We're going to still going to use a heavy hand with the more radical elements this attracts, right?

submitted by BoomBoomKittyFuck from self.WPDTalk

I do believe Reddit is insanely hypocritical for pulling the plug on the sub but I can also understand, to a degree, of trying to maintain an image and keep up appearances.

Before the quarantine, WPD seemed to attract a specific type of person. People who were curious about what death actually looked like. People who could appreciate they were watching people die while also still making some funny ass jokes and insightful, thoughtful commentary.

After WPD was quarantined, it seemd like every asshole came out of the woodwork and started spewing off their radicalized political/ideological opinions in the sub. Personally, I wasn't a fan of politics bleeding into the sub. Regardless of your political affiliation or personal religious beliefs, I think this sub should be the great equalizer for that all shit.

/u/tejmar and the other admins did a good job keeping all that crazy shit in check before the untimely demise of the sub. I'm just hoping we can keep that same level of respect here like we did before.

Maybe I'm just paranoid after having to go to these gore sites directly and seeing more crazy shit in the comments than in the content.

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[–]Oceanpacific 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the comments are already insensitive and lurid. It’s not an appropriate place for happy face emojis. I’m interested in injuries and why they happen and what would prevent them Plus, to be honest, there is some morbid curiosity as well. However the callous comments and insults hurled at the deceased are grotesque.

[–]deathbysnuggle 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, please. Traumatized by bestgore comments. I also find the laughing face and idea bubble "insightful or fun" upvote/downvote buttons here fairly off-putting, as well as confusing, but I'm new to saidit as of today and not sure if that is sitewide and unchangeable.

[–]Wowclassic_and_wpd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yea, in my opinion, one of the only things separating us from sites like liveleak and best gore, is that things haven’t gone completely off the deep end when it comes to community. This community is not too far off from our old WPD community. I’m not too informed on how things run around here, but I’m hoping we can keep ithings relatively civil, and not turn the comment section into an edgelord circlejerk like bestgore.

[–]Gabbagoolie 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I second this notion. I do miss the 2015 wpd reddit Sub but that was bound to happen cause it was turning into Bestgore. Im with oceanpacific, i come here for the injury/morbid curiosity part.