The only consolation I/we have is that things move faster than we think.
So many previously-important institutions are being brought down by people power. The media is an example of this: we don't need newspapers telling us what to think when people disseminate what actually happened and we compile the facts for ourselves.
I'm genuinely hoping the time comes soon where we stop giving ourselves--and for many fighting in pointless wars to better rich people, it's their lives--to the few who control everything.
Honestly, who the fuck cares. How many posts are we going to have with this same exact title. Can we ban people who copy other people's posts word for word hoping to score some easy karma? Like for real, of all the shit we have to complain about in this shitty world, its about a god damn word in front of a post. Smh
We complain about a lot of stuff. Why can't we also complain about this. You're insinuating that just because there are more important things to complain about we can't also complain about this? No. That's a bullshit cop out. People need to stop with the BREAKING BOMBSHELL SMOKING GUNS. Were tired of it. This is fucking ridiculous.
I would recommend getting the Reddit Enhancement Suite. It allows the creation of custom filters.
While I believe in censorship, I also believe that it should only occur voluntarily at the client end. I think I should be able to decide whether or not I want to see material related to Hillary Clinton, for example, but I don't believe that transmitters of that information should be prevented from sending it.
They choose what they send, I choose what I receive. We each get what we want, and nobody's rights are violated.
I've lurked this place for a while and as the new emails and info that has come to light, of course this sub is going to go wild. You guys have been damn near spot on about everything. Now you're going to get the Hillary shills that are going to bombard everything just like r/politics to make everything look too crazy to be true. The more attention you guys get the better. Hang on tight lads, we're in for a wild ride.
I disagree. The ride needs to start right now. If reddit is the front page of the internet, we can start a revolution right here. If these emails are true and Hillary wins, it's going to be 1984. We have to start now.
If these emails are true and Hillary wins, it's going to be 1984.
It won't be 1984. I don't know whether Hillary will win or not, but they aren't complete idiots. You can bet that a lot of people have been watching the almighty shitfight that's been going on around this place and 4chan, over the last however many months. I've seen the stereotypical Confederate Survivalist rednecks in /pol/ openly describing, in detail, the size and capabilities of some of the homesteads they've got, and how prepared they are.
The government knows that the public are serious, at this point. The civilians are sick of it, the military are sick of it, and at Dakota we're starting to see that even the pigs are getting sick of it. They don't like being shot at any more than anyone else. Most police might be morons, but not quite all of them are. Give them sufficiently dogged resistance over a period of sufficient weeks, and a few of the more conscious among them will start questioning the justification of their own cause. At the very least, it will cause them to wonder when they are simply going to get paid, so they can move on.
I want to see some serious housecleaning, and for a number of people to go to jail for the rest of their lives. Whether or not that is achieved without violence will be an open question; but whoever wins the election, it's not going back to business as usual.
Its not an issue of banning speech, but blocking misleading titles. Minor revelations or posts that have been posted 3 times shouldn't be titled as breaking news.
Its called "signal to noise ratio", and shills actively use this tactic to drown out newer or bigger discussions.
I trust the community enough to police itself. There are upvote / downvote buttons, after all. On the other hand, I can certainly appreciate your argument.
Yes, and before you click that downvote, you're going to be clicking that title. Because the flashiest titles get the clicks, even if they don't deliver. That's the issue, im a libertarian myself so i adore free speech, but part of community policing is having capable moderators. What I've seen here over the years, is more and more topics getting drowned out for noise.
I'm new so I just read some of the rules and I think it said in there the lead posts, or something like that, with these two specific words. I totally agree though.
What else would you like censored? I'm sure nobody is the slightest bit different than you and everyone would be happy to have their thoughts and what they see censored to any whim you desire. but fuck off anyway.
This isn't censorship this is maintaining good and effective syntax. When everything is a BREAKING BOMBSHELL SMOKING GUN nothing is. It all becomes a meaningless shitfest of who can make the best click bait title.
Any excuse for the censorship of this sub is a bad excuse, whether I dislike a particular form of expression or not. Once started there is no stopping place.
It's not about sensorship. It's about reducing sensationalism bleeding over here from The_Donald and 4chan clientele.
This place is for rational and informative discussions on various topics of interest - not a place where The Horde can rape the subreddits by blasting themselves all over the walls to get attention.
I do appreciate much of the information The_Donald has contributed to Reddit, and the world, but in here, there is little interest for cyberspace-suicide-bombing. Go to 4chan if that is your style.
And of course, in the manner of free speech - as you so allequently put it to one of our members:
Yes, and before you click that downvote, you're going to be clicking that title. Because the flashiest titles get the clicks, even if they don't deliver. That's the issue, im a libertarian myself so i adore free speech, but part of community policing is having capable moderators. What I've seen here over the years, is more and more topics getting drowned out for noise.
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20 XavierSimmons 2016-11-06
And "Smoking Gun."
1 sheasie 2016-11-06
should simply be labeled "misleading" (if the title is inaccurate)
19 FanSciFi 2016-11-06
links 10 day old article from wickeddemons.areamongus.notaschizophrenic.com
3 XavierSimmons 2016-11-06
http://notaschizophrenic.com is one of my favorite sites.
1 KnightBeforeTomorrow 2016-11-06
i hate it.
mods can we please censor all content from notaschizophrenic.com
/s
1 NMTommy 2016-11-06
I was so hoping that would be a real website.
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Thank you sir, I needed that little extra ventilation through my nostrils there.
17 pro_spiracy 2016-11-06
Reddbuzzfeedit.com
7 inbetweentime 2016-11-06
Some people prefer using the suggested titles, and often it's worded that way at the source. I say deal with it.
3 XavierSimmons 2016-11-06
Yeah, you're probably right. Must be disappointment that the establishment didn't get torn down this week.
1 [deleted] 2016-11-06
I'm with you.
The only consolation I/we have is that things move faster than we think.
So many previously-important institutions are being brought down by people power. The media is an example of this: we don't need newspapers telling us what to think when people disseminate what actually happened and we compile the facts for ourselves.
I'm genuinely hoping the time comes soon where we stop giving ourselves--and for many fighting in pointless wars to better rich people, it's their lives--to the few who control everything.
6 ixholla 2016-11-06
BREAKING! We heard some shit, still not confirmed but we heard it somewhere and it sounds really good but it's BREAKING! lol
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Haha! Right on.
4 thewhitedeath 2016-11-06
Well one wonders where there posts are coming from?
I used to like this sub. Love myself a good conspiracy theory. But lately...
It's just become the bastard brother offshoot of r/thedonald.
3 [deleted] 2016-11-06
You shut your mouth, son.
/r/conspiracy has been around longer than /r/the_donald and will continue to remain long after.
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Yeah, but The Horde will find their place back where they belong soon enough. The Lid has been open for a while, but it'll blow over.
It's actually a bit funny to how hysterical some of them are.
-Bring some popcorn.
3 m4k4v3l1Th3d0n 2016-11-06
Honestly, who the fuck cares. How many posts are we going to have with this same exact title. Can we ban people who copy other people's posts word for word hoping to score some easy karma? Like for real, of all the shit we have to complain about in this shitty world, its about a god damn word in front of a post. Smh
1 prolix 2016-11-06
We complain about a lot of stuff. Why can't we also complain about this. You're insinuating that just because there are more important things to complain about we can't also complain about this? No. That's a bullshit cop out. People need to stop with the BREAKING BOMBSHELL SMOKING GUNS. Were tired of it. This is fucking ridiculous.
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Touché. It's gonna be a bit windy here for a while, 'till The Horde settle down back where they belong.
3 missdingdong 2016-11-06
Censor words you don't like? Because you're sick of seeing them?
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Lol, look, I found another one!
3 petrus4 2016-11-06
I would recommend getting the Reddit Enhancement Suite. It allows the creation of custom filters.
While I believe in censorship, I also believe that it should only occur voluntarily at the client end. I think I should be able to decide whether or not I want to see material related to Hillary Clinton, for example, but I don't believe that transmitters of that information should be prevented from sending it.
They choose what they send, I choose what I receive. We each get what we want, and nobody's rights are violated.
2 HorseRidingHorse 2016-11-06
I've lurked this place for a while and as the new emails and info that has come to light, of course this sub is going to go wild. You guys have been damn near spot on about everything. Now you're going to get the Hillary shills that are going to bombard everything just like r/politics to make everything look too crazy to be true. The more attention you guys get the better. Hang on tight lads, we're in for a wild ride.
1 prolix 2016-11-06
This ride ends in like 3 days. The next ride depends on how this one ends.
1 HorseRidingHorse 2016-11-06
I disagree. The ride needs to start right now. If reddit is the front page of the internet, we can start a revolution right here. If these emails are true and Hillary wins, it's going to be 1984. We have to start now.
2 petrus4 2016-11-06
It won't be 1984. I don't know whether Hillary will win or not, but they aren't complete idiots. You can bet that a lot of people have been watching the almighty shitfight that's been going on around this place and 4chan, over the last however many months. I've seen the stereotypical Confederate Survivalist rednecks in /pol/ openly describing, in detail, the size and capabilities of some of the homesteads they've got, and how prepared they are.
The government knows that the public are serious, at this point. The civilians are sick of it, the military are sick of it, and at Dakota we're starting to see that even the pigs are getting sick of it. They don't like being shot at any more than anyone else. Most police might be morons, but not quite all of them are. Give them sufficiently dogged resistance over a period of sufficient weeks, and a few of the more conscious among them will start questioning the justification of their own cause. At the very least, it will cause them to wonder when they are simply going to get paid, so they can move on.
I want to see some serious housecleaning, and for a number of people to go to jail for the rest of their lives. Whether or not that is achieved without violence will be an open question; but whoever wins the election, it's not going back to business as usual.
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
It's been that way for a loong time.
2 JefBeau 2016-11-06
Banning certain types of speech (or words) is never a good idea. NEVER!
2 TheClashofTitans 2016-11-06
Its not an issue of banning speech, but blocking misleading titles. Minor revelations or posts that have been posted 3 times shouldn't be titled as breaking news.
Its called "signal to noise ratio", and shills actively use this tactic to drown out newer or bigger discussions.
2 JefBeau 2016-11-06
I trust the community enough to police itself. There are upvote / downvote buttons, after all. On the other hand, I can certainly appreciate your argument.
2 TheClashofTitans 2016-11-06
Yes, and before you click that downvote, you're going to be clicking that title. Because the flashiest titles get the clicks, even if they don't deliver. That's the issue, im a libertarian myself so i adore free speech, but part of community policing is having capable moderators. What I've seen here over the years, is more and more topics getting drowned out for noise.
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
"Then why don't you go f** yourself, and put your d** in the freezer?"
-Just wondering, do you find this ok? I can continue...
2 JefBeau 2016-11-06
Yes, it's okay.
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Then you'll love this man's universe
2 JefBeau 2016-11-06
Haha! One of my best friends had tourette's syndrome. He was the class clown.
1 pixelatedcombustion 2016-11-06
And on that bombshell....
1 KnightBeforeTomorrow 2016-11-06
The downvote button is all the censorship you're entitled to.
2 sheasie 2016-11-06
agreed - let the downvotes rule
1 prolix 2016-11-06
BREAKING BOMBSHELL SMOKING GUN. After this election i hope this sub gets its shit together and puts in place better policies.
1 themadhat1 2016-11-06
put a sticky up that diverts them to.... before its news or ats...
1 BaronZemo00 2016-11-06
I'm new so I just read some of the rules and I think it said in there the lead posts, or something like that, with these two specific words. I totally agree though.
1 reversebenjibutton 2016-11-06
Add "smoking gun" to that list
1 4esop 2016-11-06
or how about the bots that have 1 or 2 posts that link the latest RT.com article?
1 Feverdog87 2016-11-06
No because the Donald took over and now blatantly advertises it.
1 JudiciousJay 2016-11-06
BREAKING: EARTH SHATTERING REVELATION IN THE NEXT 24-748494757658959065065845743874 HOURS! (YOURTRUTHISHERENATURALGLOBALNWOSTOPPERS.COM)
0 Jeffersonien 2016-11-06
Oh you dont like it? Then yeah we can ban it - anything else we can do for you? Tuck you in at night and read a bedtime story case you get scared?
Grow up pussy.
0 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Lol! Look! I found another one!
-1 sleazlybeasly 2016-11-06
Boo hoo
2 XavierSimmons 2016-11-06
Can I borrow a tissue?
1 sleazlybeasly 2016-11-06
Can you please refrain from using the word "borrow" in comments?
2 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Can you please stop asking silly questions?
-oh shit...
1 XavierSimmons 2016-11-06
It's a trait I borrowed from my ancestors. Sorry about that. Can I offer you a tissue?
0 sleazlybeasly 2016-11-06
That doesnt even make sense, but aight
1 sheasie 2016-11-06
exactly. where does it stop. (plus, the mods don't need more work than they already have.)
BREAKING!! There is a DOWNVOTE button!! :O
/let the downvotes rule
2 prolix 2016-11-06
Why not try contributing more rather than slinging an insulting tantrum. Seriously, is boo hoo all you can muster?
1 sleazlybeasly 2016-11-06
Insulting tantrum? Really?
-2 Time2SinTime2Live 2016-11-06
BOMBSHELL: Reddit user cries over the fact he doesn't know how to use reddit filter options.
1 XavierSimmons 2016-11-06
I don't know, looks like at least a few others don't know how to use filters, either. Maybe you should host a webinar.
1 prolix 2016-11-06
He is too busy filtering out the English language for his own benefit, screw everybody else. Right? GET BETTER, right?
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Lol! Look! I found another one!
-2 KnightBeforeTomorrow 2016-11-06
What else would you like censored? I'm sure nobody is the slightest bit different than you and everyone would be happy to have their thoughts and what they see censored to any whim you desire. but fuck off anyway.
4 prolix 2016-11-06
This isn't censorship this is maintaining good and effective syntax. When everything is a BREAKING BOMBSHELL SMOKING GUN nothing is. It all becomes a meaningless shitfest of who can make the best click bait title.
1 KnightBeforeTomorrow 2016-11-06
If you don't support the free speech of those you oppose then you don't support free speech.
Disclosure, I hate it too.
3 prolix 2016-11-06
This has nothing to do with free speech.
0 KnightBeforeTomorrow 2016-11-06
I guess not, just don't use some of it. /s
As reddit in general should learn someday, once you begin censoring any kind of speech there is no stopping place.
2 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
There is a difference between free speech and being an ass.
-Disclosure, i hate it too.
-1 KnightBeforeTomorrow 2016-11-06
Any excuse for the censorship of this sub is a bad excuse, whether I dislike a particular form of expression or not. Once started there is no stopping place.
0 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Lol! Look! I found another one!
0 KnightBeforeTomorrow 2016-11-06
Once started there is no stopping censorship no matter what excuse you may make for it. Wanting this sub censored is being against the sub itself.
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
It's not about sensorship. It's about reducing sensationalism bleeding over here from The_Donald and 4chan clientele.
This place is for rational and informative discussions on various topics of interest - not a place where The Horde can rape the subreddits by blasting themselves all over the walls to get attention.
I do appreciate much of the information The_Donald has contributed to Reddit, and the world, but in here, there is little interest for cyberspace-suicide-bombing. Go to 4chan if that is your style.
And of course, in the manner of free speech - as you so allequently put it to one of our members:
0 KnightBeforeTomorrow 2016-11-06
Sensationalism? Should this below perhaps be censored as being sensationalist?
Or,
Pretty damn sensationalist in my opinion. Why not censor that?
Once started there's no stopping censorship. It's a bad idea.
-4 Gorkildeathgod 2016-11-06
Honestly get over yourself
12 XavierSimmons 2016-11-06
No, I'm very important to me.
1 prolix 2016-11-06
You should lighten up.
1 MrStavanger 2016-11-06
Ye, when these guys finally understand enlightenment, they'll go back to the Dungeon where they came from.
12 XavierSimmons 2016-11-06
No, I'm very important to me.
1 prolix 2016-11-06
This ride ends in like 3 days. The next ride depends on how this one ends.
1 prolix 2016-11-06
You should lighten up.
2 TheClashofTitans 2016-11-06
Yes, and before you click that downvote, you're going to be clicking that title. Because the flashiest titles get the clicks, even if they don't deliver. That's the issue, im a libertarian myself so i adore free speech, but part of community policing is having capable moderators. What I've seen here over the years, is more and more topics getting drowned out for noise.