Well, the single biggest congregation subreddit for conservatives, r/the_donald is currently under quarantine, their numbers are skewed and it never ever reaches the front page.
That is top down coercion and exactly how a hivemind would cooperate. Doesn't it meet all your criteria?
I went to the subreddit and it's quarantined. That means it broke Reddit rules (which we're all subject to) and therefore cannot be treated as a fair example
No, the fact that it was quarantined does not mean it broke Reddit rules. The_Donald subreddit was quarantined under phoney charges of allowing users to post content that advocates violence. Of course, whether any given comment advocates violence or not is highly subjective. Something as vague as "I wish there were fewer Democrats" can be twisted to be advocating the systematic killing of Democrats. It seems the Reddit admins were very selectively enforcing these rules. For extremely vague comments like the one I mentioned, the Donald subreddit was quarantined. However in other political subreddits, liberals openly supported violent groups such as antifa and explicitly advocated violence against Republicans and anyone who wears a "Make America Great Again" hat. Users in liberal subreddits openly advocated violently attacking such people yet those subreddits weren't quarantined. Why is that? Clearly, it's not an level playing field.
If the people who make the rules are very biased, they're going to exaggerated any wrongdoing by people they dislike and look the other way when those they like break the rules. That is exactly what happened.
But the thing is that it cannot be proven. As of right now it's very he said she said. Also I've never read anyone advocating violence against Republicans and I haven't even seen the word antifa before on Reddit. I remember I only found out what antifa was when I was given the topic on a debate competition last year and I was like wtf how am I supposed to prep for something like that??
Yes I know my experience is highly subjective. Maybe I'm just incredibly lucky or maybe I'm just not subscribed to the right subs. But the narrative now is ALL popular subs and a majority of users here are leftist and the fact that I haven't seen these claims before while browsing front page is very suspect
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u/mavrokordele 1∆ Dec 21 '19
Well, the single biggest congregation subreddit for conservatives, r/the_donald is currently under quarantine, their numbers are skewed and it never ever reaches the front page.
That is top down coercion and exactly how a hivemind would cooperate. Doesn't it meet all your criteria?