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I think it still goes back to Aaron Swartz.
We needed his voice.
I've been using reddit since the very start and watched it grow.
When it was smaller, we could self-moderate. Which is what Aaron wanted.
But the issue is that we're not allowed to self-moderate and in absence of that, we don't have admins who are community leaders.
We need to talk for a moment about safe spaces. They say you are guilty and may not be proven innocent. We need inclusivity badly. The rules alone on behaviour should be the safe space, not exclusive membership and excluding people. So if you are trolling against the rules, the best course of action is not to create communities where the innocent are excluded along with the trolls.
Remember, anti-cop speech was unpopular speech and often downvoted just a few weeks ago. We have to allow unpopular speech, but not false or hateful rhetoric.
This is why they need paid community leaders who can use the technology to make sure that bad actors who cannot follow rules are banned. We cannot protect everyone from trolls, but enforcing sitewide rules is a strong deterrent that balances both free speech and safe spaces.
We don't have a community when subreddits are allowed to pre-ban people, but it's an immune response to the lack of admin responsible intervention.
There's nothing here!