What the hell happened to reddit.
27 2014-10-17 by [deleted]
A few months ago we could put things on r/worldnews and not get censored. Now reddit is just like every other website that doesn't want problems or to offend someone. Thats what reddit is, opinions, facts, and speaking your mind. We need to get back to our roots.
31 comments
22 PresidentRoguebomber 2014-10-17
It's election season and reddit is a PR platform.
7 revoman 2014-10-17
Yes. Run by the progressive left. The karma system also creates an echo chamber/circle jerk... By design?
3 FutzBucket 2014-10-17
Not at first, but it's being taken for a different design. Kind of like re-routing a river.
1 bandy0154 2014-10-17
I wish there were a way to distinguish the dumb-dumb votes from the votes of informed people.
-1 George_Tenet 2014-10-17
progressive left? yeah no. fascist plutocracy
4 revoman 2014-10-17
Sure! Same thing.
3 7990 2014-10-17
No, it's the progressive left.
Reddit as a whole has wet dreams about Elizabeth Warren
4 George_Tenet 2014-10-17
shes a capitalist pawn
controlled op
1 danxmason 2014-10-17
Most of reddit is a pro gmo, pro vaccine, pro drone war, pro gitmo, pro torture, pro war of terror, anti gun, pro mandatory for-profit health insurance, pro big pharma, pro bank bail out, pro federal reserve circle jerk.
Nothing progressive or left in any of that.
5 actuallyammikey 2014-10-17
That's what's confused me in recent years. I moved from a small town to a slightly bigger one where there were "leftists" about 11 years ago. They were cool, open people. Now, a lot of the people that consider themselves leftists (not the same people btw) are little more than government-obsessed statists. I don't hate government but I'd prefer to be left alone to do what I want provided I'm not harming anyone. These people though... They want to regulate everything it seems.
9 ModsRCorrupt 2014-10-17
Way longer than a few months ago. I've seen censorship over there (and whining about it over here) for at least 4 years.
7 Ambiguously_Ironic 2014-10-17
It's been corporatized completely. It is little more than an MSM mouthpiece nowadays.
5 IMR800X 2014-10-17
As any community grows in popularity, its quality inevitably degrades from what once made it great. This is nothing new.
1 sickofallofyou 2014-10-17
You people are the reason I can't have nice things.
1 IMR800X 2014-10-17
Speak for yourself. This is like my third alt. Been here almost from the beginning. I remember the Digg invasion. To me, you are the nubbin.
5 [deleted] 2014-10-17
It's almost totally compromised.
Total whitewash.
4 drogean2 2014-10-17
There's always reddit's alternative www.whoaverse.com
Hopefully it will become popular with a more mature crowd so the /r/funny and /r/adviceanimals wont be dictating the voted content
1 eagleshigh 2014-10-17
How's the growth been there lately? How's the conspiracy sub there
2 drogean2 2014-10-17
Lots of content is being posted but it doesn't have the userbase reddit does so there much less discussion
3 bandy0154 2014-10-17
I remember things getting censored on /r/worldnews much further back than just a couple months ago.
2 ENYAY7 2014-10-17
Over the past 3 years almost 4, it's very obvious to see this site has changed completely. The way News stories are double and triple posted but certain stories never make the front page. Example, there are over 3 Ebola stories on the worldnews front page right now.
1 User_Name13 2014-10-17
I think since Israel's war on Gaza this past summer the censorship has increased greatly. The PR battle on r/worldnews was evident to anyone who spent time there, that's also when they introduced filters, the first filter was "Israel/Palestine". Israel-related news stories also get downvoted into oblivion like never before as well, I can't submit anything about Israel without it immediately showing zero upvotes and just 25% or 50% upvoting it.
1 tripsick 2014-10-17
Its easy.. Just look back at Digg... the People who started the company are no longer Running the company.. and here we are.. their vision was replaced by Ad Dollars.
1 make_mind_free2go 2014-10-17
it's the new thing: the cabal squeeze
1 alllie 2014-10-17
Attack of the shills. Or outright takeover of the big subs.
1 Lecrazycatlady 2014-10-17
Its too late for that.
1 Squackula 2014-10-17
Is this a question?
1 edward117 2014-10-17
No. There were no question marks. :)
1 Squackula 2014-10-17
I noticed, yes.
1 edward117 2014-10-17
But your opinion on the subject would be appreciated! :)
1 Squackula 2014-10-17
A grassroots approach, while adequate, will likely cycle back around eventually. Nothing 'happened' to us per se, just evolution. Whether it's a positive reflection on us as a whole, well, personally I don't see it getting too cerebral, what with grammar already taking shots.
5 actuallyammikey 2014-10-17
That's what's confused me in recent years. I moved from a small town to a slightly bigger one where there were "leftists" about 11 years ago. They were cool, open people. Now, a lot of the people that consider themselves leftists (not the same people btw) are little more than government-obsessed statists. I don't hate government but I'd prefer to be left alone to do what I want provided I'm not harming anyone. These people though... They want to regulate everything it seems.