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We call upon Reddit to take action against rampant Coronavirus misinformation

8 pointsby moonkaover 3 years ago

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delgaudmover 3 years ago
I have a feeling that I couldn&#x27;t trust Reddit staff to actually identify misinformation even if they saw it.<p>I think that the fact that the voting mechanism doesn&#x27;t handle this already naturally is a sign that Reddit&#x27;s voting algorithm needs revisiting as a whole.
johnnyanmacover 3 years ago
So, is there some specific community being targeted for this? Maybe I&#x27;m ignorant to some huge antivaxx sub on the level to r&#x2F;the_donald, but most misinformation I see tends to be some downvoted drivel deep in the comment section of a post. So, Reddit works as intended.<p>The subs called out I see after skimming don&#x27;t seem to amount to much<p>- r&#x2F;noNewNormal, which is already quarantined<p>- r&#x2F;ivermectin, which is concerning, but not even a sub with 10K subs. Worth bringing attention too, but I wouldn&#x27;t imagine a mass protest being made over such a small community<p>- r&#x2F;conspiracy. Sure, but that sub has been wacko well before the pandemic. It&#x27;s in the name.<p>- Then the usual conservative subs because Reddit. Not even worth acknowledging.<p>Am I missing something?