Mass tagging reddit users - What are your thoughts?

[dAVID_]

My problem with this is that people will no longer want to talk to those who they don't agree with. Example lets say this plug ID person X as apart of the "right".

You no longer want to talk to them? You don't even know them? Sounds extremely closed minded.

It's sorta judging a book by its cover, no? Everyone freaked out when the alt-right used something like this to know which people were "SJWs" or "Clinton supporters" and hound them for it. Now the shoe's on the other foot, and I find it equally distasteful. Regardless, Reddit's a cesspool anyway.

(Tho, if it keeps me away from leftover incels...lol)

So this thread is half me shilling (what I think) is a very useful extension, and half me wanting to be curious as to what people think of this type of concept. Given how the extension is by it's nature political, I think the best place to post it would be here, but apologies if I'm wrong about that.

So basically, there is this reddit extension called masstagger, made by /u/morpen. It's purpose is to tag posters to far-right reactionary subreddits (the_donald 'n co.) as well as "manosphere subs" (subreddits like incels or MGTOW), Nazi subs (honestly, take your pick) and the more "gateway"-esque communities to these kinds of spheres (TumblrInAction, SJW-hate subs, furry hating subs).

If you want to see if you've been included in this tagging database, go to https://masstagger.com/user/<reddit_username> . In addition, if you have the extension installed, you can whitelist people at that page.

The extension is very configurable and let's you select colors for each individual sub (it defaults to red for all subs) and a minimum posting threshold or disable specific subreddits.

Now for the discussion portion:

What are your thoughts about this type of extension. The concept obviously isn't new, sites that can issue RES tags based on sub activity have existed before (this extension specifically was born out of a RES tagging list, which eventually got unwieldy, so the data was moved to a proper server). The advantage of this is that these comments are listed forever, meaning that even if a subreddit gets banned (like the recent QAnon subs or incels), a user will still be registered in the database.

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My opinion is that I find it to be an incredibly handy extension, as it makes it easy to discover when a user is likely to be arguing in bad faith (as in: they're not arguing for the sake of argument, but they're arguing to recruit people into the alt-right or whatever other shitty ideology they frequent).

I've seen people compare it to "yellow starring the Jews" (then again, this extension gives the handy insight that this type of comment is mainly from CringeAnarchy/drama posters, so take it as you wish), but I personally believe this doesn't really apply, because unlike the starring of the Jews in WW2, the choice to post in those types of subs is voluntary, unlike the way the Nazis determined who was Jewish and who wasn't.

The people who use this extension aren't considering the context of the people visiting the subreddit.
Just wait until this expands on to further subreddits.

 

[dAVID_]

If 4chan has moderators then they log in like once a year.

From what I know, they're decently active, it's just that 4chan has no rules against hate speech. The only things that usually get cleaned up is shit like CP or porn on the safe boards/furry shit outside of /trash/ and /b/.

https://www.4chan.org/rules

Most of the "hate speech" goes on /b/, /pol/, and /r9k/.
Also /trash/ isn't a board. Unless you meant /pol/.
The price of anonymity is people speaking about their true beliefs.

 

[Ev1l0rd]

Also /trash/ isn't a board.

Actually it is. Try going to it. It's not listed on index, but it's where furry shit outside of /b/ gets shuffled to or whatever doesn't fit on other boards.

 

[dAVID_]

Actually it is. Try going to it. It's not listed on index, but it's where furry shit outside of /b/ gets shuffled to or whatever doesn't fit on other boards.

oh yeah lol

 

[KingVamp]

I've been following this thread and all I can say, it isn't something I would use.

 

[saleri]

Seems like a perfect tool for the average feminist womanchild which is most reddit users really.

 

[weatMod]

The problem is that people who identify as the alt-right are very willing to go and bat for the Nazis or the KKK (white supremacy), which if you don't consider it sharing those beliefs (I personally think that if you're willing to go and defend that version of trash, you at the very least share some of their unique beliefs), should at the very least be highly concerning.

Also that last statement doesn't lead to a long trail of documented violence from people who say that towards white people (not counting the one or two incidents, but nutjobs are everywhere), whereas the alt-right has a long documented trail of violence in it's wake.

"the alt-right are very willing to go and bat for the Nazis "
pretty ironic since the alt-right is a jewish movement started by ultra right wing zionist jews to keep non jewish conservatives supporting israel
founded by people like Bretibart, The Rebel , Ezra Levant, Mike Peinovtch

 

[dAVID_]

From what I know, they're decently active, it's just that 4chan has no rules against hate speech. The only things that usually get cleaned up is shit like CP or porn on the safe boards/furry shit outside of /trash/ and /b/.

The entire premise of 4chan (and most anonymous image boards) is to be able to post whatever you want, without anonymity.
Of course this has its limits, obviously illegal porn isn't allowed, the same could be said for death threats, bomb threats, etc.
If 4chan had rules against "hate speech" it wouldn't be 4chan. It would just be another internet forum.

 

[Viri]

The entire premise of 4chan (and most anonymous image boards) is to be able to post whatever you want, without anonymity.
Of course this has its limits, obviously illegal porn isn't allowed, the same could be said for death threats, bomb threats, etc.
If 4chan had rules against "hate speech" it wouldn't be 4chan. It would just be another internet forum.

4chan is probably the biggest free speech site out there.


Also, is this considered "racist"?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopl...uncement_blackpeopletwitter_is_now_for_black/

 

[dAVID_]

4chan is probably the biggest free speech site out there.


Also, is this considered "racist"?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopl...uncement_blackpeopletwitter_is_now_for_black/

It is racist.
Just imagine how people would react if there was a whitepeopletwitter only for whites.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

I generally just visit Reddit for the piracy board and a VPN one. This thing is more towards people who spend too much time there, I guess.

 

[Xzi]

Also, is this considered "racist"?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopl...uncement_blackpeopletwitter_is_now_for_black/

It is racist.
Just imagine how people would react if there was a whitepeopletwitter only for whites.

FYI this was an April Fool's joke and the subreddit is now available to everyone again. Of course, some idiots couldn't help but get way too butthurt over it and created a subreddit in retaliation: /r/SubForWhitePeopleOnly. They managed to get that sub quarantined in less than a day though, rofl.

 

[dAVID_]

FYI this was an April Fool's joke and the subreddit is now available to everyone again. Of course, some idiots couldn't help but get way too butthurt over it and created a subreddit in retaliation: /r/SubForWhitePeopleOnly. They managed to get that sub quarantined in less than a day though, rofl.

I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.
Though I was taking a leap of faith by assuming that it wasn't a joke.

 

[Captain_N]

I think ill use it to find out all users that collusion with Russians....

 

[Viri]

FYI this was an April Fool's joke and the subreddit is now available to everyone again. Of course, some idiots couldn't help but get way too butthurt over it and created a subreddit in retaliation: /r/SubForWhitePeopleOnly. They managed to get that sub quarantined in less than a day though, rofl.

I kinda figured that, when the way they were approving people were asking them to take a picture of their arm, and send it to a mod.