Comment by zxcvvcxz | Hacker News Reader

Comment by zxcvvcxz | Hacker News Reader

If reddit is dying, is going to be because of censorship and poor treatment of their users.

The latest debacle was the incredible mishandling of the Orlando nightclub terrorist attack this Sunday. The moderation team on the r/news subreddit blocked and censored users, almost certainly over a fear of political correctness [1]. People couldn't even share information for donating blood to the potential victims in the area. People in the gay community had to go to the damn Trump subreddit to get the news and information.

And it doesn't seem appropriate anymore to blame this on a few bad apples. This is a systemic problem with reddit. It is a site where cronyism decides the moderation teams on huge subreddits read by millions of people.

Reddit may not be dead, but it certainly is dying.

[1] - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3639181/Facebook-Red...

The worst part of that whole debacle was that the Trump subreddit began touting itself as a champion of free speech and unbiased discourse, which is hilarious because you'd have one post with 3k upvotes titled "We are now the only subreddit to have a fair and even discussion!" and the one right below it with even more upvotes called "DEPORT ALL MUSLIMS". The only thing worse than being absurdly biased is being absurdly biased and then thinking you're not...

And say the wrong thing in there and expect to be banned and called a cuck.

I have no problem with multiculturalism and all that, but some of the recent overcorrections against racism and prejudice are getting pretty ridiculous. The Rotherham scandal also comes to mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit...

>The inquiry's initial report, published on 26 August 2014, condemned the failure of the authorities in Rotherham to act effectively against the abuse and even, in some cases, to acknowledge that it was taking place.

>Members of the British-Pakistani Muslim community condemned both the sexual abuse and the fact that it had been covered up for fear of "giving oxygen" to racism.

It's ironic, because I would bet that cover up gave far more "oxygen" to racism in the long run than investigating and reporting on it like they would any other crime.

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