It was heavy on censorship way before that. In 2016/2017 when the Bitcoin block size war was going on, the Bitcoin subreddit didn't allow any discussion in favor of increasing the block size. It still bans the topic to this day. Then Bitcoin got crippled and all who spoke out about it got banned. That is why the Bitcoin culture became toxic - they drove out all the voices of reason.
Yep, even before that.
Some forget that Reddit was a HUGE Ron Paul site, very tech and libertarian. Then Obama came along..
We all watched the politics sub turn, a few of us left overs from Digg started watching them game and use bots(for the 1st time) during the election. We tested, and proved - the use of bots to keep RP story's sitting at zero(If you upvoted it, a bot automatically downvoted). The solution wasn't to stop them, but to "fuzz" votes so that we couldn't prove it again.
It was heavy on censorship way before that. In 2016/2017 when the Bitcoin block size war was going on, the Bitcoin subreddit didn't allow any discussion in favor of increasing the block size. It still bans the topic to this day. Then Bitcoin got crippled and all who spoke out about it got banned. That is why the Bitcoin culture became toxic - they drove out all the voices of reason.
That is a good summary of Reddit's methodology. . "They drive out all the Righteous Voices of Reason".
Yep, even before that. Some forget that Reddit was a HUGE Ron Paul site, very tech and libertarian. Then Obama came along..
We all watched the politics sub turn, a few of us left overs from Digg started watching them game and use bots(for the 1st time) during the election. We tested, and proved - the use of bots to keep RP story's sitting at zero(If you upvoted it, a bot automatically downvoted). The solution wasn't to stop them, but to "fuzz" votes so that we couldn't prove it again.