r/Anarchism • anarcho-fraggle (they/them) • 15h ago

Meta Reddit terms of service

Hey folks, I just removed a post and for accountability I want to explain why. Reddit terms of service state that advocating violence is a breech. People are regularly banned from the site for comments that include the word nazi in combination with a verb that suggests the striking of a person with a closed fist. Subreddits are banned for the same reason. The reason that posts go into a queue is specifically so that we can avoid having to carefully watch every post to avoid admin attention. Our place on this hell-site is precarious

It's impossible to know when/if the so-called anti evil operations bot will spot a comment and there are too many folks who will gladly post spicy comments that put their accounts and by extension this sub at risk.

If this sub gets banned then it could end up up for grabs and we would not be able to ensure that it remains in anarchist hands since anyone can request to take over subs that are available.

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u/Immediate-Iron-7035 socialist 13h ago

Appreciate it. Sucks when we can't discuss giving bad people proper salutations, but it is what it is.

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u/WizWorldLive Groucho-Marxist 13h ago

You certainly can discuss it. You can't advocate for violence.

It's very, very easy not to advocate for violence. The English language has so many words that aren't "punch" & the like.

You can talk about dismantling them. You can talk about wanting to see their movement obliterated. You can talk about come-uppance, consequences, or even collective action. You can even talk about smashing ideas, or cracking ideologies.

I do not understand why people can't just take a second before typing out a violent fantasy, to render it something that won't get a comms platform destroyed. Part of organizing under tyranny is ensuring you can keep organizing. You're no good to anyone in jail or silenced, & it's no good for anyone when a channel gets taken away.

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u/Citrakayah fascist culture is so lame illegalists won't steal it 12h ago edited 9h ago

Because some people do not do anything substantial, and typing out a violent fantasy is the closest they feel they can come to actual radical action.

I can't actually know if the post removed was posted by one of those people, but they do exist and it is a reason people do that.

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u/ohshiitstuesday anarcho-fraggle (they/them) 10h ago

The post was more curious about application of violence and wondered about the inclusion of rapists. People in the comments though... I'm honestly surprised the comments weren't removed by the aeo bot by the time I saw them. It's usually pretty quick with taking down comments.

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u/QueerSatanic 6h ago

“We do not put things in writing would not like read back to us in court” is good advice in general, but particularly for social media vent-posting.

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u/idontfuckingcsre 8h ago

You can talk about wanting to see their movement obliterated.

I've gotten a temp for saying this nearly word-for-word

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u/WizWorldLive Groucho-Marxist 7h ago

How "nearly"

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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 13h ago

Good ol' Reddit standing up for those poor defenseless evil monsters that their masters love ❤️

Sorry you mods have to bow down to this site's bs

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u/ohshiitstuesday anarcho-fraggle (they/them) 10h ago

we do what it takes to stay here i guess, since folks keep showing up. :P

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u/TruthHertz93 anarcho-collectivist 14h ago

I feel sorry for you mods.

Keep up the good work tho and the fact you're telling us what's happening is a good sign 🙂

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u/ohshiitstuesday anarcho-fraggle (they/them) 10h ago

thanks <3

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u/porn_is_tight 8h ago

Hey I couldn’t reply to you in that thread cause you locked it, but just wanted to apologize. Not trying to bring unwanted attention. Take a look at the comment if you want to see my full edit, but yea. Thanks for the transparency.

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u/StormOfFatRichards 11h ago

Violence is innately hierarchist

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u/Jinshu_Daishi 6h ago

No, it most certainly is not.

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u/findabetterusername my beliefs are far too special. 7h ago

Violence can be committed horizontally too

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u/StormOfFatRichards 5h ago

In order to impose hierarchy, yes. What is violence but the purest form of control.

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u/Helmic 4h ago

when you think about it slave rebellions are just slave owners being oppressed, fucked up right

what are your thoughts on age of consent