You're absolutely right. In the past, controversial subreddits like those you mentioned were often more isolated, so action could be taken to address specific problems without impacting the broader community. Those subreddits, while harmful, were often distinct and confined to their own spaces, and actions against them were more contained, with the consequences largely affecting that particular corner of the platform.
However, with the kind of situation you're describing—targeting comment sections or actions like downvoting a harmless post about something as benign as Luigi—the scale feels different. It's less about a specific, harmful community and more about broadening the scope of censorship or intervention to more general discussions. It raises questions about fairness, context, and the impact on people who aren't even involved in the issue at hand. When platforms go after entire communities or actions in a wide-reaching way, it can feel less targeted and more like a blanket response, which doesn't always address the root causes of the issue.
This shift brings up a bigger conversation about how platforms should moderate and whether they are overstepping in policing things that, in previous years, might have been seen as less of an issue.
You're absolutely right. In the past, controversial subreddits like those you mentioned were often more isolated, so action could be taken to address specific problems without impacting the broader community. Those subreddits, while harmful, were often distinct and confined to their own spaces, and actions against them were more contained, with the consequences largely affecting that particular corner of the platform.
However, with the kind of situation you're describing—targeting comment sections or actions like downvoting a harmless post about something as benign as Luigi—the scale feels different. It's less about a specific, harmful community and more about broadening the scope of censorship or intervention to more general discussions. It raises questions about fairness, context, and the impact on people who aren't even involved in the issue at hand. When platforms go after entire communities or actions in a wide-reaching way, it can feel less targeted and more like a blanket response, which doesn't always address the root causes of the issue.
This shift brings up a bigger conversation about how platforms should moderate and whether they are overstepping in policing things that, in previous years, might have been seen as less of an issue.