As reddit became more commercialized, somehow it turned into a place where mere opinions resulted in bans. Sometimes directly, but more often what happens is moderators allowed users with sanctioned opinions to relentlessly verbally deride those with unsanctioned opinions and then ban the target as soon as they reflected even one iota of the lashing back.
It has gotten to the point where even HN, a place full of progressive coastie techies, looks like a free speech bastion of thought diversity by comparison. I miss the pre ~2015s internet where even though everyone might hate you, you had the right to your opinion.
It has gotten to the point where even HN, a place full of progressive coastie techies, looks like a free speech bastion of thought diversity by comparison. I miss the pre ~2015s internet where even though everyone might hate you, you had the right to your opinion.