A few days ago I created a reddit account just for “taking part in the discussion.” However, here are the absolutely frustrating experiences I had:
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You can create an account if you give reddit your email, but you CANNOT login via reddit’s onion URL. Reddit will keep having “we had a problem,” and “an error with the server occurred”, after you have solved your 5th captcha with a screenful of bicycles to click on. No way to login anonymously.
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You will have to login to your account via the clearnet URL of reddit. Damn… But OK, everything for " contributing to the community, we are a diverse one, after all right? Make your voice heard". Alright. I login on clearnet. Reddit still gives me a red banner with some error message, like a sack of shit splashing on my desk, but lets me in this time. Good, finally “be a part of the conversation!”. Start my first thread announcing my Turkish translation of monero.garden (see MoneroBahce.com). Hit send. Instantly reddit filters my post. My post and voice are not visible whatsoever.
Seriously, why are we taking reddit seriously as a discussion platform; and moreover, why are we making it the centrepiece of written, long-form Monero discussion? Why is that place have such a large role in taking a pulse of the Monero users?
What Jet said.
Reddit is highly censored and curated by Wall Street’s Big Tech arm, with A.I. bots attempting to push certain ideas which benefit Wall Street, and suppress other ideas which do not.
Providing Reddit with free content does a disservice to the cause of Human Freedom.
Sometimes information on things like assistance with Linux, Car Repair, or Crypto, etc. are simply not available elsewhere, but you are doing the right thing by supporting alternative platforms like this one as much as possible. 👍