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Reddit Will Adjust Algorithm To Censor Trump Supporters Following Orlando Shootings

Breitbart ^ | June 16, 2016 | Allum Bokhari

Posted on by 2ndDivisionVet

Reddit has announced a change to its algorithm on /r/all, the page that is meant to rank the most popular posts trending across the sites user-run communities. According to Reddit, the algorithm will be changed to promote more diversity on the subreddit. The change is an explicit response to the Islamic terrorist attacks in Orlando, Florida. In their aftermath, /r/all was dominated by posts from /r/The_Donald, the primary community for Trump supporters on the site.

/r/all collects and ranks posts on Reddit according to how many upvotes they receive from users. A post typically requires several thousand upvotes to reach the front page of the site.

In the aftermath of the Orlando shootings, mass censorship on /r/News, Reddits main forum for discussing breaking news, led to a massive user exodus to /r/The_Donald, a community known for its commitment to free speech. According to The Daily Beast, more than 11,712 subscribed to the Trump-supporting subreddit on Sunday alone, making it the most successful day in the communitys relatively short history.

As concerns about censorship mounted, users began to use /r/The_Donald as their primary source of news about the shootings. At one point, 18 of the 25 highest-rated posts on /r/all were from /r/The_Donald....



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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No wonder that French man is suing Twitter for aiding ISIS>



by 2 posted onby BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

that site is run by liberal homofags. Whaddaya expect. All Bernie all the time.



To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ve been following the reddit subgroup called The Donald for a couple of months now. It’s a very different crowd from Free Republic, probably average age several decades younger, and they look at things differently. But compatible, in my opinion.



To: 2ndDivisionVet

A muslim murders humans. Trump says we should not let any more in. The left acts out of outrage to censor Trump fans, not jihadi supporters.



To: 2ndDivisionVet

Promote more diversity means block conservatives.



To: 2ndDivisionVet

Their site they can do what they want. Not that anyone pays attention to them anyway.



by 7 posted onby rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

promote more diversity Like when C-Span went to separate Repub/Dem call-in lines. I didn't like it then either.



To: BenLurkin

That’s a good point..,if they are taking it upon themselves to curate content then Twitter, Facebook et al have some liability when terrors use their apps to plan attacks...



To: 2ndDivisionVet

Inch us closer to civil war. That’s gonna be the result.



To: 2ndDivisionVet

Speaking to Breitbart Tech, /r/The_Donald founder CisWhiteMaelstrom, who now goes by the name Dylan-W on Reddit, said that admins confirmed to him privately that the algorithm change was because of the popularity of his subreddit. Furthermore, he claimed that the admin was extremely upset by /r/The_Donalds success. I actually had an admin [confirm] this over Skype said CisWhiteMaelstrom. The admin I spoke to sounded extremely emotional and downright unstable. It was honestly a bit uncomfortable just to be talking to someone who was in such a bizarre state of mind. Donald is driving the Rats insane.



by 11 posted onby Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)

To: rktman

12,600,000 visitors a day. It ain’t small beans.



by 12 posted onby aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)

To: Celerity

Inch us closer to civil war. Thats gonna be the result. Fine with me. Let's get it over with.



by 13 posted onby unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)

To: 2ndDivisionVet





by 14 posted onby orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Imagine that, a forum for followers of the next Hitler has the most freedom.



by 15 posted onby Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

The same kind of censorship killed Digg.



by 16 posted onby TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)

To: Behind the Blue Wall

Yup, I’m there, too.



by 17 posted onby Alas Babylon! (Fully accept and CELEBRATE gayness, or you are a homosexual mass murderer supporter.)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ve never been to that site and I will never visit it.



by 18 posted onby july4thfreedomfoundation (Ban muslims, NOT guns.....Register liberals, NOT guns)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Reddit - the place to go to find drugs on the Darknet



To: I want the USA back

The liberals are already dhimmi.



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