It’s a shame that every Reddit alternative (like voat and now ruqqus) turns into such a cesspool. I wish there was something like the Reddit of 10 years ago.
I am with you on that one but I think it is the product of the times and situation we live in.
No one can agree on what constitutes free speech, everyone feels that they are the ones under attack (on the Right and the Left and the Centrists). No one can concede ground, everyone holds that they are absolutely correct in every case. So they leave for more tolerant grounds (i.e. where people agree with them and their sense of persecution), where people respect their right to speech, form a mob, then strike back against their perceived enemies.
And then there is the brigading, which everyone thinks is the fault of the 'other' side and endemic to the 'other side's' thinking.
It's like there are multitude Battlefields on a War of Opinion & Truth.
In my case I may have compared 1 year ago a certain world leader that was sending minority demographic to specialized facilities to a Disney character.
Though it certainly took quite a while for me to be labeled and permanently suspended.
I don't know why my alt account would be banned as well, though.
Indeed. I've been trying to find or come up with solutions that don't jeopardize personal safety (think journalists, or citizens living under an authoritarian regime) but that also allow freedom of speech (but not democracy of truth, because then you get a fertile ground for propaganda and a rift in communities).
On the small reddit clones, the far-right takes on the same role as the far left does on reddit. The Daily Stormtrooper gang, who comprise at most 10 people, will flood those sites with relentless racist material and will attack and deplatform anyone who complains or dissents.
No one can agree on what constitutes free speech, everyone feels that they are the ones under attack (on the Right and the Left and the Centrists). No one can concede ground, everyone holds that they are absolutely correct in every case. So they leave for more tolerant grounds (i.e. where people agree with them and their sense of persecution), where people respect their right to speech, form a mob, then strike back against their perceived enemies.
And then there is the brigading, which everyone thinks is the fault of the 'other' side and endemic to the 'other side's' thinking.