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Even if this were my first post here, it would not make my opinion any less valid.
What I'm pointing out is that you're obviously not an "/r/SRSsucks invader" as suggested by the person you're replying to. If you were, it would absolutely make your opinion less valid, because you would be coming as someone who doesn't sincerely want to participate in the atmosphere of this sub, but rather that you would be coming in to sling a few points around & flying off again. I'm sorry for the confusion, but this is sort of an important point in the metasphere.
SRSers brigade various parts of Reddit and they don't see anything wrong with it.
And you seem to agree with them on this point. The difference, of course, is that SRS comments in the default subs, the ones that everyone is a part without specific action to remove themselves. /r/pics, /r/videos, /r/AskReddit & /r/funny are so heterogeneous & gargantuan that you simply can't ruin the atmosphere there.
There is a notable overlap between the SRD userbase and that of SRS.
So? It's not unknown for people who subscribe to & interact with specific parts of metareddit also to subscribe to & interact with other parts. I, personally, think that there's a significant number of pro-SRS & anti-SRS people on here, but I think the majority are pretty neutral. People tend to just not like the "OMG SRS IS A GIANT CONSPIRACY WINDING THEIR TENDRILS AROUND REDDIT" comments that pop up everywhere. For example, /u/FlyTape's comments in the linked thread. People are critical for his connection with holocaust denialism & the he just waves it away as an SRS conspiracy.
for it to be obvious that it's mostly SRS users who are behind it.
I don't think it's obvious. I think that when /u/Wyboth's drama came out, a lot of people saw it & were very sympathetic to the fact that /u/soccer is clearly trying to espouse views in the /r/xkcd sidebar, the place for subreddits that are said to be "relevant" to people who like xkcd, that are not only unrelated to xkcd, but contrary to some of the content of the comics & also explicitly told to be contrary to the desires of the author. If SRSers are behind it, then more power to them. At least in this case, whatever anyone's views on SRS in general, it can be pretty much universally accepted that they're doing something beneficial for the xkcd community. Heck, even Reddit MRAs should be delighted. You hear them commonly trying to distance themselves from /r/TheRedPill, and, according to you, SRS is helping to do this right now.
I don't think SRS have a hand in this, but if they did, it doesn't seem like a valid criticism to imply "This is wrong because it's SRS instigating it" when it can, to my mind, obviously be seen to be a pretty good & helpful thing to do.
I also have no problem with him being booted off the sub either.
Are you an xkcd fan, by any chance?
Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2014 at 05:06 UTC
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The current top mod of that sub is obviously a shitty person, but I don't have as much of a problem with people who have messed up beliefs as I do with those who impose those fucked up beliefs on others.
I don't know if /u/soccer censors any of the subs that he mods, but I do think that if /u/wyboth were to be top mod that it will go the way of other subs that are run by SRSers. SRS users want to censor any comments that aren't feminist or feminist-friendly. Going from a holocaust denying mod to a radfem mod isn't an improvement if you ask me, and given how aggressive reddit feminists tend to be with their beliefs I think it would be a downgrade actually. That mod can be a nazi, scientologist, or a radfem for all I care. It's the desire to impose their views that makes SRSers worse in my eyes. That's why I don't think that assigning the sub to /u/wyboth would be any better. It's also why I think that an SRSer, out of all people, is the one who wants to take that sub and why he has the support that he does from SRS.
I don't agree with what the mods of /r/xkcd believe, but I don't think they're wrong in thinking that it's a mostly SRS userbase that's behind this drama.
Are you an xkcd fan, by any chance?
I like the comics, though I'm not a frequent visitor to the site. Are you asking because the guy who does them supports /u/wyboth?