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Showing Original Post only (View all)Democratic Underground Banned From Reddit/Politics Forum [View all]
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
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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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
The Huffington Post is an aggregator of clickbait, sideboob, celebrity puffpieces and
LeftyMom
Oct 2013
#83
Looks like they took the politics out of their politics forum. Reddit is now less than useless.
leveymg
Oct 2013
#63
Reddit is for posting and discussing articles. Freeperville doesn't post articles.
Xithras
Oct 2013
#48
I visit it every day. The political discussion there is better than anything I've ever gotten on DU.
Dawgs
Oct 2013
#36
They banned Wikipedia but allow Foxnews (only banned nation.foxnews.com, not Fox itself)
geek tragedy
Oct 2013
#19
ah, the pajamahadeen strikes again. what an interesting list--noticed that rimjob's little site not
niyad
Oct 2013
#25
Yes, reliable and objective news sources like Fox, Free Republic and Red State
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#43
As the DK post says, Mother Jones won a Polk award for the '47%' video last year
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2013
#93
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
Let's just say that if you did checking it out, you'd be a statistically significant boost...
JHB
Oct 2013
#106
This would be their 'outreach' to young voters - keepin ya stupid and ya don't even know it.
toby jo
Oct 2013
#70
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