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Squabbles, another recent reddit alternative, seems to be taking the doomed "free speech" path
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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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This seems to be the reason for the change (jayclees is the creator and admin of the site):
https://ibb.co/48hY8fm
It's always telling when people describe a minority as a "political movement" rather than... people
"Let's have a reasonable rational debate about whether certain groups should have the right to exist! If you're a member of one of these groups, please be respectful to the people who say you should be exterminated!"
"Alright. Compromise: We only kill half of you."
honestly reading this, it just sounds to me like he isn't cut out for community management. It is stressful and hard sometimes, so I get it, but he's going to kill his own site doing this. I did wonder about this before - it seemed like to me he regularly made changes based on feedback on a whim, and these changes were often rushed without much thinking. Needs to know when to pass the baton elsewhere and stick to development, but alas...
The last comments also speak to someone who's probably hiding some contrarian views of his own.
Shame.
cOnSeRvaTiVe vOiCeS aRe bEiNg sILeNcED!!
i.e. boohoohoo, I'm facing consequences for my hate speech.
It's the engineers doing graphic design but worse: engineers speedrunning social sciences.
Allowing bigots just means you are one. Rip squabbles.
As a wise bartender once said, "If you allow one Nazi, you no longer have a bar. You have a Nazi bar."
No idea how people think this is a valid way to talk about people literally fighting for their right to simply be present in public spaces without people attacking their very being.
Grand opening, Grand closing
If true: Well, that's the end of that platform I guess. Shame, I liked that there were so many alternatives cropping up.
I guess there wasn't enough Squabbling.