Why does reddit have an up and down vote on topics, then? If the users don’t like a topic, they can vote it down and it weens them out. If the users like a topic, they can vote it up and it’ll get popular or whatever. If a topic has mild interest, it’ll hover around for a bit.
The main problem I’ve seen at reddit is that sockpuppets and up/down vote brigades like these guys shown below are absolutely out of control. That should be the focus for moderators and the devs at reddit.
This same shit is happening at reddit:
Sounds to me you’d be happier just writing your own blog instead of being a part of something that’s supposed to be participatory like reddit.
Maybe you mods should worry less about offering your own editorial opinions through censorship and focus more on making reddit a great participatory place that’s not crushed by abuses of the system?
Blocking internet freedom stories in technology makes a lot of sense, because there was a long period of time where almost every single topic on /r/technology was about Snowden, the NSA, net neutrality, etc.
Once again, why bother with offering voting at all, then? If you want reddit to be more of a dictatorship because popular stories hurt your own fragile sensibilities, why not just remove voting then and stop the charade?
You can start your own blog and be the editor, etc. - Sounds like a better fit for you.
Discussion of new technologies, new products, and industry happenings sort of disappeared.
But, they didn’t disappear. They were just less popular topics. Maybe instead of being a control freak, the moderators can just let subreddits go into the direction the users want?
Perhaps as time goes on and things like NSA overreach are finally addressed, your favorite topics will come back to being popular again?
Well, fortunately, your kind of thinking was rejected and r/technology has been demoted because of control freaks.
For what it’s worth, AskScience also “censors”
That’s worth very little to me, thanks.
what may seem like censorship might just be an attempt to manage the conversation
That’s an interesting way of putting it.
I’m sure I’ll be punished over at reddit for this, but so be it - I’ve learned to relish downvotes from reddit like a badge of honor.
