Moratorium on /r/SSC related content

Moratorium on /r/SSC related content (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/8ni4mz/moratorium_on_rssc_related_content/)

posted on May 31, 2018 12:46 PM by u/completely-ineffable

In an effort to encourage a diversity of sneers we are issuing a moratorium on /r/SlateStarCodex related content. Any links to or posts about that subreddit will be removed. This moratorium will last as long as this thread remains stickied, probably one to two weeks.

Links to Scott Alexander’s blog are still allowed—and encouraged, if they are sneer-worthy.

u/dgerard 36 points at 1527775194.000000

+1, good idea. We need more high effort sneering.

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u/DELETED 28 points at 1527790513.000000

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u/zhezhijian 42 points at 1527826225.000000

They range in variety from "painfully earnest genocidal white supremacist" to "painfully earnest."

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u/pherq 18 points at 1527840076.000000

good sneer

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u/zhezhijian 7 points at 1528332972.000000

At this point I would support a moratorium on all SSC content period. The mooks are still coming and it was kinda fun at first, but not anymore.

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u/DELETED 10 points at 1528333427.000000

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u/zhezhijian 11 points at 1528334338.000000

The newest mook, the one who's like, SSC is a scientific racist but he CAN'T be racist because he's a Jew and potential victim of racism! is literally the worst.

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u/ThinkMinty 16 points at 1527782031.000000

That’s most of the content of the sub, though.

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u/completely-ineffable 31 points at 1527790918.000000

Yes, that is the point.

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u/DELETED 14 points at 1527797667.000000

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u/dgerard 14 points at 1527809406.000000

> Neoreaction: A Basilisk is a brilliant example of high-effort sneering and the work which put the final nail in the coffin as I was deciding whether any of these people had anything worthwhile to say. Mme. Sandifer has read your comment and is pleased! (but disinclined to post under a deadnamed account.)

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u/DELETED 13 points at 1527811661.000000

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u/zhezhijian 8 points at 1527824811.000000

lol at button eyes Yudz et all suck, but they've inspired some people to beautiful poetic heights.

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u/EnterprisingAss 5 points at 1528553710.000000

It is a kick ass book. Can anyone name another book like *Neoreaction A Basilisk*? A strong, enjoyable take down of semi-popular ideas?

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u/yemwez 5 points at 1528727838.000000

There's u/dgerard's [Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain.](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/)

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u/dgerard 3 points at 1528730086.000000

which is, after all, NaB's direct successor! And Amazon keeps putting them together in the search results at the bottom of the page ...

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u/yemwez 6 points at 1527782383.000000

What about links to comments / comment chains on SA’s blog?

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u/completely-ineffable 9 points at 1527786390.000000

~~Yes, that is the point.~~ Sorry, replied to the wrong comment. Those are fine too.

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u/dynarr 7 points at 1527807505.000000

I guess that means people bringing up SA/SSC nonsense [elsewhere](https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/8niglk/_/dzwa57g/?context=1) for no reason is fine?

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u/completely-ineffable 7 points at 1527808344.000000

That's fine.

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u/sonyaellenmann -8 points at 1527795895.000000

This is amusing, since /r/SneerClub is essentially the circlejerk sub for /r/SlateStarCodex. It’s not dissimilar to the SSC sub trying to corral the things people want to talk about there (Culture War, HBD).

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u/Analemma_ 24 points at 1527811411.000000

This is the circlejerk sub for all of LW-style rationalism. /r/ssc is just the low-hanging fruit because many of the posters are openly proud of being alt-right and whitenat, but you can find the same opinions elsewhere in the ratsphere without the self-awareness.

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u/shadypirelli 3 points at 1528400291.000000

Some of the recent sneers are not so much at rationalism, though, but at alt-right (or IDW, whatever thing people are saying Peterson, Scott Adams, et al are adjacent to these days) figures that /r/ssc contains a lot fans of, correct?

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u/dgerard 2 points at 1528503460.000000

things rationalists fanboy over are tangential but not *entirely* off topic though I would hope for an attempt to show relevance

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u/DELETED 19 points at 1527847309.000000

"All things are exactly the same" really seems to be the most profound observation ever to lesswrongers

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u/zhezhijian 12 points at 1527866412.000000

Any time any sub engages in any kind of moderation, they're behaving like /r/ssc. Therefore, all subs are circlejerks of /r/ssc.

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u/Snugglerific 8 points at 1528036382.000000

Everything is bias and tribalism, except shit I like.

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u/zhezhijian 17 points at 1527827153.000000

The natives always appreciate it when you go full anthropologist on them.

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u/AlexCoventry 7 points at 1527866027.000000

Not dissimilar, no. Intentionally, satirically similar.

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