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Social media like Reddit has stumbled upon the perfect way to censor unprofitable or anti-state content.

Superficially give moderation to users, then continually ban users when other users complain about them.

In this way with just a few dozen accounts anyone can control the narrative in their niche while Reddit claims they have no control.

Recently an independent chinese reporter has been banned from reddit using this technique.(0)

(0) https://www.google.com/search?q=the+china+theu+dont+want+yoi...


Did you mean to post that link? It doesn't give any information on a reporter being banned from reddit.


What a great article and comments :) Since I was a kid I would "replay" events. In grade school I could (and would) recite the Star Wars movies on the playground. I was a freak.

At 35 I haven't lost it yet but for at least 50% of my life have been a HEAVY marijuana user because it helps dull this problem.

School was easy but dreaming is a nightmare. Again, drugs are the the only thing that helps. I hate having such vivid dreams and remembering all the awful details. I remember dreams from decades ago like I had them last night. It's horrible mostly, again, marijuana was a God send.

Killing my memory with drugs and alcohol isn't great but I've found it better than the alternative and often discuss with my therapist how jealous I am of people that waltz through life confidently forgetting all their screw up and mistakes.


Ha! I don’t think you’re a freak. We used to recite Star Wars lines to each other as a challenge. The other person had to say the next line. We could also recite all three films from start to finish.

I had to train myself to care less about my mistakes and also to let myself forget. I get that replaying in your head over and over. I still remember an embarrassing moment from the fifth grade, but perspective has taken the sting out of it.


I though your reply was very nice, that's why I'm telling you this. It seems pretty much all of your comments are marked as DEAD so I think you might have fell in some kind of spam filter. Probably because most of your replies are short? Regardless, you don't seem unhinged or a troll, looking through your history, so you deserve to know this.


I doubt gp is shadow banned because their comments are short. It looks like many of their comments are abusive. Anyway, the system is working as intended as worthwhile comments can be rescued by the community like this one has.


So sick of paywalled articles making it to the front page :( Not all of us can afford subscriptions to every news site.


Sonar tech here, this was true 20+ years ago but new torpedo and sub blade configurations are not only highly classified but any nuclear powered subs no longer even use blades to counter this exact problem. Only old russian and N. Korean subs can be identified this way anymore. Even when I was active duty 10 years ago china and us subs were basically silent and torpedoes surround themselves with air bubbles so the acustics dont really escape. You know something is coming at you fast but that it


Classified and visible on mapping services!

https://i.stuff.co.nz/technology/47327/Maps-site-reveals-US-...


Interesting! :)


I also am regularly limited in opening large text files working with genetic data.


Yes, very common. Bullshit gets published and great work is ignored EVERY DAY. Academic research is broken.


Yes.


I've been saying this since QE1. A nation cannot continuously devalue it's currency forever while producing less and less of value. The collapse has already happened and we're just running on fumes.


The nation produces hope. Hope is worth something.


It’s worth market “utility”, but not value. That is the point.


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