredibly controlled enclosed system that only allows one specific viewpoint. Now of course to the people inside that bubble it feels like freedom but to everyone else it looks like a liberal echo chamber.

For example, when the actual owner of the at Bitcoin handle wasn't pushing the narrative that Jack Dorsey wanted they hijacked the moniker and gave it to a pro b Blockstream (THE COMPANY THAT CONTROLS THE BITCOIN CODE BASE) individual. For most people that support Bitcoin and blockstream it looks like a victory of free speech but in reality they're just controlling more and more of the speech and kicking out anyone from the conversation who disagrees.

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fkyoureadthedoc ◴[09 Jul 25 16:55 UTC] No.44512292[source]▶
> liberal echo chamber

It skews one way, but there's definitely a large diversity in opinions on Reddit that are not hard to find. It's also transitioning into an India social media site, just from sheer population numbers.

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1. peab ◴[09 Jul 25 19:01 UTC] No.44513651[source]▶
reddit is like the most censored part of the internet at the moment.
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2. arp242 ◴[10 Jul 25 00:24 UTC] No.44516065[source]▶
[ Removed by Reddit ]
3. bnralt ◴[10 Jul 25 01:52 UTC] No.44516451[source]▶
Right, Reddit banned any sub that disagreed with the progressive positions on Transgender issues, any mainstream subs would ban users for disagreeing with those positions, and heterodox subs were warned not to discuss them or else they could be banned. For instance, here's the Moderate Politics sub discussion on why they banned transgender topics[1]:

> The first of these banned topics: gender identity, the transgender experience, and the laws that may affect these topics.

> Please note that we do not make this decision lightly, nor was the Mod Team unanimous in this path forward. Over the past week, the Mod Team has tried on several occasions to receive clarification from the Admins on how to best facilitate civil discourse around these topics. There responses only left us more confused, but the takeaway was clear: any discussion critical of these topics may result in action against you by the Admins.

Also mod efforts to enforce an ideological view across the entire site. For instance, in the run up to the 2020 election, mods on the boardgame sub started going through the history of users and would ban anyone who voted for Trump.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatepolitics/comments/mkxcc0/st...

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4. fkyoureadthedoc ◴[10 Jul 25 14:45 UTC] No.44521682[source]▶
But subreddits are free, and unlimited. You can make one yourself if you don't like how another one is moderated. People that like your approach can gather there. Of course that takes effort and is not easy, but Reddit itself (for the most part) is not banning you or your sub if you want to make a right wing house plant subreddit. If you want to make a pro Luigi anti transgender house plant subreddit, it probably gets banned.

Leftist subreddits also get banned for breaking site wide rules. The /r/chapotraphouse subreddit got banned in 2020, for example.

Reddit is best experienced in general by ignoring default subs and finding smaller ones that are relevant to your interests.

Moderating a large sub is hard. The scale is just too big, and it's individual volunteers doing it.