It was part that and part of the fact that Reddit's founders were unironic libertarians. They didn't even believe in basic moderation from an ideological perspective until the website got forced into it.
They didn’t even believe in basic moderation from an ideological perspective
Haha. I didn't know that. There should be a name for that. For voters who ultimately end up shooting themselves in the head - it's leopard ate their face. Maybe for libertarians it could be bears ate their face.
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In the mid-2000s in a small New Hampshire town called Grafton there was an experiment was called the "Free Town Project". It later became the "Free State Project"). The goal was simple: take over Grafton's local government and turn it into a libertarian utopia. The movement was cooked up by a small group of ragtag libertarian activists who saw in Grafton a unique opportunity to realize their dreams of a perfectly logical and perfectly market-based community.
But capitalism though. That would have cut down on profit for Imgur and Reddit.
It was part that and part of the fact that Reddit's founders were unironic libertarians. They didn't even believe in basic moderation from an ideological perspective until the website got forced into it.
Haha. I didn't know that. There should be a name for that. For voters who ultimately end up shooting themselves in the head - it's leopard ate their face. Maybe for libertarians it could be bears ate their face.
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In the mid-2000s in a small New Hampshire town called Grafton there was an experiment was called the "Free Town Project". It later became the "Free State Project"). The goal was simple: take over Grafton's local government and turn it into a libertarian utopia. The movement was cooked up by a small group of ragtag libertarian activists who saw in Grafton a unique opportunity to realize their dreams of a perfectly logical and perfectly market-based community.
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: Author Matt Hongoltz-Hetling on the Free State Project - Vox
The Vox article is an interview with the author.