Why I just left reddit.

[Mirimir]

On 04/01/2017 07:28 PM, John Newman wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 1, 2017, at 5:30 PM, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>> Here's what happened:
>>
>> 1) Someone posted in /r/privacy, with concerns about ISP monitoring.
>> 2) I recommended using a VPN.
>> 3) A bot flagged my post, because writing "VPN" is forbidden there.
>> 4) I complained on /r/VPNs, pointing out that this is absurd.
>> 5) A moderator criticized me, saying that I shill for IVPN.
>> 6) I replied to the criticism, disputing the accusation.
>> 7) They banned me from /r/VPNs.
>>
>> So I left reddit, because /r/VPNs and /r/privacy are two main reasons
>> for being there. It's sad, but so it goes.
> 
> I stopped participating a while ago when i noticed that
> cops seemed to congregate in any sub talking about 
> the most recent cop murder that hit the news, to argue 
> how "hard policing is" and give all sorts of lines of bullshit
> to justify the latest murder, pushing down any opposing
> post. They didn't all identify as cops and maybe some of
> them were just scumbag cop lovers but, anyway, fuck it.

That does suck.

I'd like to see more forums where everyone can say whatever they want.
And where everyone can easily opt out of whatever they want. Email lists
work well enough for that. But I'd like reddit better if they focused on
that rather than empowering psychotic mods.