• mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1214·
    11 days ago

    Is this really so bad? I mean… I get it. When you’re trying to moderate something with thousands of posts, and a ton start coming in that are low effort/bot posts saying things like “unpopular opinion: I support Luigi” or “unpopular opinion: I am glad Biden won’t be president” it makes sense. Those are just such constant topics with such a wide range of ideals. Whereas an unpopular opinion they might want to spur conversation would be “unpopular opinion: I don’t mind my socks being damp or wet” otherwise it’s just constant shitposts.

    Plus, Reddit isn’t the (US) government. Your expectation of free speech should be null.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      83·
      11 days ago

      Plus, Reddit isn’t the (US) government.

      When your policy is so bad your only defense of it is “technically we didn’t violate your civil rights”, maybe reconsider it.

      • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        11 days ago

        Your rights as a person and citizen don’t magically extend everywhere. Otherwise you turn into a sovereign citizen. This weird obsession on Lemmy with this idea you should be able to say whatever you want online anywhere is fucking stupid and weird. A website is like another business or home (or even a newspaper… which at times has also pulled ideas they don’t agree with). You’re showing up to it. If you don’t like the rules in one place, go to another (or read a different paper). Or make your own.

        Also, I love the irony of me making an unpopular opinion comment on a post about unpopular opinion.

        • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
          8·
          11 days ago

          What you miss is people aren’t arguing from a constitutional perspective. They’re saying that it’s fucking ridiculous that sites like reddit censor perfectly legal speech while also billing themselves as bastions of free speech.

          There is a certain logic to it. If you want to bill your site as a public square, then maybe you shouldn’t censor anything other than speech that is actually illegal. It is not illegal to say things in support of Luigi Mangione. In fact, it’s perfectly legal, and totally Constitutionally protected, for me to go right now and hold a big sign in front of NYPD headquarters saying, “Luigi Mangione is a saint, and I hope to see a hundred more like him!” The law restricts true threats, but those are defined way, way narrower than many on social media seem to think.

          People aren’t saying that reddit or other platforms can’t censor content on their platform, they obviously can. But you also shouldn’t bitch about people pointing out the rank hypocrisy of sites that bill themselves as public squares censoring content to serve their corporate overlords.

          • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            10 days ago

            I don’t disagree with some of your points, but I also don’t believe that Reddit really ever said it was a free speech platform. Twitter has for sure (because of Elon), but Reddit has really been a “front page of the internet” believer. They felt more like an aggregator and newspaper. Which definitely has a lot of censoring and opinion blocking in the world of print too. I mean, remember when they got rid of jailbait or space dicks, was that a speech problem? Some felt it was, but it was definitely something we all realized was wrong and that a private company tries to protect its “brand.” Obviously being on Lemmy and leaving after the API change means I didn’t agree with them and I found another place that aligned more with my values.

            You holding that sign up though is legal, however only on public property, and only if you’re taking up less than half of the sidewalk and not in the path of traffic. You also cannot use an amplified device (unless you’ve filled out the permit) and your sign cannot be on any wood or metal sticks. If you step onto private property you can be asked to leave or removed. That last one is also something that just like a website isn’t restricting your right to free speech, just that a specific building/business/owner doesn’t want to be in support of it.

            In the end, why are we all still talking about Reddit. This site definitely has users that love going back to their crazy ex to fuck and then realizing it’s still crazy like as if it would change.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          72·
          11 days ago

          This weird obsession on Lemmy with this idea you should be able to say whatever you want online anywhere is fucking stupid and weird.

          I don’t think talking about current events in a shit posting sub rises to the level of “weird obsession”.

          • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
            51·
            11 days ago

            If we’re talking about the Unpopular opinion subreddit (what the image is from). They also had President, presidency, Trump, and spez. They’re just big things that end up with a lot of garbage. A sub about unpopular opinions filled with the same “Donald Trump bad” becomes boring and annoying.

            If we’re talking about the Lemmy Shitpost community then they specifically call out no derogatory language towards anyone’s Race, gender, or religion. Is that trampling your civil liberties?

    • DrDeadCrash@programming.dev
      13·
      11 days ago

      It’s part of a larger trend of social media blackouts, this is bad because it lets the wealthy control our discource in the furtherance of their oligarchic aims.

  • DrFistington@lemmy.world
    1423·
    11 days ago

    Let them come, and also fuck reddit. You’re banned for a comment that was deleted, you can’t see what you said to determine how it violated the rules. You get one message for an appeal. Do you feel lucky? Well do you…punk!

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      28·
      11 days ago

      And around here you can see any mod removals by clicking “source”. It’s like a big red flag saying, “Read this because the mod doesn’t want you to!”

      • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
        222·
        11 days ago

        It’s much easier to just look at the mod logs then to sort through a bunch of code.

        Just FYI

      • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
        24·
        11 days ago

        They must not, I got banned for quoting eat the rich by Aerosmith and nothing with the appeal. Like that cannot be a bannable offence

        • BetaBlake@lemmy.world
          4·
          11 days ago

          They definitely don’t read them, because I got banned for making a very obvious (ridiculous) joke and I explained that in my one measly appeal message that for sure went ignored.

          • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
            1·
            9 days ago

            There’s also the possibility that they do read them, they’re just humourless morons that don’t understand the difference between a joke and a threat on someone’s life.

    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
      9·
      10 days ago

      I got banned for telling someone to crawl back in their hole because they said female genital mutilation was horrible but that circumcision was fine because it looks better.

    • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub
      101·
      10 days ago

      Knowing the average redditor, they probably had like 6900 posts about Luigi (or every of those banned words) every hour for weeks.

      I don’t blame the mods for dealing that way with karma-addicted redditards.

  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
    917·
    10 days ago

    Given how monotonous Lemmy is with the same topics being posted ad nauseum, I can 100% see why the Reddit moderators would do this.

        • Seasm0ke@lemmy.world
          62·
          10 days ago

          Coming to a platform started by leftists and MLs and expecting sympathy for mass murderers because they have a C class job title is on you guys tbh.

          • Maalus@lemmy.world
            56·
            10 days ago

            Bruh their point is literally “nothing interesting because people keep repeating slogans without even reading or understanding”. And you keep doing it.

            Nobody said anything about CEOs. You added your own narrative.

            • Ledivin@lemmy.world
              72·
              10 days ago

              Nobody said anything about CEOs. You added your own narrative.

              Nobody except for literally the post that you’re commenting on? You know, the entire basis of the forum that you’re participating in?

              • Maalus@lemmy.world
                44·
                10 days ago

                I’m commenting on the comment chain. The post is about banning keywords. The chain is about Lemmy droning on about the same topics without anything new to say. There is nothing about billionaires here, yet the one I responded to had to make it about that, proving the OP right, then going deeper in.

            • Seasm0ke@lemmy.world
              11·
              9 days ago

              It reads to me that they are complaining about the number and nature of Lemmy posts around topics featured in the image, captioned Luigi and largely revolving around the actions he took against a CEO. Im also tired of seeing people complain / Pearl clutch about the one time americans got close to class consciousness.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    65·
    11 days ago

    “Mario’s brother”

    “The Mansion Owner”

    “Splattered Brain Thompson”

    “CE Oh shit the consequences of my actions!”

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      61·
      10 days ago

      That’s quite dumb. Besides blatantly violating the one site-wide rule we’ve been pretty lenient with here on Lemmy, you’re suggesting someone gives their life to rid us of Spez?!? THAT is your priority?