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I am go1dfish. Reddit transparency advocate, moderator of numerous subreddits past and present. Author of /r/PoliticBot and /r/uncensorship AMA (self.TopMindsOfReddit)

go1dfishTop Mind が 投稿

Ground rules are:

  • I will not discuss individual redditors in any capacity (subreddit mods as a team is fair-game).
  • Mods will remove ad-hominen attacks without citation. (i.e. don't assign beliefs to me that I don't have, back things up with evidence)
  • I will not answer questions phrased in a disrespectful or clearly accusatory way

I don't generally identify as a conspiracy theorist; but I did moderate /r/conspiracy for some time in order to gain insight into the moderation of large subreddits.

You can view all the subreddits I currently moderate on my user profile: /u/go1dfish

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[–]SepulchxrTop Cunt of Reddit 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

What are your views on the ideas of /r/conspiracy users that think that Reddit has been infiltrated by a nefarious organisation? They say rom admins to moderators, they are removing anything that doesn't conform with a certain idealogy.

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't believe there is any nefarious organization at work unless you count Reddit Inc. itself. I wouldn't call its goals particularly nefarious either.

I think there is a clear bias at the admin level towards political correctness (for the 'good' of the site as a business). I also think it's kind of weird that /r/TwoXChromosomes is the only default subreddit to allow political advocacy especially in light of the iCEO gender discrimination lawsuits.

I have nothing against 2X, and I'm not opposed to it being a default.

I also believe that reddit took a significant turn for the worse after the OWS protests around the time that /r/reddit.com got shut down. It splintered the community and there was no longer a relief valve for stories that didn't fit in any other default subreddit.

I do think the quality of reddit as I perceive it is in decline; but I don't ascribe it to any grand conspiracy. Just a collection of bad decisions and human tendencies.

Power corrupts, even the piddly power we give moderators. It doesn't even require malice.

The best thing reddit could do would be to bring back a default subreddit that was unmoderated except for the rules of reddit

/r/Stuff is my attempt at bootstrapping such a place, but I doubt it will ever see default status.

I hope the admins will move on this front soon: http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2x0g9v/from_1_to_9000_communities_now_taking_steps_to/covr3a8

And my weak conspiracy theory is that /r/thebutton may be related to plans of this nature.

[–]AlmightySonOfBobShill Corp: Top Mind Division[M] 13ポイント14ポイント  (11子コメント)

Hey buddy, thanks for joining us tonight. I've got a few questions about your time as mod of /r/conspiracy.

1) What was the experience like moderating such a large and notorious subreddit? (Were you a mod during the solidwhetstone fiasco?)

2) What was the worst thing about modding that sub?

3) What do you think of the /r/conspiratard, /r/topmindsofreddit, and /r/isrconspiracyracist subs?

4) What conspiracy theories do you believe if any?

5) What's with the bipolarbear0 hate in /r/subredditcancer?

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 15ポイント16ポイント  (10子コメント)

The biggest takeaway from my time moderating /r/conspiracy is that modmail is a woefully inadequate tool for managing large subreddits. When you mod even a relatively small large sub like /r/conspiracy your modmail is always lit; and setting up notifications for something like AlienBlue is too annoying to bother.

I think reddit would do very well to adapt live threads into a chat system for moderators

I don't recall if I was a mod during the SWS fiasco or not; I mostly stayed out of the day to day drama and served primarily as a technical advisor WRT how reddit works and some CSS changes.

Not stylistic design decisions (not really my thing) just making changes that others wanted but didn't know how to do.

I helped research some auto mod configs and things like that as well. The biggest drama I remember happening during my time there was the SLC daycare drama. I recommended to the team that we should remove the post (for PI) before the admins ever stepped in but most of the team disagreed.

The worst thing about modding that sub is that as you guys know it attracts some truly certifiably crazy people. In some cases it's to such an extreme degree that it's really sad to watch. You want to help but in many cases there's just no real way to reach these people.

Besides that, the worst thing was the modmail as mentioned, and the marginalization that comes with being associated with "conspiracy theorists"

I think it's a waste of time to focus on the crazier aspects of /r/conspiracy but I can certainly see the humor value in it. There is certainly some undercurrents of racism in /r/conspiracy and reddit in general. My view is that trying to hide/suppress that racism is not the right approach.

It should be left to be countered and down voted; but when that doesn't happen; the best thing that can happen is to make fun of the absurdity of it all.

There are some facts that are commonly associated with conspiracy theories that I believe should get more exposure. All of these events are well documented:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding#Contemporary_use_and_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.#/media/File:Mlk-uncovered-letter.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

Anyone who tries to make an impact on reddit gets hate from somewhere, and BB0 is no exception. It doesn't help that he's an asshole who leaks from private subs without context in an attempt to defame people.

It also doesn't help that he runs /r/restorethefourth while simultaneously defending the de-anonymization of users in private subs.

[–]john-bigboote 9ポイント10ポイント  (5子コメント)

There are some facts that are commonly associated with conspiracy theories that I believe should get more exposure.

These are actual, documented conspiracies that aren't served by pointless speculation.

Doesn't the rhetoric of believers in, say, Lizard Jews or Nanothermite, do a disservice to people who'd like to bring actual conspiracies to light?

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 7ポイント8ポイント  (4子コメント)

Doesn't the rhetoric of believers in, say, Lizard Jews or Nanothermite, do a disservice to people who'd like to bring actual conspiracies to light?

Absolutely, but you can't exclude them without making individual determinations of correctness. If you want a full spectrum of debate; you have to let in the crazy people too.

[–]john-bigboote 8ポイント9ポイント  (3子コメント)

If you want a full spectrum of debate; you have to let in the crazy people too.

Why is having a full spectrum of debate valuable?

In other forms of truth seeking, terrible hypotheses are routinely discarded and terrible hypothesizers are routinely discounted.

What can an entirely open debate do better than a closely regulated debate can?

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

Because sometimes the people that the majority thinks are crazy at first end up being right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Tice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Klein

But also reddit is built to function democratically through approval/disapproval voting. When a community can rank opinions on their merit democratically why would you want a central power to limit things before they ever saw it?

[–]john-bigboote 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

Both of those dudes were vindicated with documentation, not by way of completely open debate.

I don't think there are secret truths that are looking for open debates to validate them. I think careful collection and presentation of evidence is the best way to find truth.

When a community can rank opinions on their merit democratically why would you want a central power to limit things before they ever saw it?

It depends on who constitutes the democracy and who constitutes the central power. Some popular opinions are wrong and some moderators are good; I don't think it's possible to characterize one or the other as always bad or always good.

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm not saying vindication is why we should have open debate. Information is. I don't like having someone filter things for correctness for me; I prefer to do that myself. I was well aware of the generalities of the Snowden revelations for years because I paid attention and made my own determinations.

That doesn't stop you or anyone else from creating a curated set of content with whatever goal you have in mind; but the goal of /r/conspiracy as I see it is open debate and knowledge sharing.

I'm a big fan of Hayek, and I think his views on government apply to moderation in some ways as well.

The recognition of the insuperable limits to his knowledge ought indeed to teach the student of society a lesson of humility which should guard him against becoming an accomplice in men's fatal striving to control society — a striving which makes him not only a tyrant over his fellows, but which may well make him the destroyer of a civilization which no brain has designed but which has grown from the free efforts of millions of individuals.

More here: http://mises.org/library/pretense-knowledge

[–]AlmightySonOfBobShill Corp: Top Mind Division 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

The biggest drama I remember happening during my time there was the SLC daycare drama. I recommended to the team that we should remove the post (for PI) before the admins ever stepped in but most of the team disagreed

That was some crazy drama too. I'm glad someone over there tried to do the right thing. I will say it was funny to watch the small exodus of users to voat during that fiasco. I guess the SWS drama was before you. He went to /r/conspiratard to ask how to improve both subs and he got hell for it. Then he started /r/conspiratocracy but it's pretty much dead now. They demodded him quick from /r/conspiracy.

The worst thing about modding that sub is that as you guys know it attracts some truly certifiably crazy people. In some cases it's to such an extreme degree that it's really sad to watch.

I would bet you probably saw some of the /r/digitalcartel users there. We avoid that sub due to it's obvious issues with mental illness.

It should be left to be countered and down voted; but when that doesn't happen; the best thing that can happen is to make fun of the absurdity of it all

That's why we're here.

I had to ask the bipolarbear0 question simply due to the amount of drama I've seen from all sides about him.

More questions:

1) What's your opinion of the current /r/conspiracy mod team and what do you think of the direction they've taken recently with the podcasts, demodding then remodding flytape, and just the general increase in racism over there. I know a few user over there that are actually pretty cool but even they say it's getting out of hand.

2) What is your favorite sub to moderate?

3) What was the most "Top Mind" post/comment that you've come across during your time at /r/conspiracy? If you remember.

That's all for me. Thanks for doing this.

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

I never saw any activity I'd call nefarious while I modded there, and I think the team is mostly well intentioned. I enjoy /r/conspiracy because it's one of the few large subs that's mostly unmoderated with a political focus. Sure it's a little weird but it gives it character.

The podcast situation seemed to be handled kind of badly in that it was put up unilaterally as a sticky and then there was some indecision about how to handle things afterwards.

I am a fan of Spy v Spy from Mad magazine and found Flytape's mask motif hilarious. I think he was well aware of the reaction it would garner as well and played it up. Reddit is mostly for entertainment and there are plenty of users who get entertained rustling jimmies.

No matter how bad the mods at /r/conspiracy get all their activity gets logged to /r/uncensorship and that's better than 99% of the subs on reddit when it comes to transparency at least. Even when they removed the podcast stuff it showed up there (and they have no way to prevent it from showing up unless they boot out /u/nucensorship)

/r/POLITIC was my favorite for a long time but recently I've started up /r/GetFairShare and /r/FairShare and it's been a really rewarding and enjoyable experience for me. It's fun giving away other people's money; I can see why politicians enjoy it so much.

I can't think of anything offhand; I mostly just ignore that stuff like spam/ads etc...

[–]AlmightySonOfBobShill Corp: Top Mind Division 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think /r/conspiracy is quite interesting from a moderator point of view. I can only imagine how much hair I would loose trying to keep up with the mod mail there.

I'll check out your subs tonight. You seem pretty interesting.

Again, thanks for being here.

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[–]kofclubsGMO Shill 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

What are your thoughts/experience on the shill topic?

http://www.reddit.com/r/undelete/comments/304uk6/the_reddit_trend_towards_banning_people_from/

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

People have been accusing other redditors of being shills for at least as long as there have been subreddits, and probably for as long as there have been comments.

It's toxic to debate when it happens really often so I can understand the desire to want to curtail it.

In general I oppose comment moderation because it's even more opaque than post removals, but I'm working on changing that with /r/RemovedComments

But really, calling someone a shill is just another form of attacking the messenger so you can avoid the message. It happens all the time on reddit and "shill" is just one of the more obvious attacks.

"Racist" gets used the same way to shut down debate sometimes when it is unwarranted. Yes some who oppose Obama are racist, but that doesn't make all who oppose his policies racist. Same with Israel etc...

If all you can do is call someone names you shouldn't bother commenting IMO.

For the longest time on reddit (before I started noticing content disappear) I completely and blissfully ignored usernames all together.

I still try to for the most part.

[–]I_ABUSED_YOUR_CHAIR 6ポイント7ポイント  (3子コメント)

For someone from the conspiracy/src network I think youre quite okay. You'e replied better to these questions than most people on /r/iama do. I try to stay open for all opinions, even the ones I disagree on. It helps me understand the views of the world and shape a broader opinion about them.

You certainly dont seem like a childish person. And im sure as a mod of controversial subreddits youve seen those kind of people a lot. So thank you for coming out today and doing this AMA. I never thought upon opening this thread I'd even agree with any comments here, but I can relate to many of your statements and even fully agree with some.

What are some of your primary political/conspiracy beliefs you think are very controversial in subreddits like these?

Do you think you might get in trouble elsewere for being here?

Can jetfuel melt steel beams/memes?

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

Thank you, that's what I hoped to achieve by doing this AMA. I think that if this community goes into similar dialogs with some other "Top Minds" you might find them to be more reasonable than at first glance as well.

I certainly have some controversial beliefs. /r/AntiTax is a more recent project of mine. I regularly get called some angsty teen for my libertarian/anarchist leanings but I was much more of a democrat (Gore supporter) back then.

More on my transition to my current beliefs here: http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3207r2/ugo1dfish_got_banned_from_rprotectandserve_some/cq6z8i8

I read a lot, and I pay attention to what happens in the world. I'm very stubborn in my beliefs but I try very hard not to be dogmatic and I am open to having my views changed.

As a recent example I've come to support the idea of basic income despite initially mocking the idea. Now my reasonings for supporting it are quite different from most; but it's a clear example of how I am open to changing my perceptions in light of new information.

I don't think I'll get in trouble anywhere for being here; I don't think I've said anything all that controversial; and certainly nothing that anyone who follows my activities on reddit doesn't already know.

I don't know on the jet fuel thing; and in general I don't care who did 9/11 because there's plenty enough to get pissed off at government without needing to speculate. All that lovely domestic surveillance was quite active before 9/11 and known to anyone paying attention.

Also the things we've done since 9/11 are terrible no matter the justification

What I do know is that jet fuel is not likely to have been the only combustible material in the WTC. They were big buildings with a lot of offices. Even if jet fuel is incapable of melting steel, that doesn't necessarily disprove anything.

But it's a compelling narrative and a good conspiracy theory. That is to say it can be interesting/entertaining to think about; but I don't put much stock into it.

I have plenty enough justification to be completely opposed to our existing government without needing to speculate.

[–]I_ABUSED_YOUR_CHAIR 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

In my group of friends I have a lot of different views. Political views dont define friendships for me unless it's daily rambling on how the lizards and the jews bla bla bla.

Therefore I am familiar with many anarchist and other controversial opinions. Note: since I am not from the US these views are often about local politics. But sometimes people talk about certain topics, for example police brutallity, and they use examples from the US. Police brutallity here is the occasional overreactive kick or so; not good but not as bad as in the US. Police shooting anyone is something that is national news. Even if they didnt hit the person. So therefore it is rather clear that political views can be twisted beyond realism.

Since I am currently traveling/in school I cant view the video sources in antitax, so can you perhaps give more ideas on the obvious question: Who will build the roads, feed the poor and build/regulate the schools?

The idea of basic income is very important to me, coming from The Netherlands where social security is a big thing and always up for debate. I am familiar with many people who have had shit luck and are suddenly without income. And since the economy is still shit, finding a job is hard. Poor people seem to be getting poorer and rich people richer. That's why I support higher tax for rich people. I'm sure mister bank CEO can miss a few thousand more of his millions of income he hardly deserved. What are your views on the matters in this paragraph?

Furthermore, what the US does is horrible, but understandable. The US army is for protecting the interests of the US, and oil, metals and money are definately amongst those. Doesnt justify shit, but it explains it.

And the whole 9/11 inside job conspiracy is just silly. A metal object loaded with fuel simply isnt good for any structure. Jetfuel may not melt steel but it will weaken it.

The last question was more of a joke but I am definately up for a serious conversation on the matter.

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Since I am currently traveling/in school I cant view the video sources in antitax, so can you perhaps give more ideas on the obvious question: Who will build the roads, feed the poor and build/regulate the schools?

Here's an answer in text form:

http://www.reddit.com/r/AntiTax/comments/31h0u9/defend_taxation_here_free_speech_sticky/cqe3pq7?context=3

I'm sure mister bank CEO can miss a few thousand more of his millions of income he hardly deserved. What are your views on the matters in this paragraph?

In the US especially my view is that our massive income inequality is largely the result of government intervention. For that reason, despite my views against taxation I would not be opposed to wealth redistribution because I see it as taking back ill gotten gains.

The problem is that most tax approaches involve sucking up large portions of the economy into a general fund and then hoping that government will do good things with the money. Unfortunately those good things usually turn out to be bombing oil rich nations and bailing out major corporations. We privatize the gains and socialize the losses.

This is my idea for a government backed approach to wealth redistribution that I'd be ok with: http://www.reddit.com/r/BasicIncome/comments/30ssxe/basic_income_for_a_3rd_world_country/cpw1av7 You could call it a QE for the people of sorts.

The US army is for protecting the interests of the US, and oil, metals and money are definately amongst those. Doesnt justify shit, but it explains it.

Oh absolutely, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar is another concept often associated with tinfoil hattery but it's one of the major underpinnings of our economy ever since the Nixon Shock and is probably more responsible for the overall quality of life in US more than any other factor.

This is why I think one of the most important political changes we can make is to remove the power government has to tax via inflation which is ironically the very thing I suggest above (but in a provably egalitarian way)

This is my big interest with Cryptocurrencies; Blockchain technology stands to be one of the biggest political innovations in history. At a bare minimum it's a very big technological innovation as a solution to the Byzantine generals problem

[–]Shredder13Ignorous sheeplian 10ポイント11ポイント  (3子コメント)

What conspiracy theory just makes you shake your head when you realize people actually believe it?

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 12ポイント13ポイント  (2子コメント)

Lizard people; but I also like watching Ancient Aliens for laughs.

The amount of time and effort people put into 9/11 conspiracies makes me shake my head as well. There is plenty to get pissed off at government for no matter who did that (it was the Saudis). You don't have to speculate to get angry when shit like this is happening in the open.

But I get it, you can spin an compelling narrative, I thought Kitty History was fucking hilarious.

[–]LizardShillNorth Korea is free from FIAT currency enslavement. 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

THANK YOU! No advanced reptilian race would try to hurt humans.

[–]Obregon 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Can you summarize your beliefs as they relate to /r/subredditcancer and whatever that sub is suppose to be opposing? I looked at it and it was mostly just people complaining about mods. Is that really all there is to it?

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I created the first removal detection bots on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/quq7n/mods_connected_to_srs_and_moderator_of/c40nyr3

/r/ModsAreKillingReddit became /r/ModerationLog became /r/PoliticBot

Yes complaining about moderation is pretty much all there is to /r/subredditcancer and they invited me to mod (like /r/conspiracy) because of my technical knowledge of reddit and the removal detection tools I build.

I think the kind of childish/antagonistic approach of SRC is unfortunate; but I try to do whatever I can to bring attention to the fact that removals happen at all.

I still think most users of reddit are blissfully unaware of moderation; especially when you consider how many users stick to mobile and never even see a sidebar.

[–]john-bigboote 1ポイント2ポイント  (6子コメント)

Is there anything that /r/conspiracy users have discovered or brought to light that you'd consider a positive contribution to humanity?

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 3ポイント4ポイント  (5子コメント)

I can't point to any examples of discovery; but there are regularly some stories that show up on /r/conspiracy that deserve attention.

Bringing those stories to more eyes can be a positive contribution to humanity in my view.

[–]john-bigboote 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

there are regularly some stories that show up on /r/conspiracy[1] that deserve attention.

For example?

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32sxem/exdrug_cop_says_he_fellow_cops_lied_planted_drugs/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32to01/seeing_that_nestle_is_illegally_taking_water/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32um4e/20_years_ago_sinead_oconner_called_the_vatican/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32t4mj/uk_cover_up_lord_janner_will_not_be_charged/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32urxp/us_national_security_budget_is_well_over/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32t65t/a_corporate_trojan_horse_critics_decry_secretive/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32unb0/taxation_without_representation_in_the_last_5/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32u2u1/house_votes_to_repeal_tax_on_richest_02_percent/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32tt9a/lawyer_finds_surveillance_software_baked_into/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32s9z8/us_judge_wont_remove_marijuana_from_mostdangerous/

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/32va3f/britishenglishpolice_is_moderator_of_169_subs/

That's a quick glance at the top 50 of /r/conspiracy right now that I think have some useful significance.

Some of the sources suck; but the stories are important/relevant.

[–]last-friday( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)╯╲___✡✡✡✡ Don't mind me, just walking my world rulers 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

You probably already know of this sub, but if you want to give exposure to conspiracies that actually have evidence supporting their existence, give /r/actualconspiracies a look.

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thank you, I've seen that sub floating around but didn't sub yet and your reminder made me do so.

Given the more serious political focus it may make some sense to add that to the PoliticBot issues multi as well.

The only reason I don't include /r/conspiracy in that list is because it does often go quite far off from the political realm.

[–]AlmightySonOfBobShill Corp: Top Mind Division 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Excellent sub by the way. I think everyone should sub to that one.

[–]VodkaBarf"known truths" 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

If you could change any one thing about Reddit what would it be and why?

What do you think about people that want to move on to sites like Voat?

Do you think anything could be done about the racism in /r/conspiracy?

Also, thanks for stopping by. It's been nice reading your answers so far.

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

Easiest question all night. Bring back /r/reddit.com as a default add it to all current subs, only moderate it for the rules of reddit and marking (not removing) NSFW content.

People feel like there is too much centralization of control over reddit among a collection of moderators who each collectively mod a handful of very large subreddits.

There are anti-feminists, racists, tinfoil hatters etc.. mixed in with that as well and it's IMO incredibly unfortunate that they decide to unite under such an immature banner.

But it's representative of a real problem this site has.

There are two completely opposing perceptions of reddit that cause two completely different groups to hate it for two completely incompatible irreconcilable reasons.

Some people hate reddit because it is too free (as in speech) with subs like beating women, coontown etc...

Some people hate reddit because the most visible communities have become (in the view of many) too heavily curated in the name of political correctness.

The deepest underlying issue here is a lack of understanding about how reddit actually works.

And the best way to fix it is with a default catchall that only enforces the rules of reddit

If /r/reddit.com came back and didn't remove posts the people advocating jumping to Voat wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

It would focus the attention on the moderators as the problem instead of reddit as a whole. The admins intention in killing /r/reddit.com was probably because they wanted to avoid the perception of reddit as a homogeneous entity; but the law of unintended consequences is a bitch.

I think the proper thing to do is to down vote and mock it. Trying to supress it will just breed victim complexes and self-righteousness. The last thing you want to do to an overly paranoid person is confirm their suspicions.

Thanks for having me, I've thoroughly enjoyed it so far.

[–]VodkaBarf"known truths" 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

Thanks for the answers. I hadn't really considered bringing back /r/reddit.com, but I can certainly see how it would solve a lot of problems for a lot of people.

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm hoping the admins will do something in that vein soon: http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2x0g9v/from_1_to_9000_communities_now_taking_steps_to/covr3a8

My wishful thinking is that /r/thebutton is somehow related to such an effort.

[–]That_Guy381Shillionare 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

I'm Jewish. I wish I could read /r/conspiracy sometimes, but you can't read it without such anti-semitism there sometimes.

That being said, was Jews running the world a constant topic during your moderation career on that sub, and if it was, did you agree with the majority of it?

Thanks for going into enemy territory. Takes guts.

[–]go1dfishTop Mind[S] 8ポイント9ポイント  (2子コメント)

That's a pretty common thread among all conspiracy forums unfortunately. There's certainly an element of anti-semitism among the posters at /r/conspiracy (I never experienced it in the mod team)

But at the same time there is also a dynamic where people get accused of anti-semitism for opposing the actions of the Israeli government. Both tendencies are problematic.

Hitler was one of the worlds greatest orators and one of the clearest examples of how dangerous political authority can be. His repugnant ideals and teachings still resonate decades after his cowardly exit.

I don't understand holocaust deniers, especially those who would deny the holocaust and then rail against government power. The holocaust is one of the clearest examples of the dangers of unchecked government power.

[–]That_Guy381Shillionare 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's ironic, when you think about it, that /r/conspiracy usually argues for a small government.

I personally disagree with the Israeli government at the moment. What they did during the most recent Gaza conflict is excusable, but they aren't making it any easier by just ignoring the Palestine statehood problem.

[–]eaglezhigherTop Mind mod of /r/Coontown 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hitler was one of the worlds greatest orators and one of the clearest examples of how dangerous political authority can be. His repugnant ideals and teachings still resonate decades after his cowardly exit.

Lol.