Attack? Nah. Honestly I'm glad 4chan created /v/niggers. It pushed an important issue straight to the front of the queue. Now we know how he responds to speech he doesn't like. Now we know not to waste our time building communities here.
I'm from reddit. My username is the same. Feel free to look it up. I was genuinely interested in building out alternative subs for people who don't like reddit's corporate/political/censorious nature. I don't participate in any racist subreddits there, and I wouldn't have done so here.
One thing I WOULD have done here, is support the open platform for free speech that it could have been. Seeking to sanitize/purge 'bad' elements from a site for open discussion is a lousy way to get the ball rolling.
This decision told me everything I needed to know about how this site will play out. I won't stick around to see it.
You're from reddit? You do know that http://www.reddit.com/r/niggers is banned right? Same goes here. No, I will not provide you the tools and resources to help spread racism and hatred :)
censorship is not a good idea it will turn into a game of whack-a-mole. You ban one sub it just comes back under a differant name. As more and more hate subs populate you need more admins to police the site, then one admin starts banning thigs that should not be banned. Then discourse grows in the wider community. Just a thought.
I'm aware of that. Why do you think I, and others, were trying out another site? It's because of decisions exactly like this.
One of the subverses that has the most posts here is /v/conspiracy, who are abandoning reddit for their censorious behavior. If you think this is just about upvotes/downvotes, you're sorely mistaken.
It's your right to host whatever content you wish on your site, so do as you please. Just know that it sets a precedent, and young sites like this live or die on these early decisions.
Think of anonymous discussion sites as a platform for discussion similar to email or usenet. They're just a tool for the users to use as they please. They're not unified forums with a single topic, political stance, or subject matter. That's WHY they're appealing. Interfering with that is a mistake because it contradicts the very purpose of such sites.
Again, I'll ask you - what other legal speech will you be censoring on this site?
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blackAntlers ago
Attack? Nah. Honestly I'm glad 4chan created /v/niggers. It pushed an important issue straight to the front of the queue. Now we know how he responds to speech he doesn't like. Now we know not to waste our time building communities here.
I'm from reddit. My username is the same. Feel free to look it up. I was genuinely interested in building out alternative subs for people who don't like reddit's corporate/political/censorious nature. I don't participate in any racist subreddits there, and I wouldn't have done so here.
One thing I WOULD have done here, is support the open platform for free speech that it could have been. Seeking to sanitize/purge 'bad' elements from a site for open discussion is a lousy way to get the ball rolling.
This decision told me everything I needed to know about how this site will play out. I won't stick around to see it.
Atko ago
You're from reddit? You do know that http://www.reddit.com/r/niggers is banned right? Same goes here. No, I will not provide you the tools and resources to help spread racism and hatred :)
AlphaWookie ago
censorship is not a good idea it will turn into a game of whack-a-mole. You ban one sub it just comes back under a differant name. As more and more hate subs populate you need more admins to police the site, then one admin starts banning thigs that should not be banned. Then discourse grows in the wider community. Just a thought.
no1113 ago
Again, I SUPER applaud this. Keep up that stance, regardless of what anyone else tries to say.
blackAntlers ago
I'm aware of that. Why do you think I, and others, were trying out another site? It's because of decisions exactly like this.
One of the subverses that has the most posts here is /v/conspiracy, who are abandoning reddit for their censorious behavior. If you think this is just about upvotes/downvotes, you're sorely mistaken.
It's your right to host whatever content you wish on your site, so do as you please. Just know that it sets a precedent, and young sites like this live or die on these early decisions.
Think of anonymous discussion sites as a platform for discussion similar to email or usenet. They're just a tool for the users to use as they please. They're not unified forums with a single topic, political stance, or subject matter. That's WHY they're appealing. Interfering with that is a mistake because it contradicts the very purpose of such sites.
Again, I'll ask you - what other legal speech will you be censoring on this site?
EbonyDelight ago
Racist white hate speech is not legal speech! When will you crackers learn!!
TellyTubby ago
/r/GreatApes isn't banned
Atko ago
So.. go there and use that resource? :)
Canova ago
"We're just the same as reddit :)"
wow, what a selling point!