The main thing I observe about /r/zen is the unwillingness to discuss moderator or administrator behavior. It seems that /r/zen exists under a cloud of fear and intimidation. I've observed some intellectual activity, but from my point of view, the people who contribute the most are the ones who get banned. And this makes people who aren't banned unwilling to take risks.
I think Zen is related to the development of courage, and to the extent that Reddit does not support this or encourage this, Reddit is not a place where Zen can be experienced in a genuine way. Rather, Reddit damages basic impulses like curiosity, inquisitiveness, free thinking, and joy, and as a result Reddit can only deliver a damaged Zen to the players (if the whole world is a stage and the men and women are merely players) and encourage a degenerate, fallen form of Zen.
If there were a greater effort to replicate the threaded comment and posting interface style, then it would be possible for the players to pick and choose among the various organizations that have cloned this method of online interaction.
In fact, the programming technology has progressed to the point where there is enough intelligence and resourcefulness, when you take all of the individuals who contribute to /r/zen on a regular basis, to launch a service that competes directly with Reddit and aspires to a calling greater than an experiment in mass censorship.
And I think if Reddit had been founded on a principle of anti-censorship, then it would be much easier to design Reddit's successor and grow an ecosystem capable of replacing Reddit.
If there is a community in /r/zen, then it is too great for Reddit. Better to transplant /r/zen to a bigger pot than let Reddit stifle its growth.
Reddit cannot tolerate a discussion of its own successor. It is simply too sensitive and fragile to withstand that kind of analysis and planning. Furthermore, Reddit is unwilling to change and grow: the interface has stagnated for years. This leads people to think that looking at the interface and trying out experiments is a path that is unavailable, when in reality software has changed and grown and experimented. Does Reddit think it can stop up the flow of new ideas, new ways of interacting, new ways of experiencing and feeling? If so, then this is an illusion. There is plenty of demand for innovation, not only in terms of interface but also policy and ethics, vision and values.
Is Reddit perfect? Where can Reddit's imperfections be discussed openly and honestly? Where can the people who will build Reddit's successor gather and exchange ideas, plans, hopes, and dreams?
Submitted February 08, 2020 at 11:08PM by MrGod4U https://ift.tt/2UCw2pU
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