Censorship on Reddit

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Observatory of content that was censored on Reddit. Copy your posts that were censored in Reddit here. We can then collectively analyze whether the post was civil, whether it broke rules, and get an idea of the impact of Reddit censorship. We can also discuss the societal impact of Reddit's style of silent & blind censorship, such that authors often does not even know they were censored.

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The convention of the Reddit community (and owners?) to not identify the account name in Twitter screen shots, people's real names on Reddit when discussing events, etc. Rich/Famous only (lemmy.ml)

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Reddit seems to really have shifted over the decades to promote throwaway accounts with no lasting identity. You regularly see users casually mention that their previous account was banned and they were using a new account.

The culture where people even black out the account name of Twitter postings when sharing a Tweet screenshot also seemed ridiculous. Like the assumption that every posting was a witchhunt when someone was just sharing an amusing Tweet. With TikTok it was even more absurd, you could see the video of a human person - but not share their TikTok account names.

It left a situation where Rich and Famous people would have their names left in Twitter screen shots, but everyday netizens had theirs blacked out. What are they thinking over there? "Stand up for the Big Guy"?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I was on Reddit for a few years, and read daily. The culture and vibe has really, really changed exponentially this last 2 weeks.

I actually got banned from an “AntitRump” group for (gasp) posting shit about how awful he is.

So, hi - I’m new here, and kind of an asshole.