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by supercanuck 3137 days ago
The difference between /r/politics and /r/the_donald, is that positive comments about Trump on /r/politics get down voted into oblivion but still are capable of being read and seen, on /r/the_donald, they simply get removed and the user is banned.

To imply that those two are equal, is disingenuous.
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moojd 3137 days ago
Also, one is sub meant for general political discussion and the other is clearly meant to be an echo chamber for one side's ideas. /r/the_donald is awful but at least it doesn't pretend to be impartial.
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52-6F-62 3137 days ago
But it is impartial in that you won't be removed for discussion in good faith, though you may be disagreed right to the bottom.

Spiteful trolling usually gets down-voted to hell as well (thankfully).

A little too often I see hyperbolic vitriol and shitposting persist, and though I don't mind the odd gag, it's not warranted. It clogs the thread as much as anything else.

That subreddit is impartial in itself. It's consensus of the participants, not censorship, if unpopular ideas aren't promoted whichever way they lean.

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wolco 3137 days ago
It reflects the mods.
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52-6F-62 3137 days ago
How do vote tallies reflect the mods?
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supercanuck 3137 days ago
If they ban users, those users don't get to vote.
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52-6F-62 3136 days ago
But they don't ban users for their opinions. They have clearly stated rules about civility in discussion — to my knowledge, those rules are the most common purpose for banning in that subreddit. That and spam.

edit: It would actually be kind of interesting to pull those kinds of statistics and display them — for various subreddits.

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dsfyu404ed 3137 days ago
>you won't be removed for discussion in good faith,

>though you may be disagreed right to the bottom.

Is there a difference?

Both actions basically say "this speech is not worthy of consideration around here". The difference between making it still available to serve as a warning or removing it entirely is not meaningful IMO.

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supercanuck 3137 days ago
Downvoting says your opinion is unpopular. Banning means your opinion is unwelcome.

There is a difference. You are being obtuse.

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