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0 pointsrunjake2y ago0 comments

I'll save a bunch of people some trouble. This is a politically-"leftist" site (top current thread is "How did you get into anarchism", along with something about ACAB). It's not really a general purpose Reddit alternative.

So, if that's your thing, check it out. If it's not, probably not a good fit and the "better approach" to moderation probably won't go in your favor.

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sebstefan2y ago

That's just how the community developed. Reddit was spicy as well at the start

You can have righto subs on it, nobody is going to stop you or ban you. For example in the past they removed moderators of f/communism for excluding users pushing the libertarian flavors of it

Here's TOS

    Content Policy

    Content is prohibited if it is bigotry i.e.

    Promotes white supremacy, queerphobia, transphobia, misogyny, classism, ableism, body shaming, antisemitism, Islamophobia, colonialism, speciesism or age discrimination.

    Sexualizes minors or promotes adults having sex with minors.

    Trivializes or makes light of rape.

    Apologizes for police or military brutality, imperialism, eugenics, genocide.

    Apologizes for violence towards children.

    Is a pornographic image/video (however, nudity is permitted if it's non-pornographic).

    Is wilful copyright infringement (however fair use is acceptable).

    Is a "dox" i.e. personally revealing information about a person or persons including but not limited to name, identification number, address, phone number, photograph.

    Advocates for arson, bombing and/or killing people.

    Is instructions on how to design and/or produce explosives.

I'm sure you can find two or three right wingers capable of doing all this. Maybe at least for a few weeks :)

jstarfish2y ago

> Promotes [...] speciesism

What the fuck?

> Apologizes for violence towards children.

What is this sub for?

sebstefan2y ago

It means you can tackle kids but you have to own it, pretty nice I think

tezgon2y ago

It was specifically made to be a left-wing alternative for reddit back when the admins were beginning to crack down on the leftist subs like r/fullcommunism and the like. Not sure how it could ever serve as a full-on replacement, it never wanted to be.

sheepishly2y ago

Thanks, you saved me a click.

wahnfrieden2y ago

anarchism is not leftism

gremlinsinc2y ago

it is if it's anarcho communism or syndicalism but not capitalist aka neoliberalism. But it's isn't necessarily left of mainstream progressives it's a different left with different goals, ideals, etc... I'm personally a syndicalist socialist leaning anarchist but pragmatic too in that I don't think we can tear down capitalism completely or even want to instead DAOs and worker coops need to gain strength, as does labor unions and mutual aid networks could handle things like universal basic income etc....I have some libertarian and Georgian philosophies as well...

wahnfrieden2y ago

here is an interesting reading list with anti-left / post-left anarchism references: https://raddle.me/wiki/reading (and not just "ancap" capitalist libertarianism which doesn't belong)

I'm still learning but am trying to start a worker coop as well

wahnfrieden2y ago

post left anarchism is an interesting topic in recent years

0zemp3c2y ago

> This is a politically-"leftist" site (top current thread is "How did you get into anarchism", along with something about ACAB)

tbh how is this different than most subs?

this is a feature, not a bug...it keeps these people out of the real world and glued to their keyboards where their blast radius is limited to their own echo chamber

runjakeOP2y ago

  > tbh how is this different than most subs?

It's completely different than the subs I browse. But I avoided subs of a particular political persuasion or another. I was mostly looking at technical subs with good, apolitical moderation.

I tend to avoid politics online -- even if I agree with them. They're rarely useful and I'm just not interested, in a lot of cases.

jstarfish2y ago

> this is a feature, not a bug...it keeps these people out of the real world and glued to their keyboards where their blast radius is limited to their own echo chamber

This is not preferable. Extremist bullshit is the only product of echo chambers. Eventually it breaches containment and becomes a real world problem.

noelsusman2y ago

That's not how extremist online echo chambers tend to play out. See January 6th for an easy example.

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sebstefan2y ago

That's just how the community developed. Reddit was spicy as well at the start

You can have righto subs on it, nobody is going to stop you or ban you. For example in the past they removed moderators of f/communism for excluding users pushing the libertarian flavors of it

Here's TOS

    Content Policy

    Content is prohibited if it is bigotry i.e.

    Promotes white supremacy, queerphobia, transphobia, misogyny, classism, ableism, body shaming, antisemitism, Islamophobia, colonialism, speciesism or age discrimination.

    Sexualizes minors or promotes adults having sex with minors.

    Trivializes or makes light of rape.

    Apologizes for police or military brutality, imperialism, eugenics, genocide.

    Apologizes for violence towards children.

    Is a pornographic image/video (however, nudity is permitted if it's non-pornographic).

    Is wilful copyright infringement (however fair use is acceptable).

    Is a "dox" i.e. personally revealing information about a person or persons including but not limited to name, identification number, address, phone number, photograph.

    Advocates for arson, bombing and/or killing people.

    Is instructions on how to design and/or produce explosives.

I'm sure you can find two or three right wingers capable of doing all this. Maybe at least for a few weeks :)

jstarfish2y ago

> Promotes [...] speciesism

What the fuck?

> Apologizes for violence towards children.

What is this sub for?

sebstefan2y ago

It means you can tackle kids but you have to own it, pretty nice I think

tezgon2y ago

sheepishly2y ago

Thanks, you saved me a click.

wahnfrieden2y ago

anarchism is not leftism

gremlinsinc2y ago

wahnfrieden2y ago

here is an interesting reading list with anti-left / post-left anarchism references: https://raddle.me/wiki/reading (and not just "ancap" capitalist libertarianism which doesn't belong)

I'm still learning but am trying to start a worker coop as well

wahnfrieden2y ago

post left anarchism is an interesting topic in recent years

0zemp3c2y ago

> This is a politically-"leftist" site (top current thread is "How did you get into anarchism", along with something about ACAB)

tbh how is this different than most subs?

this is a feature, not a bug...it keeps these people out of the real world and glued to their keyboards where their blast radius is limited to their own echo chamber

runjakeOP2y ago

  > tbh how is this different than most subs?

It's completely different than the subs I browse. But I avoided subs of a particular political persuasion or another. I was mostly looking at technical subs with good, apolitical moderation.

I tend to avoid politics online -- even if I agree with them. They're rarely useful and I'm just not interested, in a lot of cases.

jstarfish2y ago

> this is a feature, not a bug...it keeps these people out of the real world and glued to their keyboards where their blast radius is limited to their own echo chamber

This is not preferable. Extremist bullshit is the only product of echo chambers. Eventually it breaches containment and becomes a real world problem.

noelsusman2y ago

That's not how extremist online echo chambers tend to play out. See January 6th for an easy example.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse