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1. nitwit+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-05-31 23:13:32
Much of it seems to be people's behavior changing, rather than the company changing.

Reddit has subreddits on the right and left that will ban you for disagreeing, or even for having made a comment in a subreddit they don't like. That was theoretically always possible, but at some point people decided such a policy was a good idea.

I personally think a misstep of reddit's has been relying so much on volunteer moderators. Why are people willing to put in so many unpaid hours of labor? Apparently, the answer is sometimes because they have a political cause they want to promote.

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2. thedal+1O1[view] [source] 2023-06-01 15:37:14
>>nitwit+(OP)
Reddit admins did ban a lot of subreddits on both the far right and left ends of the political spectrum. I don't agree with extremist voices, but I think that silencing and pushing people off the platform is bad for discourse overall.
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