Reddit censorship in action: two screenshots of the top of r/all on my phone, taken just minutes apart (12:34 and 12:40 PST) -- spot the difference! : reddit

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Reddit censorship in action: two screenshots of the top of r/all on my phone, taken just minutes apart (12:34 and 12:40 PST) -- spot the difference! (lemmy.world)

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Screenshots of reddit.com/r/all on mobile as it appeared immediately after loading (did not scroll), taken at 12:34 and 12:40 PST; look what suddenly disappeared from the #1 post spot! That's a rather specific "server error"...

I happened to take the first screenshot (12:34) because I thought it was suspicious enough that they were suddenly dealing with an unspecified "error" right as bad news about the site hit the top of r/all. Then a few minutes later (~12:38) the site didn't load at all. A few minutes after that, the bad press post is gone from r/all. If you go to the post now (https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1jl6smd/elon_musk_pressured_reddits_ceo_on_content/), it says "Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/politics" (marked as "off-topic").

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

how in the fuck is a post about that "off-topic"? Fucking sell outs.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

sell outs

Well, yes. That’s entirely the point. It started years ago with the quarantining of fringe subs like WPD or Spacedicks, followed by allowing extremist subs like T_D to continue unfettered. Those were red flags many recognized, and Spez made it plainly obvious he was planning on commercializing Reddit and wanted a platform for advertisers. He didn’t lie about that, it was openly stated. Those events were followed up by cramming the Reddit app down our throats, the closing of the API, removing mods and communities protesting Reddit actions, the cleanup of anti-Spez art on /place, forcing ads into the feed, etc., etc. Now we have tacit support of censorship in support of an oligarch.

IOW complaining that Reddit “sold out” is a bit late. It happened a while ago. Now they’re licking the boot

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 80 points 3 days ago

Elon is a pseudo cabinet member, laughable to consider this off topic.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Literally standard server errors man

[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Is this why I just got permabanned there for explaining that "globalist" is an antisemetic dogwhistle? They said I was using hatespeech and when I contested it, my sub ban (r/dandadan of all places) became a permanent site-wide ban.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lol, do I wanna know why you were banned from Dandadan?

[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Genuinely nothing bad. Someone used the term "space globalists" to describe a faction in the manga, so I explained why globalist was an antisemetic term by explaining the context it gets used in irl as well as by providing specific examples of Alex Jones using the term and examples of him explaining why he uses it (he has, on rare occassion, said that you call them globalists instead of jews because the latter is a bad look, essentially). I did use some vulgar language and imagery, but only in quoting/paraphrasing what these types have actually said about their own beliefs.

The part of the ruling that said it was off topic was, imo, fair as I did break that rule, but specifically using it to disallow people pointing out hate speech, while also deeming it hate speech, and while leaving the dogwhistle I responded to up all makes it feel very sus ngl.

I asked their mods how what I said was qualified as hate speech and instead of getting any explanation, their response was a 2-day sitewide ban. After bringing it to admins, they, again instead of giving any reasoning to the ruling, just banned me from the site fullstop.

[–] witnessbolt@lemm.ee 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

“As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore,” said Bezmenov. “A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell nothing to him...show him a concentration camp, he will refuse to believe it, until he receives a kick in his fan-bottom. When a military boot crashes his balls then he will understand. But not before that."

https://bigthink.com/the-present/yuri-bezmenov/

The article is actually much more damning and urgent than this, but I don't want to seem too off topic.

They've all been brainwashed into believing the propaganda (globalist!!11!!1) or are tuned out of politics entirely

Dark times

[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Haven't read your link yet, but with your point, I can absolutely concur; these are dark times, indeed.

If there was ever a time to get to know your neighbors and start building up community allegiance and solidarity, that time would look a lot like right now. Good luck and stay clever, all!

[–] witnessbolt@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Some key quotes:

“What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite of the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.”

"Bezmenov described this process as “a great brainwashing” that has four basic stages. The first stage is called “demoralization” which takes from 15 to 20 years to achieve...minimum number of years it takes to re-educate one generation of students that is normally exposed to the ideology of its country — in other words, the time it takes to change what the people are thinking."

"Once demoralization is completed, the second stage of ideological brainwashing is “destabilization”. During this two-to-five-year period, asserted Bezmenov, what matters is the targeting of essential structural elements of a nation: economy, foreign relations, and defense systems. Basically, the subverter (Russia) would look to destabilize every one of those areas in the United States, considerably weakening it."

"The third stage would be “crisis.” It would take only up to six weeks to send a country into crisis, explained Bezmenov. The crisis would bring “a violent change of power, structure, and economy” and will be followed by the last stage, “normalization.” That’s when your country is basically taken over, living under a new ideology and reality."

[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 days ago (3 children)

At this point, being banned from reddit is a badge of honour.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 6 points 2 days ago

I'm honoured to be near you.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I still have 3 unbanned, high karma accounts that I don't use anymore. One day I might need them to do a thing.

[–] Ilovemyirishtemper@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I had been planning on deleting my... I think 15 year old account? that I haven't touched since baconreader stopped working but hadn't pulled the trigger yet because I put so much work into those years of posts. But, you make a good point. I may need it for a thing someday.

[–] SirQuack@feddit.nl 4 points 3 days ago

Dang, I removed my account before the bans started flying.

I did have to re-delete a lot of comments very often, and then the bulk deletion app was suddenly enshittified

[–] lasange@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

Write a review of Reddit on the App Store saying about people being silenced. Reddit can’t remove it unless you write something offensive

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 32 points 3 days ago

Eventually the comic will be removed too

[–] justsquigglez@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

I had already deleted my reddit apps on my phone and such before switching over to Lemmy. But now that I see Muskrat directly going after reddit similarly to how he did with Twitter, I went ahead and deleted all my accounts. Fuck that place.

[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago

I still get on reddit, but I just read I don't vote or contribute in any way. I noticed today that anything critical of trump or his administration was having a difficult time loading, but yet non-trump related content loaded just fine.

Totally not suspicious.

[–] Puzzlehead@reddthat.com 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I got mysteriously site wide banned without any warning. Only been warned once on the platform and never been suspended. I believed I was following the reddit TOS and guidelines but was banned for "violating "multiple rules."

I have never been alerted about it by reddit ever what content of mine violated their site wide rules. I hope the admins here are more fair and actually respond to requests than using AI and algorithm and ignoring requests about wrongful suspension.

Did reddit team just start to hand out banhammers to accounts randomly? My alt was banned and then my main one was banned hours later. It was just a generic message not really telling me what content of mine violated their site wide rules.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

ive seen that happen before, on the anniversary of 9/11 a few years back, some guy posted a video of the retaliatory bombings, and it was removed pretty quick just like this. no trace.

[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

I made a post on antiwork yesterday about all the additional comments underneath the top comments that just don't exist when you go to expand them. Made a screen grab video of it. In one case it said there were 48 comments but you open them and nothing then you scroll to the end it said 458 comments and there were like maybe 40-50 it’s ridiculous what a corporate bootlicking shithole reddit now obviously is. At least it was better hidden before.

[–] azalty@jlai.lu 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Reddit hides posts you’ve already viewed

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That, along with hide on up or downvote, is a account setting, and iirc isn't on by default.

[–] azalty@jlai.lu 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I believe the algorithm skips already seen posts so that you don't see them again, whether this is on or off

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

why is the /r/comics post still there then?

[–] azalty@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago

Because it wasn't seen. As you can see, the texted isn't gray, but white

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Picture of reddit, server error. Obviously.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Server errors are nothing new for reddit

[–] Bacano@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I scoured every pixel on every panel of that comic for several minutes OP.

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

It has gotten more & more tame & lame over there as the bots take over.

[–] False@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1jl7jtp/elon_musk_pressured_reddits_ceo_on_content/

I saw this in the 4th spot on r/all.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

I couldn't find it going over all's history, but I did find this fucking funny one. Musk is desperate and over-leveraged. The double finger "gun" is hilarious.

https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1jlhf0k/elon_musk_asserts_the_administration_is_going_to/

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That error means you're shadowbanned. Try opening your profile in incognito it might be suspended

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It's not showing the error now so shrug. Also the account I'm logged in as has engaged in zero activity (no comments, no voting, just lurking) in almost a year, so I don't know what I'd have suddenly been shadowbanned for.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are you using Firefox?

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago

I get these errors too. You're not shadowbanned.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Are you on VPN? If not, they have your IP address. They probably have a device signature as well.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No it doesn't. It happens a lot if you do not use the mobile app. I have a mod account there and my interactions are heard regardless of this error. It might be a FF thing.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No it doesn’t. I got this error earlier on a random web search in private mode, not logged in.

[–] StewieB@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

It happen to me as well.

[–] Apple87sagan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Im having trouble even getting to reddit. I also left when I noticed they were censoring real news.

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