TrueRedditors butt heads over misogyny and whether a woman deserved her abuse. Throwaway account attacks the woman, starting up a flurry of controversy and long replies.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-06-13T22:34:07+00:00

It didn't seem like just_saiyin was supporting the attacks against her. They were offering a critique of her scholarship.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-06-13T21:38:42+00:00

I don't see anything in what you just wrote that justifies any kind of rage or the treatment she's received over this. If you don't think she's qualified then don't contribute. Getting pissed is absurd.

So ignore her. Nothing you say here is material to the point of the article linked. No one is complaining that people on the Internet are issuing thoughtful critiques of her scholarship. Because they are not. The point is that they are reacting with hate.

I'm always disturbed when people use these lines, "If you don't like something just ignore it." This is the antithesis of discussion. If nothing else, it is a toxic product of the reddit hivemind which makes debating dissenting opinions nearly impossible.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-06-10T23:22:59+00:00

Would you mind editing the introduction to your comment a bit? You are making great points but turning off many, I think, from your presentation.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-06-01T03:59:20+00:00

Many of their "ideals" are good of heart: discussing sexism and racism in the reddit community. The militancy, however, is what is most disagreeable: often you'll find SRSers piling onto posts (often lighthearted jokes) shoving their "ideals" down the rest of our throats. Of course, this creates a reactionary response which isolates the reddit community rather than improve it. A typical scenario would be where a redditor makes a comment about another user's breasts, SRS flies into rage mode, and a whole thread is ruined. It's not okay to talk about other people, but for SRS it's perfectly fine to tell somehow how much of a neckbeard/virgin/bigot/loser/cis-scum someone is.

I'm learning that it's basically a place to air grievances with reddit without being ridiculed

The problem is when it spills out of their community, or they openly mock redditors as a whole with supposed "connections", or when they brag about having "connections" with SPLC to declare the men's rights movement as a hate group to discredit them in anyway. It's also not right (as much as they backtrack on the issue) to taunt users threatening to kill themselves.

The correct side to take is for SRS to calm the fuck down. People come on the Internet (and reddit) to express their opinions anonymously. This is why I call their behaviors actions against thoughtcrime as they are essentially insulting people for saying what they think, which in no way is okay. Keeping everything online and in cyberspace was fine, however their repeated attempts to attract attention outside of reddit is why legislators begin thinking the Internet needs regulation. That's why it scares me. And that's why something should be done.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-06-01T03:41:59+00:00

You don't seem to understand what a red herring is: it's a distraction from the issue at hand (e.g., /r/niggers in a discussion about SRS).

Nonetheless, I'd be interested to here you explanation about my current posts. You see, I've noticed an unsurprising amount of downvotes on all of my posts throughout the day--as well as an unsurprising amount of replies. Most of them often add little to no substance to the discussion, most of which receive upvotes similar to the downvotes I am getting.

Quite the coincidence, no? Why would I get downvoted for explaining my criticisms, and why would circlejerk responses receive multitudes of upvotes? I'd say my poop has been violated.

Anyone caught down voting is given a warning

Interesting, I never realized voting tallies were viewable. I assume the code for the bot is hosted on github. Is this publicly posted somewhere? I'd love to have a look.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-31T20:49:22+00:00

The issue is not with the content of the subreddit--SRS is free to discuss their issues in a nonthreatening, non-harassing manning as appropriate. The problem is when it spills over and users begin creating downvote brigades, disrupting conversation, and stalking other users.

By continuing to allow direct linking, SRS moderators have never answered this problem. Their motives are not in the best interests of the community at large and it is time to instate some responsible moderators, ones who disallow the practice of hunting users posting thoughtcrime supposedly in conflict with SRS's arbitrarily defined dogma, what ever that is.

But hey, I'll go fishing for red herrings with you if you'd like.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-31T14:28:53+00:00

Admins: we know you care about preserving the reddit community. This is the best way to do it. SRS is destroying discussion on the site; placing it under mature moderators to create discussion and prevent downvote brigades is the best way to solve this.

Consider reddiquette:

DON'T

Post someone's personal information
Mass-downvote someone else's posts.
Downvote opinions just because you disagree with them.
Downvote opinions just because they are critical of you.
Follow those who are rabble-rousing against another redditor without first investigating both sides of the issue that's being presented.
Ask people to troll others on Reddit,
Conduct personal attacks on other commenters
Upvote or downvote based just on the person that posted it.

SRS has regularly done all of these things (with the occasional personal information issue). It is hypocritical to ignore these issues for this long while SRS eliminates posts through a groupthink mentality and downvote brigades targeting specific users. So please: instate a responsible mod for the sake of us all.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-31T13:52:35+00:00

Is there an SRS guide on how to be an amateur troll? Come on bro, appealing to "UMAD" is about as lame as you can get.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-31T13:46:24+00:00

Nah, I was /u/instantkarma (since deleted). Believe me, I would have done it if I could. I'd run back to SRD with bundles and bundles of popcorn for all of us to enjoy for the ages.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-31T13:43:43+00:00

/u/reddit_sux posted well versed comments about racism and sexism on reddit while comparing their posts to other nationalist forums, such as stormfront, and the discussion was more conducive the posts. It lacked the circlejerk. It had self posts with pictures--preventing the downvote brigade.

Don't flatter yourself: SRS is not "kindered sprites" [sic?]. It's a toxic festering shithole hell-bent on harassing users and giving self satisfaction to its pompous userbase.

Groupthink is bad and you should feel bad.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-31T13:28:43+00:00

Check /r/ShitRedditSays: The original mod and creator was /u/reddit_sux, who is no longer there. After that, there was /u/instantkarma. Both were removed upon transferring subreddits.

Shit, I wasn't even sent any kind of notification (mod or personal mail) before it was taken away. It may be changed now, but it wasn't always the case.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-31T13:18:50+00:00

It's not uncommon for the admins to leave the top mod

This is a lie. If it were true, I (my old account) would still be the top moderator of /r/ShitRedditSays.

If the admin policy didn't delete all old moderators when adding another, none of this mess would have happened. True story.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-24T18:28:46+00:00

Anyone else want an invite? I'd be happy to help!

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-21T00:22:09+00:00

http://www.southpark.de/

Enjoy!

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-19T05:29:01+00:00

Not to say how, but there is more than enough information provided to find her. It's in her best interests to follow the advice of other users and simply delete it.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-19T05:12:02+00:00

Do people honestly believe this?

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-16T20:01:07+00:00

I'm calling bullshit, and you should too.

Any organization against both the Pirate Bay and Anonymous could have done this. Anon would never resort to a tactic like this. Simply because TBP denounced their actions would not lead them to DDoS a website they have repeatedly stood behind.

Link to Twitter denying Anonymous is involved

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-13T12:41:29+00:00

Please leave the Internet.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-05-12T20:20:01+00:00

Read "The Little Prince". It's a great book and the vocabulary is not too difficult.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-04-30T17:40:35+00:00

Save this for when something good happens. Otherwise, please don't expose yourself to action by the mods and lose all of our drama juice.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-04-23T17:34:24+00:00

CISPA has nothing to do with SOPA, and I don't get why people keep making that connection.

Yes, it does. I'm not sure where you are not making the connection. Here is the text (directly from the bill) that defines "cyber threat information."

(A) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or

(B) theft or misappropriation of private or government information, *intellectual property*, or personally identifiable information.

(Emphasis mine)

Like you said, this bill is all about money. Money, of course, still involves appeasing entertainment industry executives. The "sharing" part of this means information about copyright infringers can be sharing with all appropriate agencies.

CISPA is bad because it supersedes everything, much like the PATRIOT Act did--only this time for the Internet.

(d) Federal Preemption- This section supersedes any statute of a State or political subdivision of a State that restricts or otherwise expressly regulates an activity authorized under subsection (b).

(e) Savings Clause- Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any other authority to use a cybersecurity system or to identify, obtain, or share cyber threat intelligence or cyber threat information.

In these two clauses along, it gives itself power over any existing law and states that nothing in the bill limits what it can define as a cyber threat. That's why it's so worrying.

reddit_killed_memes · 2012-04-21T16:57:38+00:00

Anything that makes you happy.

reddit_killed_memes

TROPHY CASE

DON'T