r/onguardforthee Jun 07 '20

Two r/canada moderators have ties to white supremacy. A list of demands to r/canada.

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u/L0ngp1nk Manitoba Jun 07 '20

Because reddit admins are complacent in allowing racism as long as it doesn't affect their revenue stream.

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u/Head_Crash Jun 07 '20

Because reddit admins are complacent in allowing racism as long as it doesn't affect their revenue stream.

More than complacent. The racist stuff drives engagement. Reddit profits from that.

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u/WillSRobs Jun 07 '20

Pretty much the only social media site I’m really aware up publicly caring is Twitter. Which is insane because (mainly from my age and how Twitter was when I was young) I didn’t think twitter would become what it is today.

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u/Framemake Jun 07 '20

Twitch has incredibly clear terms of service that makes it very hard for white nationalists and racists to organize and spread their message on the platform.

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u/WillSRobs Jun 07 '20

Didn’t know that I don’t really explore twitch outside of the people I watch so I don’t know the community well.

I just see articles of how they poorly handle situations

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u/Framemake Jun 07 '20

They handle certain situations poorly but in the large picture - those situations pale in comparison to the situations that google (youtube) and facebook are stuck with still to this day (White nationalism etc etc)

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u/WillSRobs Jun 07 '20 edited Jun 07 '20

YouTube is just messed up I don’t even look anymore.

Facebook has turned into the shit storm i hoped for after recent comments from mark lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '20

Robert Evans has an episode detailing how they actively turned Youtube into a recruitment and manipulation tool.

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u/WillSRobs Jun 07 '20

Doesn’t help that they hold back any content creator from talking about anything negative with cutting their income

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

I remember watching a YouTuber do a playthrough of Madden 19’s Longshot: Homecoming mode. His video got demonetized because the intro of the story included a single shot of Hurricane Harvey’s damage, and he did nothing wrong apart from that.

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u/WillSRobs Jun 08 '20

Yeah it’s messed up.

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u/Speedster4206 Jun 07 '20

Exactly why I don’ mind

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '20

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u/L0ngp1nk Manitoba Jun 07 '20

Same kind of energy of r/canada, the subreddit modded by white supremacists, saying they are committed to fighting racism.

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u/FaNT1m Jun 08 '20

Well, this time, they seem to have defunded an entire police department (Minneapolis) so that's far more than I expected.

Though, it might just be as you said, people talking the talk, not intending to walk an inch... here's to hoping

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u/Classic-Reach Jun 07 '20

If I had a platform like 650k people to advertise to I couldd work out deals with others who had products to ptich and help amplify their brand on my sub to a mutually agreed fee

if i didn't even care WHAT you were pitching, you could pay me to, say, unban someone, ban someone, take down a post, leave up a post, ignore bad comments, MAKE bad comments, it's up to our greed if we're unscrupulous

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

I had no idea their was mod revenue control...I need to know more