The post "How reddit was destroyed" obviously made somebody on this website very uncomfortable. They cheated the post out of the attention it deserved by, not deleting it, but actually making it disappear. Just making sure it doesn't go anywhere.
168 2013-12-12 by [deleted]
26 comments
4 thatsnotoregano 2013-12-12
15 comments, 14 are showing up. Someone in here is shadowbanned.
1 [deleted] 2013-12-12
Is it me?
1 thatsnotoregano 2013-12-12
No, I can see your comment.
3 Letterbocks 2013-12-12
This post is already currently top of hot.
1 AssuredlyAThrowAway 2013-12-12
And soon all top 25 posts in hot will be this post.
Teach the fucking admins what happens when they manipulate content.
2 Letterbocks 2013-12-12
I'm not sure the admins will give a fuck about it tbh.
I am not defending them or anything, nor do I (or really any of us) know wtf happened, but shitting on our own doorstep seems somewhat counter-productive to me.
That said, I certainly won't impede other users if they decide to stage this quasi-protest and shall not downvote or meddle with it, merely wish them good luck in getting answers.
4 AssuredlyAThrowAway 2013-12-12
Really I'm just hoping the mods will make a statement beyond "It was put in the spamfilter and we don't know who did it, but we removed it."
It's happened in subs before when content was suppressed, I hope it won't negatively affect the sub and I assume this too shall pass.
3 Letterbocks 2013-12-12
Agreed mate. A more fleshed out mod statement would be very helpful.
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9 AssuredlyAThrowAway 2013-12-12
Nice try, David.
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1 HolographicMetapod 2013-12-12
http://i.imgur.com/JlxCpP8.gif
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1 HolographicMetapod 2013-12-12
Yeah but realistically, how many other people does that apply to?
0 [deleted] 2013-12-12
Good. That's where it was when it was deleted.
3 [deleted] 2013-12-12
STICKY THIS! I'm sorry but I am sick of this shit. Lets talk about the shit they don't want people to see. Sticky the STRATFOR files. Sticky the Child Pedophilia files. Show us you're not cowards.
2 Chucks_Punch 2013-12-12
I have only been around for maybe a year. Is it really that obvious and rampant?
6 Letterbocks 2013-12-12
the modding of /r/politics is pretty suspect, /r/news seems pretty bad on particular topics and particular sources. Some smaller subs not so much. The defaults and front page is just bad nowadays but it has been bad for a while. Not sure how much is change or how many shitty image macros anyone can take before feeling like they are draining iq points by even looking at them.
There are some pretty thinly veiled 'viral' posts (GoPro!) and stuff like that.
Some pretty bad stuff seems to have happened in specific instances (the repeated deletion of guardian snowden articles on /r/news was particularly blatant and shitty) but I'm not sure how endemic or sanctioned from above it is.
I think the disgruntled posters here make some good points, but I don't think that the mods of every single sub are in on anything. Certain powermods wield some hefty editorial power over some big subs though, and when they act on an agenda it really fucks the place up.
I personally, for instance don't see much evidence of mod abuse in this sub, aside from the removal of this post originally. but /u/Sarah_Connor says it's not in the modlog, so who knows?
-1 [deleted] 2013-12-12
It has gotten worse in the last year. Here is one example.
2 AssuredlyAThrowAway 2013-12-12
Damn right brother!
2 officialnarrative 2013-12-12
MAN! I keep telling you! Don't question the official narrative!
1 looknclick 2013-12-12
We need a whistleblower to tell us what's going on!
1 DwarvenPirate 2013-12-12
God, destroy reddit already so i dont have to see this crap anymore...
1 carcoma 2013-12-12
It disappeared?
http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1she85/how_reddit_was_destroyed/
Can also be found here: http://www.reddit.com/user/aaaa222/submitted/
or you can search for it: http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/search?q=how+reddit+was+destroyed&restrict_sr=on
Or are you just saying that you can't find it the 'normal' way?
3 JustMadeYouYawn 2013-12-12
Because you seem ignorant about the details here's what went down. Post reached top of /r/conspiracy. It disappeared. OP can still access it by hyper link but you can't see it in the top tab anymore. He complains to moderators. No one knows who did it. Sarah_Connor said he revived the thread but it became a one day old thread in the new section and it was impossible to gain any traction due to karma decay. No one will see it if they only visit the default conspiracy subreddit. It'll get buried no matter how many upvotes it gets. Sarah_Conor said it wasn't deleted but it was labeled as spam so there's no moderator log trace of who exactly labeled it spam. IF it was deleted, there would be a trace.
So now you're left with the original dead thread that you can still "access" but was robbed of the discussion momentum and attention momentum.
1 carcoma 2013-12-12
I really was ignorant about the details, I read the original one and then with all the reposts, etc, I looked for it. And since I found it, I couldn't figure out why people said it was removed. Thanks for not assuming I was being rude, and for explaining. So it's not been deleted, just being actively buried.
2 Ambiguously_Ironic 2013-12-12
It was deleted. Then it was reinstated and showed up in "new".
1 [deleted] 2013-12-12
You think there's a 'US is good' narrative on reddit? LOL! Talk about confirmation bias.
0 [deleted] 2013-12-12
Good. That's where it was when it was deleted.
1 AssuredlyAThrowAway 2013-12-12
And soon all top 25 posts in hot will be this post.
Teach the fucking admins what happens when they manipulate content.