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WrongAspects t1_j4uodjg wrote

Reply to comment by Icy_Collection_1396 in Hume's Guillotine and The Role of Free Speech in Social Media by causeapp

It’s interesting when you try to apply this to Reddit. In Reddit what you are allowed to say is completely subject to the whims and moods of whichever moderator is reading your post. The moderator is anonymous and their decisions are absolute, final, and not subject to any kind of process before or after the action is taken. They are also completely hidden from the public.

It’s basically censorship by a dictator.

Despite this Reddit sells itself as a free speech platform.

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Icy_Collection_1396 t1_j4v3vtx wrote

It is true that Reddit's moderators have a great deal of power and control over what is allowed on the platform, and that their decisions are final. However, Reddit does seek to promote free speech. Reddit encourages users to express their opinions, opinions are generally respected and allowed to exist on the platform and Reddit actively works to combat censorship. While Reddit does have rules and moderators that enforce these rules, they seek to create an open, safe platform where users can freely express their opinions without fear of retaliation.

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WrongAspects t1_j4yte7e wrote

I mean none of what you said about Reddit allowing this or that is true. Reddit allows what the moderator allows. Period, end of sentence. Reddit the corporation doesn’t provide any kind of check or oversight on the censorship exercised by moderators.

Most of all Reddit emphatically does not create an open environment. Every subreddit quickly becomes a circle jerk as moderators ban and filter dissenting voices.

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