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“Don’t be you” - Reddit supports community that protects and promotes intolerance: Robinhood (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by venusaur to c/leftism

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I was recently banned from the subreddit, r/Robinhood for making a comment about Robinhood's shady practices. I quoted their own rule, "Don't be you", calling them hypocrites, and received a 7 day ban from Reddit the following day.

How can we draw attention to Reddit supporting a subreddit whose very rules promote and protect intolerance and harassment?

I encourage you to message Reddit directly and report this community.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 8 months ago (2 children)

A lot of Lemmy users are here because we left reddit. However, it's kind of an unspoken rule that we don't really talk about it. People would rather focus on making Lemmy good by talking about things other than Reddit. I am sorry you had a bad experience at Reddit. I did too. But say "Goosfraba" and move on with enjoying a Reddit-less life. Welcome to Lemmy!

[–] FlyingSquid 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

it’s kind of an unspoken rule that we don’t really talk about it.

Does that include celebrating r/Wallstreetbets shorting the fuck out of Reddit's IPO?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

You may have found an exception. I watch RDDT's stock ticker with giddy glee.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because or course they did.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 8 months ago

If Reddit goes down by sabotage from the inside, I will laugh so hard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did they? That's awesome.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That and spez selling off a ridiculous number of shares is tanking it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So even he doesn't believe. Fucking capitalists.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 8 months ago

It's not really a surprise. He's always been a piece of shit.

[+] venusaur -10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Thanks for the welcome! People need to critically understand the implications here instead of blindly excusing it because of status quo.

Not discussing Reddit makes sense except when it comes to protecting others. I feel this is an important issue for the community to be aware of, because it is similar to the r/Conservative subreddit that eventually got shut down due to cultivating toxic rhetoric.

This “Don’t be you” rule allows the community to be a breeding ground for intolerance and hate towards vulnerable communities, and Reddit is not only allowing it, but supporting it through bans.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, we understand plenty. The insanity of mods regarding the lack of transparency or consistency of upholding rules is why we branched out. The bots and API bullshit are we don’t go back.

Avoiding being a circlejerk of complaining about Reddit is why we mostly avoid the topic.

[–] venusaur 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I guess I’m confused because there’s a lot of circlejerking about conservatives and their ideaologoes in this community, and this “Don’t be you” rule falls in line with the exact same anti-LGBTQ2A+ rhetoric that conservatives follow.

Bringing attention to a community that promotes and protects intolerance seems like something this community would be interested in, but I can understand if you just want to move on like a bad breakup.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here at lemmy.world?

As far as I know, the fediverse, in general, is mostly center/slightly left, not counting things like the socialist, commie, or tankie instances.

Also, some of the big ones are fairly USA centered and it’s a general election year. So, everyone is fighting about it. But the fact that it's a fight means there is more than one opinion.

If you're complaining about Reddit, idk what to tell you. I haven’t been there in ages.

[–] venusaur 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was referring to this Leftist sub specifically being interested in trying to shut down an intolerant, toxic, conservative leaning community. Maybe this is better suited for a social justice community, but I haven’t found one. Do you know any?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I must have missed that. Most just talk about ignoring or defederating.

I haven’t looked for any social justice centered instances. I’m mostly here to find memes and I won’t go to toxic sites like iFunny or Reddit to get them anymore.

[–] venusaur 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Haha for sure. Happy meme hunting! What’s ur fav meme community/instance?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s really sporadic here.

The Star Trek ones are the only consistent output.

[–] venusaur 1 points 7 months ago

Haha I’ll keep an eye out for some good memes

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like it makes the bad people stay and circlejerk on reddit and the good people come here *shrugs*

[–] venusaur 2 points 7 months ago

Luckily I found my way to Lemmy, so thanks haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

let that shithole slowly empty out and die.

only a matter of time, try to enjoy the shitshow without getting too hung up with what it currently is while it thrashes.

i know its kinda sad, but its not what it was back then anymore.

[–] venusaur 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah I’m excited to finally find a decent alternative. I just worry about that community being a breeding grounds for intolerance and red pill incels.

[–] 9thDragon 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I really don't give a fuck about what reddit did or didn't do. Keep the reddit shit on reddit.

[–] venusaur -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That’s an interesting reaction. Are we to keep harmful things that conservatives are doing on conservative forums?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Kind of, yeah. If the forum in question is toxic (Twitter, Truth Social), then it's best to simply tell people to stay away from it.

The problem isn't with interacting with conservatives - that's actually very much encouraged. The issue is the silencing and pruning they will do to anyone who opposes their opinions.

It's just not worth the effort... The people who create echo chambers aren't going to listen to the few that get through the gate. Reddit is 100% an echo chamber at this point. It's not even just left or right... It's just kind of a place people like to echo and yell now.

The people of substance are largely gone. They are here now.

[–] randomdeadguy 6 points 7 months ago

That particular community exists to promote a product, and the moderators apparently are interested in silencing dissent. The platform is bought & paid for, and you broke the rules. The reaction you experienced is not limited to a single website or political group, if that makes you feel any better.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why are you still on Reddit?

[–] venusaur 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t know about Lemmy until a couple days ago and there are some communities that are a lot more active on Reddit than here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to Lemmy! Don't let our frustrations with Reddit give you the wrong impression.

The main surge that makes up most of Lemmy vahemetly hates what Reddit did a few months back. It wasn't just that they killed the third party apps, it was the fact the CEO and company gaslit and lied about the entire ordeal. They then completely shit all over the moderators and active folks that dared to call them out.

Reddit and it's little piggie CEO are dead to us now. This is why people are reacting the way they are to your post. You're very welcome here, we're just going to shit on Reddit if it's mentioned, that's all. It's a completely compromised platform that has started to openly rot from the head down. Most of us simply see no solution other than "get off of there, it's bad for you and everyone else."

[–] venusaur 2 points 7 months ago

I can understand that. People just wanna move on and let it die. Still new here and early in the moving in part haha.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Stop using Reddit - You're here on Lemmy now, and it's emphatically better! Problem solved.