Recently /r/Calgary added a new rule (#7) which prevents "misinformation" regarding COVID.
Who decides what is misinformation?
This is very unsettling -- reddit was still useful for local information, but now I cannot trust it to be unbiased.
Is there a mechanism in place to create many win communities? Preferably an automated solution so that all major cities in Canada can have a replacement.
While this sub is great for federal (and international) news, it leaves me in the dark for what's happening in my backyard.
Thoughts?
While conceptually I agree; that's just not scalable. The benefit of online communities is the simplicity to receive information during the working day.
One potential benefit of an online community is the ability to meet with like minded individuals in person. When talking to someone in person you need to somewhat filter what you say -- I can't believe I'm admitting that though -- hopefully our society becomes more tolerant of opinions; judging by how the majority view masks, I'm not seeing the trend shift in the right direction.
Public discussion and opinions in an uncensored online forum may help spread that to the "real" world.