Yeah the horde of edgelords in WPD totally isn't one of the reasons the sub got quarantined.
Gore will always be considered shock content, but the comments in WPD are almost always downright repulsive.
Gore will always be considered shock content, but the comments in WPD are almost always downright repulsive.
Was that possible _by accident_ in recent renditions of reddit? IME you have to be in a reddit where that sort of content is, and change settings to make it default visible?
When it comes to visuals, there is a big difference with how comfortable people are with sex vs violence (NSFW/NSFL). Some people would be happy to see one but want to stay away from the other. Then you have the difference within those categories. A picture of a person in skimpy underwear is not the same thing as hardcore porn. Similarly a video of an athlete hyperextending their knee on a sports subreddit is different than the type of gore that you might see on the watchpeopledie subreddit mentioned above.
Maybe you should be able to indicate the severity and category of the NSFW-ness. Potentially something similar to MPAA ratings were you can have PG-13, R, X with an indication if it is for sex, violence, or something else. However that puts even more work on the users/moderators which is probably why Reddit would never implement it.
From the American perspective: our love of and support for free speech means you can make your own website or newspaper and say what you want. (And people have the freedom, conversely, to tell you your content sucks and f you)
But we never envisioned a world where some private newspaper would be forced to print the speech of those they didn't want to, or disagreed with.
Considering the content of the VAST MAJORITY of quarantined subs (holocaust denial, virulent and shocking racism, white nationalism), it's actually shocking that Reddit allows this content to continue without banning.
You say it's sad they are choosing who can speak and who cannot, but I can point you to objectively evil and noxious speech on reddit today that isn't going anywhere...
Frankly I think it's obvious that the entire point of quarantines is to hide away the content Reddit doesn't want advertisers to see without any community blowback. Quarantined subreddits are completely ad-free after all.
But in general people who try to be "edgy" and "dark" to a fairly ridiculous degree.
Conversations with them are impossible and frustrating because they aren't looking to talk to someone, they're looking to talk AT someone and collect as many upvotes as possible.
What is downright repulsive is people who think like you do. Here's an idea - you don't like it, don't go to the subreddit and let them do what they want. We don't need people like you dictating the repulsiveness level of what others can say. I know it makes you feel more in control of your life, but who would want to live like you do? That would be one sad existence.
It’s not the end of the world, but it’s hardly desirable.