Personally as far as reddit alternatives go I feel that if you want to have a political debate and not worry about if mods will find your opinion harassing, getting you automod censored, then Snapzu is the place for you. If you want to post pictures of fat people and make fun of them behind their back, then Voat is more your style.
Over the past year I've thought a lot about the sharing of personal information. I was a big fan of opScientology which was the first big organized effort to post people's personal information to get them held accountable. Now however I feel posting home addresses and other personal information really has no place in civil discourse. Before the Internet, a television station would never post this information, You'd never find this information posted on a physical bulletin board around town. It's shady witch hunting nonsense.
Unlike some politicians who think everything anybody posts online should be identifiable, I believe that people should have a reasonable expectation of anonymity. I actually wouldn't be opposed to laws saying that websites are required to remove personal identifying information on request and even a law saying posting such information without the consent of the individual is a crime. Yeah, it won't stop people from doing it, and it's rather unenforceable, but it makes a statement saying that we respect and value people making anonymous statements without fear of repercussions.
I'm of the first generation that grew up on the Internet. I've come to value the anonymous sharing of information, and that all knowledge belongs to humanity. Attacks on people identities and posting addresses where their families sleep jeopardize the posting of more valuable information.
I'm with you on this. Privacy should be held in the highest regard, I can't believe there are so many people that don't understand this simple concept.
Given the influx of users from reddit and voat, I think there is a growing community of people who think it should be tolerated even if they don't participate themselves. Thus, with the growth of the community I don't know how long your prediction will hold true.
I would like to think that, and hope it's true. But, if snapzu ever does take off to the same degree reddit did, I think this question will have to be answered.
You say the 'community would quickly repel it' - but does the community have a say in whether or not a tribe exists? Or could I go make such a tribe right now and use word of mouth to get members to join 'under the radar'?
Sure, but that doesn't mean that it ceased to exist, does it? I mean, if people really want to make a tribe to deride fat people or some race or another, then they can make it and post things and just not worry about the downvotes, right? So, I make a tribe and posts that people happen upon get downvoted to oblivion - does that mean that people i point to /t/reallymeantribe can't see the content there?
All content you post may be able to be viewed by other users of Snapzu, including any third parties, and should be considered publicly available for anyone to see. Snapzu is a content discovery service which supports and promotes the sharing, use and re-use of content being posted. You own your content, and you retain your rights to all content you make available, however, by making content public, you grant Snapzu a non-exclusive, worldwide royalty-free license to use, copy, display, process, modify, publish, broadcast, transmit, exhibit such content in any and all media, and to distribute it by all distribution methods. When you delete your user content, it will be removed from Snapzu, however, you understand that any removed user content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time.
By using Snapzu, you agree not to make available content that is:
Threatening - Don't threaten people, you wouldn't threaten someone at your birthday party. Don't PM threats and don't post any type of threats in snaps / text posts or comments.
Harmful - Whatever you wouldn't do to yourself because your brain instinctively tells you "its bad", don't do to other people. Unless you're a psychopath, then, just, use the code that your father taught you on how not to hurt others.
Unlawful - Illegal stuff gets everyone in trouble, so lets not do illegal stuff. Don't post illegal downloads, music, pictures or anything else that would otherwise land you in jail if engaged in on another medium (like a bazaar).
Abusive - Don't partake in abusive behaviour either by yourself or in a group. No witch hunts, no bullying, no posting of personal information, anything that you would dread happening to you, DON'T do it to others.
Harassment - It's alright to have a heated discussion on whatever topic comes to mind, but don't continue to repetitively PM someone after they have given you obviou...
All content you post may be able to be viewed by other users of Snapzu, including any third parties, and should be considered publicly available for anyone to see. Snapzu is a content discovery service which supports and promotes the sharing, use and re-use of content being posted. You own your content, and you retain your rights to all content you make available, however, by making content public, you grant Snapzu a non-exclusive, worldwide royalty-free license to use, copy, display, process, modify, publish, broadcast, transmit, exhibit such content in any and all media, and to distribute it by all distribution methods. When you delete your user content, it will be removed from Snapzu, however, you understand that any removed user content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time.
By using Snapzu, you agree not to make available content that is:
Threatening - Don't threaten people, you wouldn't threaten someone at your birthday party. Don't PM threats and don't post any type of threats in snaps / text posts or comments.
Harmful - Whatever you wouldn't do to yourself because your brain instinctively tells you "its bad", don't do to other people. Unless you're a psychopath, then, just, use the code that your father taught you on how not to hurt others.
Unlawful - Illegal stuff gets everyone in trouble, so lets not do illegal stuff. Don't post illegal downloads, music, pictures or anything else that would otherwise land you in jail if engaged in on another medium (like a bazaar).
Abusive - Don't partake in abusive behaviour either by yourself or in a group. No witch hunts, no bullying, no posting of personal information, anything that you would dread happening to you, DON'T do it to others.
Harassment - It's alright to have a heated discussion on whatever topic comes to mind, but don't continue to repetitively PM someone after they have given you obvious signs that they have concluded their discussion with you. By obvious we mean obvious, harassment will not be tolerated in any form.
Libellous - Don't post personal information, don't post defamatory content about other individuals. I'm sure everyone of us hates negative untrue rumors going around about ourselves, this is even worse.
I think its fair to say that anything depicting any sort of harassment to people on and "off" the site will be unacceptable. We WILL enforce these rules, but like I mentioned earlier I believe the community will play a big part in keeping things civil.
Personally as far as reddit alternatives go I feel that if you want to have a political debate and not worry about if mods will find your opinion harassing, getting you automod censored, then Snapzu is the place for you. If you want to post pictures of fat people and make fun of them behind their back, then Voat is more your style.
Over the past year I've thought a lot about the sharing of personal information. I was a big fan of opScientology which was the first big organized effort to post people's personal information to get them held accountable. Now however I feel posting home addresses and other personal information really has no place in civil discourse. Before the Internet, a television station would never post this information, You'd never find this information posted on a physical bulletin board around town. It's shady witch hunting nonsense.
Unlike some politicians who think everything anybody posts online should be identifiable, I believe that people should have a reasonable expectation of anonymity. I actually wouldn't be opposed to laws saying that websites are required to remove personal identifying information on request and even a law saying posting such information without the consent of the individual is a crime. Yeah, it won't stop people from doing it, and it's rather unenforceable, but it makes a statement saying that we respect and value people making anonymous statements without fear of repercussions.
I'm of the first generation that grew up on the Internet. I've come to value the anonymous sharing of information, and that all knowledge belongs to humanity. Attacks on people identities and posting addresses where their families sleep jeopardize the posting of more valuable information.
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I'm with you on this. Privacy should be held in the highest regard, I can't believe there are so many people that don't understand this simple concept.
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