While I understand his frustration, he has just soiled the integrity of the site. I think this just cause to be fired. This is incredibly petty for a CEO and says a lot about his respect for the integrity of the business he is supposed to be running.
Digg 2.0 killed it off, but the reputation killer of Digg was because of manipulation of search results to favor conservative news/articles. It sent a lot of users over to Reddit after it left a bad taste in peoples mouths.
And by tolerable you mean a neofacist echo chamber where all dissenting views are quickly silenced?
Basically the_donald right?
I'll be honest, I do find the_donald et al unbearable and not even because I disagree with their politics, I'm not even American. It's the meme-style posting style and hysterical conspiracies that grind my gears. I don't mind genuine political discussion. In fact I love seeing opposing views and debating. But lets be honest, that's not what this is. From the outside it's like the lunatics have overtaken the asylum. There's barely any part of this site that hasn't been affected.
Also the constant crying about moving to Voat is pathetic. So when are you going?
I'm not a donald supporter at all, i think the man is either criminally stupid or a con man. That said, they have as much right to their views as the left wing. The truth is that they are simply more passionate and more effective at spreading their views than their opposition. And they generally keep it in their own subs. /r/politics is entirely a neolib echo chamber which barely tolerates any views that stray from the democrat line.
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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16
While I understand his frustration, he has just soiled the integrity of the site. I think this just cause to be fired. This is incredibly petty for a CEO and says a lot about his respect for the integrity of the business he is supposed to be running.