the truth is that those mods have demonstrated a sustained strategy of censorship and information control. they are petty and vindictive, and if they don't like you they will find a reason to remove you from "their" subreddit that they believe and act as if belongs to them.

pretty terrible community leaders, that's what they are.

personally i am embarrassed by the behavior of those mods. they have poisoned what was once a great subreddit and community.

[–] MozooZ@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 10 points 7 months ago

True all the way around.

[–] RCisthename@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 10 points 7 months ago

Well said and agree

[–] MozooZ@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Notice the last two points from the Reddit TOS and how that relates to this issue.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, those are guidelines. Notice it says "please don't..."

[–] AnimorphFan1996@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand –– are you actually defending censorship on Reddit?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, I'm not defending anything about reddit. It's reddit. You get what you pay for.

[–] Chives@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ultimately, it's up to Reddit what breaks their ToS and what doesn't.

Good catch. Language matters.

[–] AnimorphFan1996@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

@themeatbridge @Chives I get where you are both coming from. Practically speaking, Reddit can censor however they want. And our recourse is of course to migrate to federated platforms like Lemmy. But there is a movement towards freedom of speech on very large online platforms. (Although, if Reddit continues its decline, then it may never become large enough.)

"The DSA [Digital Services Act] also stipulates that users are informed about, and can contest removal of content by platforms, having access to dispute resolution mechanisms in their own country. [...] In addition, if platforms are not currently providing explanations to users about their removal decisions, this process will need to be instituted across the board."

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/12/how-companies-prepare-digital-services-act/

[–] Chives@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That would only apply to EU, though, right? I suppose it would be possible for it to force across the board changes from some sites, but I don't know if Reddit would be one of them. Something to keep an eye on but not something that means I should give Reddit another chance, IMO.

[–] AnimorphFan1996@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, as I understand, the Digital Services Act applies only to users from the European Union. And it does not apply to Reddit because it is comparatively small and declining. So, of course, don't migrate back :-)

We can vote with our feet, e.g. migrating from Reddit to Lemmy. And we can literally vote against censorship, e.g. this particular provision of the Digital Services Act.

[–] Chives@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 3 points 7 months ago

Love it, vote with our feet, vote with our online activity!

If we leave, the advertisers won't pay near as much - and so the companies will have to try to better themselves to win users back.

That won't work, by the way - since there's nothing better than an open source community run platform.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The reddit of old is already dead. What's left is just a corporate investment wearing the skin and pretending nothing has changed.

[–] AnimorphFan1996@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 3 points 7 months ago

Agreed!

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

I assume more “Reddit doesn’t actually give a shit, or there wouldn’t be so many power tripping mods in the first place”

[–] Chives@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So frustrating - but certainly not the first time.

I was banned from Superstonk for posting about Lemmy on a subreddit unrelated to GME.

Shared it here when it happened. https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/25525

[–] MozooZ@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 7 points 7 months ago

Madness.

[–] ZombiezzzPlz@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Keep the activity up on this sub and this will be the new ss soon

[–] AnimorphFan1996@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

the new ss

(in a good way)

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

The SS mods have been sus af for a very long time, mods in general usually sway that way as well. I get that the dumb ass admins put extra pressure on SS but that doesn't excuse all the bs

[–] RCisthename@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 10 points 7 months ago

Ho-lee-sheet! I mean I know they are ban happy and clearly censoring but damn.. this seems extreme, even for them.

We must be close boys and girls! Pretty darn bullish honestly

[–] SubDRSive@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 8 points 7 months ago

Keep in mind that the mods are doing what rich assholes tell them to do. Like politicians are used to stir outrage.

That's why we're succeeding; we're not buying the drama, we're buying shares.

I'm betting that many recent moves on Reddit were implemented to distract from useful narratives and churn ethical mods out. Thus we have Platinum Sparkles.

[–] grownthenflown@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 6 points 7 months ago

Ban the responder, not the brigader?

[–] jackofspades123@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 5 points 7 months ago

"The where doesn't matter"

WOW

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Superstonk was a psyops and I fell for it, now I'm broke as shit and have nothing to show for it.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

I was know it That I was poet