Tue Oct 29, 2013, 09:55 AM

Oilwellian (12,647 posts)

Democratic Underground Banned From Reddit/Politics Forum

There's a big write-up about it on Daily Kos, which was also banned.

This afternoon, the moderation team for the popular /r/politics subreddit announced a blacklist, banning such publications as Alternet, Drudgereport, Heritage Foundation, Huffington Post, Motherjones, National Review, Reason Magazine, Salon Magazine, Thinkprogress, Twitter, Vice.com, and many many more. Including, Dailykos.

With over three million members, the Reddit Politics forum has significant audience share. To block an entire domain and publisher from submission access will have major economic repercussions for any publication on that list. It will also diminish public recognition of any news published at those sites, now denied access. And thus, the free flow of information is diminished.

The big-daddy of link and content aggregation sites on the 'net, Reddit has tens of millions of users worldwide. The site bills itself as, "...a source for what's new and popular on the web. Users like you provide all of the content and decide, through voting, what's good and what's junk."

So it might interest many of these users to learn which sources the moderation team in Reddit's politics subreddit have sidelined by blacklist. And in so doing, to disenfranchise those users from their supposed vote. It might also surprise the community that what these moderators have blacklisted are some of the most well recognized publishers of political journalism on the web.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/28/1251324/-Reddit-Politics-Forum-Announces-Publisher-Blacklist

Blacklist here.

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110 replies	Author	Time	Post
Democratic Underground Banned From Reddit/Politics Forum (Original post)	Oilwellian	Oct 2013	OP
Holy crap!	In_The_Wind	Oct 2013	#1
Wow!	Ranchemp.	Oct 2013	#2
I know we have a few young people on DU but as someone approaching 40 we have to face it. DU	liberal_at_heart	Oct 2013	#3
I'm 22, I use DU.	Kurska	Oct 2013	#105
Reddit users are younger	sadatay	Oct 2013	#108
welcome to DU	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#109
In fairness, they also ban themselves	LittleBlue	Oct 2013	#4
I just saw that!	kentauros	Oct 2013	#12
I'll go out on a limb	LittleBlue	Oct 2013	#16
I go to their politics forum quite often	Oilwellian	Oct 2013	#24
demographics states otherwise. It is mainly a young person site.	liberal_at_heart	Oct 2013	#26
Majority young persons but..	sadatay	Oct 2013	#110
Mother Jones is valuable investigative reporting.	JDPriestly	Oct 2013	#49
The Huffington Post is an aggregator of clickbait, sideboob, celebrity puffpieces and	LeftyMom	Oct 2013	#83
Yes. Look at every SHOCKING, huge-font headline and it's unavoidable.	NCLefty	Oct 2013	#94
Interesting.	Jackpine Radical	Oct 2013	#5
Except not really...	Chan790	Oct 2013	#27
I was sorta wondering if the selection was unbiased.	Jackpine Radical	Oct 2013	#35
never heard of the joint	warrior1	Oct 2013	#6
It looks like they've banned pretty much everyone, including themselves:	Sheldon Cooper	Oct 2013	#7
Notice that RW Yahoo isn't banned.	lark	Oct 2013	#45
Faux Snooze also not banned	lark	Oct 2013	#47
theonion???? They've got to be joking.	JDPriestly	Oct 2013	#50
Dang. What's left?	tblue	Oct 2013	#52
Looks like they took the politics out of their politics forum. Reddit is now less than useless.	leveymg	Oct 2013	#63
Defeats the purpose of reading.	Octafish	Oct 2013	#101
Sounds like Conservatives have infiltrated the moderation team,	octoberlib	Oct 2013	#8
Just like they did on Digg?	Oilwellian	Oct 2013	#11
I remember that on digg. Then the site got sold to some 'group'? & was ruined.	Sunlei	Oct 2013	#74
Isn't reddit used by 13 year olds?	Vashta Nerada	Oct 2013	#9
hmmm I have never used reddit. but it seems that they	littlewolf	Oct 2013	#10
Freeperville is still accepted?	Sheepshank	Oct 2013	#18
I admit I did not notice that. I just saw what appeared to be	littlewolf	Oct 2013	#34
Reddit is for posting and discussing articles. Freeperville doesn't post articles.	Xithras	Oct 2013	#48
Did you see this at the link?	Raine1967	Oct 2013	#21
Yes, I did see that	Oilwellian	Oct 2013	#29
It does remind me of what happened over with Digg.	Raine1967	Oct 2013	#30
It is disturbing	Oilwellian	Oct 2013	#32
MOTHER JONES???	Raine1967	Oct 2013	#13
Seriously? What the hell? ( n/t )	Make7	Oct 2013	#82
Meh, oh well.	HappyMe	Oct 2013	#14
boycott Reddit... that simple	JCMach1	Oct 2013	#15
I never used it, nor liked their "layout."	kentauros	Oct 2013	#20
I visit it every day. The political discussion there is better than anything I've ever gotten on DU.	Dawgs	Oct 2013	#36
Hogwash.	ronnie624	Oct 2013	#90
You're right. Political discussion here is ALL political.	Dawgs	Oct 2013	#99
I often link my DU posts to Reddit as well as my Twitter account.	madfloridian	Oct 2013	#69
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#17
Drudge should be banned everywhere.	RebelOne	Oct 2013	#59
They banned Wikipedia but allow Foxnews (only banned nation.foxnews.com, not Fox itself)	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#19
+1	Tuesday Afternoon	Oct 2013	#54
And FreeRepublic, apparently. eom	Jamaal510	Oct 2013	#72
All I can say is, "What's Reddit?"	Coyotl	Oct 2013	#22
IMO	Mr Dixon	Oct 2013	#23
ah, the pajamahadeen strikes again. what an interesting list--noticed that rimjob's little site not	niyad	Oct 2013	#25
That is their right.Looks like they are cleaning up the "noise"	Pretzel_Warrior	Oct 2013	#28
Yes, reliable and objective news sources like Fox, Free Republic and Red State	Fumesucker	Oct 2013	#43
Reliable and objective like Fox News?	pa28	Oct 2013	#61
Those who run the site are obviously idiots and likely wingnuts.	ronnie624	Oct 2013	#91
i notice redstate and fthe freepers arent banned	rdking647	Oct 2013	#31
They ban the onion too.	Ganja Ninja	Oct 2013	#33
Can't wait to see the Onion's reaction.	Spitfire of ATJ	Oct 2013	#53
Reddit should not be ignored.	Dawgs	Oct 2013	#37
And, /r/politics is very left leaning.	DJ13	Oct 2013	#76
I don't know. :( n/t	Dawgs	Oct 2013	#98
Maybe it's because they want news stories? It seems senseless to post	Dash87	Oct 2013	#38
But the list includes Raw Story, which does do news stories	starroute	Oct 2013	#60
As the DK post says, Mother Jones won a Polk award for the '47%' video last year	muriel_volestrangler	Oct 2013	#93
I think in retaliation DU should ban all discussion and posting	Blue_Tires	Oct 2013	#39
Are you happy now far left posters?	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2013	#40
Cull not, lest you be culled.	Downwinder	Oct 2013	#41
Well well well, what goes around comes around...	MattSh	Oct 2013	#42
I'd forgotten that, good catch n/t	Fumesucker	Oct 2013	#44
I don't recall that argument. I do recall the factual observation that RT is owned and operated	geek tragedy	Oct 2013	#55
I read quite a few of the attempts to put lipstick on that pig… and Reddit wasn't used that I recall	KittyWampus	Oct 2013	#58
Try this link...	MattSh	Oct 2013	#107
The DU "kill the messenger" crowd runs wild sometimes.	L0oniX	Oct 2013	#100
... but not Free Republic or Conservative Cave. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Oct 2013	#46
Conservative Cave?	arikara	Oct 2013	#77
You have no idea...	Hissyspit	Oct 2013	#81
I think I'll take a pass on checking it out	arikara	Oct 2013	#92
It's whole purpose for existence is to make fun of posters on DU.	Hissyspit	Oct 2013	#104
Let's just say that if you did checking it out, you'd be a statistically significant boost...	JHB	Oct 2013	#106
It makes FR look like	PCIntern	Oct 2013	#97
Maybe the PTB "bought" them. nt	Zorra	Oct 2013	#51
Looks like a right wing censorship job disguised as "balance."	Ian_rd	Oct 2013	#56
Oh Wow....this is going to backfire	KauaiK	Oct 2013	#57
Someone with lots of $$$$$$. nt	valerief	Oct 2013	#65
Wikipedia.org?????? nt	valerief	Oct 2013	#62
Wow, looks like a comprehensive censorship job on left wing opinion.	pa28	Oct 2013	#64
lawl	Puzzledtraveller	Oct 2013	#66
Blog War comes to DU. nt	bemildred	Oct 2013	#67
Did the Koch Brothers buy Reddit?	Dopers_Greed	Oct 2013	#68
This would be their 'outreach' to young voters - keepin ya stupid and ya don't even know it.	toby jo	Oct 2013	#70
reddit.com has a feedback email	DFab420	Oct 2013	#71
Alas	ismnotwasm	Oct 2013	#73
Never heard of Reddit till I read the OP	Kaleva	Oct 2013	#75
how legit is that	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#78
Every time I go to Reddit	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2013	#79
With the concept of objectivity in mind, I understand the decision.	1000words	Oct 2013	#80
You think that is the reason?	Rex	Oct 2013	#84
Who knows, really? But if they want to use that as a reason, it is valid.	1000words	Oct 2013	#85
No, it is really pretty simple	The Straight Story	Oct 2013	#86
Okay thanks for explaining how reddit works.	Rex	Oct 2013	#88
One thing you should check out, and I love:	The Straight Story	Oct 2013	#89
Did Reddit give an explanation for its bans, esp. regarding political sites like DU?	Eleanors38	Oct 2013	#102
Well, again, this is just relevant to one subreddit out of many hundreds	The Straight Story	Oct 2013	#103
Fuck those guys anyway	TroglodyteScholar	Oct 2013	#87
I don't care about Reddit. nt	BootinUp	Oct 2013	#95
Reddit is the gutter of the Internet.	mattclearing	Oct 2013	#96

Response to Oilwellian (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 09:59 AM

In_The_Wind (71,789 posts)

Democratic Underground Banned From Reddit/Politics Forum

1. Holy crap!

2. Wow!

3. I know we have a few young people on DU but as someone approaching 40 we have to face it. DU

105. I'm 22, I use DU.

108. Reddit users are younger

109. welcome to DU

4. In fairness, they also ban themselves

12. I just saw that!

16. I'll go out on a limb

24. I go to their politics forum quite often

26. demographics states otherwise. It is mainly a young person site.

110. Majority young persons but..

49. Mother Jones is valuable investigative reporting.

83. The Huffington Post is an aggregator of clickbait, sideboob, celebrity puffpieces and

94. Yes. Look at every SHOCKING, huge-font headline and it's unavoidable.

5. Interesting.

27. Except not really...

35. I was sorta wondering if the selection was unbiased.

6. never heard of the joint

7. It looks like they've banned pretty much everyone, including themselves:

45. Notice that RW Yahoo isn't banned.

47. Faux Snooze also not banned

50. theonion???? They've got to be joking.

52. Dang. What's left?

63. Looks like they took the politics out of their politics forum. Reddit is now less than useless.

101. Defeats the purpose of reading.

8. Sounds like Conservatives have infiltrated the moderation team,

11. Just like they did on Digg?

74. I remember that on digg. Then the site got sold to some 'group'? & was ruined.

9. Isn't reddit used by 13 year olds?

10. hmmm I have never used reddit. but it seems that they

18. Freeperville is still accepted?

34. I admit I did not notice that. I just saw what appeared to be

48. Reddit is for posting and discussing articles. Freeperville doesn't post articles.

21. Did you see this at the link?

29. Yes, I did see that

30. It does remind me of what happened over with Digg.

32. It is disturbing

13. MOTHER JONES???

82. Seriously? What the hell? ( n/t )

14. Meh, oh well.

15. boycott Reddit... that simple

20. I never used it, nor liked their "layout."

36. I visit it every day. The political discussion there is better than anything I've ever gotten on DU.

90. Hogwash.

99. You're right. Political discussion here is ALL political.

69. I often link my DU posts to Reddit as well as my Twitter account.

59. Drudge should be banned everywhere.

19. They banned Wikipedia but allow Foxnews (only banned nation.foxnews.com, not Fox itself)

54. +1

72. And FreeRepublic, apparently. eom

22. All I can say is, "What's Reddit?"

23. IMO

25. ah, the pajamahadeen strikes again. what an interesting list--noticed that rimjob's little site not

28. That is their right.Looks like they are cleaning up the "noise"

43. Yes, reliable and objective news sources like Fox, Free Republic and Red State

61. Reliable and objective like Fox News?

91. Those who run the site are obviously idiots and likely wingnuts.

31. i notice redstate and fthe freepers arent banned

33. They ban the onion too.

53. Can't wait to see the Onion's reaction.

37. Reddit should not be ignored.

76. And, /r/politics is very left leaning.

98. I don't know. :( n/t

38. Maybe it's because they want news stories? It seems senseless to post

60. But the list includes Raw Story, which does do news stories

93. As the DK post says, Mother Jones won a Polk award for the '47%' video last year

39. I think in retaliation DU should ban all discussion and posting

40. Are you happy now far left posters?

41. Cull not, lest you be culled.

42. Well well well, what goes around comes around...

44. I'd forgotten that, good catch n/t

55. I don't recall that argument. I do recall the factual observation that RT is owned and operated

58. I read quite a few of the attempts to put lipstick on that pig… and Reddit wasn't used that I recall

107. Try this link...

100. The DU "kill the messenger" crowd runs wild sometimes.

46. ... but not Free Republic or Conservative Cave. n/t

77. Conservative Cave?

81. You have no idea...