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This poll and discussion are primarily directed at the moderators of our political subreddits, though they certainly extend to anyone overseeing threads involving ideological or worldview-based debates across other sections of the site.
The objective here is to conduct a thorough analysis regarding the general objectivity—or lack thereof—of our moderation teams. Within this thread, I invite everyone to present their arguments, share their lived experiences, and essentially explain the reasoning behind how they chose to vote in this survey.
To account for the fact that the poll itself is limited to a mere 50 characters per option, I have provided expanded descriptions for each choice below:
The objective here is to conduct a thorough analysis regarding the general objectivity—or lack thereof—of our moderation teams. Within this thread, I invite everyone to present their arguments, share their lived experiences, and essentially explain the reasoning behind how they chose to vote in this survey.
To account for the fact that the poll itself is limited to a mere 50 characters per option, I have provided expanded descriptions for each choice below:
- the moderators are biased toward the Democratic Party and its affiliated ideologies, resulting in the discrimination of all other viewpoints
- the moderators are biased toward the Republican Party and its affiliated ideologies, resulting in the discrimination of all other viewpoints
- the moderators are biased toward a third-party alternative that refuses to align with either the Republican or Democratic parties, resulting in the discrimination of all other viewpoints
- the moderators are perfectly objective, making it impossible to discern any leaning toward a specific political faction
- while true perfection and total objectivity are likely unattainable, the moderation team is sufficiently balanced, with some leaning toward the Republican Party, others toward the Democratic Party, and some toward a third-party alternative that avoids both major parties