Politically biased moderation drives echo chamber formation (for Reddit)

tuhx 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Reddit is the cancer of the internet

	▲	cucumber3732842 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It's just the most obvious tumor. The cancer is present everywhere that people's rightthink score is meticulously kept.

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lormayna 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

/r/Italy is the perfect example for this study

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alejohausner 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In a related research paper, scientists proved that water is wet.

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FacelessJim 2 days ago | parent [-]

I wonder how these kinds of papers get funding at all…

	▲	defrost 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Big Aqua.

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deterministic 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The moderator is basically the equivalent of the environmental evaluator in a genetic/survival of the fittest algorithm. So of course the moderator will shape the outcome. No surprise there.

	▲	ModsAreGayDude 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It’s more of a god role where sudden changes are possible to the environment that no fitness level could prepare for (e.g. a mod can decide to change history after it happened, or remove entire scenes suddenly), those violate the natural order of things to which you allude
	▲	twistedpalm 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It’s the opposite. Moderator is arbitrary authority to do as they please. Survival of fittest would be if opinions were allowed, and let the best one win.

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silexia a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The Seattle subreddit and a bunch of other Washington state subreddits do this and instantly ban any non-woke content.