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This reminded me of a time I got into an argument on Reddit. Someone eventually chimed in that I was probably right, that my logic was sound, but "look at all the downvotes you are getting". Even as they typed it out, it never occurred to them that there could be something more important than the internet points. I explained if you never get downvoted to oblivion, you're probably not saying anything interesting.

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The thing I hate most about reddit are all the little bubbles that are created by bad moderation. Sometimes, this is even automated. You can only post on certain threads if you have the right skin color (r/BlackPeopleTwitter), or ideological disposition (r/conservative) or net worth (r/fatFire).

The absolute worst are when some mod shadow bans you (all posts / comments are silently removed), and refuses to tell you why. I had that happen on my city subreddit, I guess because I said we needed a larger police presence to get property crime under control. That was the only remotely controversial thing I've ever said there.

> You can only post on certain threads if you have the right skin color (r/BlackPeopleTwitter)

The joke goes that BPT is all white people, and TwoXChromosomes isn’t actually moderated by anyone XX

Mods do not have the ability to shadow ban users.

Well, alright, explain how any post or comment I make on a sub instantly disappears, and it only happens on that sub?

The /r/sandiego subreddit, for instance, is controlled by a weirdo who masquerades as two moderators and who will shadowban you for merely participating in the subreddit created to escape his control(/r/sandiegan).

If you post to r/banpitbulls you suddenly can't post in a ton of completely unrelated subs (eg. r/Florida)

so no downside :P

sometimes people want to get together and not be antagonized by contrarians and people looking for a fight on the internet. i get it, even if i think the results of something like conservative are overall negative. whats the alternative.

black people in the US have some kind of shared experience they want to discuss, conservatives maybe don't want to fight with everyone all the time. its not my place to invade then. if there are people who to engage online with multiple viewpoints there are plenty of places to do that.

i wish the city subreddits enforced residency requirement or something similar to post

If you wish to constrain participation in a sub, simply create a private one and only invite those you want to participate.

What I really disagree with is having a public sub that's basically 'read only' except for your chosen group. I will straight up filter your sub from r/all if you do that.

I automatically assume if im being downvoted im right lol.

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