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1. nomilk · 1790655652 · focus · HN ↗

   The biggest problem I have with reddit is mods can slowly but systematically ban users who express unfavourable opinions, and over time, anyone casually browsing could mistakenly believe those views are unpopular, whereas in reality everyone with that view (everyone who spoke it, anyway) was banned.

   To give a simple example, one video game franchise subreddit bans any negative discussion on the most recent title. Over 5-10 years, this shielded them from negative feedback. But the franchise has tanked because core users weren't listened to, and they ended up making something nobody wanted.

   1. ainiriand · 1790663251 · focus · HN ↗

      I fully agree with your point of view. I think that I saw it the clearest when, in a Magic the Gathering subreddit I usually follow one person started a thread on a set of rare cards and immediately was downvoted to oblivion, and later on closed by the mods. Turns out that those cards were indeed legit, and just because everyone else thought they were not nobody got to see them once the booster opened.

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