<story><title>Artist banned, told to “find a different style”- AI-made art</title><url>https://www.thetechdeviant.com/2023/01/06/artist-banned-told-to-find-a-different-style-since-his-style-is-too-similar-to-ai-made-art/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jknoepfler</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s an extremely reductive claim. Can you really not think of more mundane reasons someone might find themselves moderating reddit?&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s hard to imagine &amp;quot;ideology&amp;quot; being relevant to the vast majority of reddit... Do you really think the moderators of ELI5 or PeopleFuckingDying or some obscure porn reddit or whatever are primarily concerned with &amp;quot;ideology&amp;quot;?&lt;p&gt;I used to help moderate a poker forum. I was a professional poker player, and an extremely active user of the forums. I don&amp;#x27;t recall pushing an ideology beyond &amp;quot;keep discussions constructive and topical.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The person you just replied to was a mod. Are you implying that their work was somehow about pushing an ideology?</text></item><item><author>vikingerik</author><text>Why do Reddit moderators do their work?  They are paid in power.  They get to decide what viewpoints are seen or not by others.  That is a very compelling wage.  And of course they all think they&amp;#x27;re doing a service by advancing their ideology because of course their ideology is the right one.</text></item><item><author>richbell</author><text>&amp;quot;Power&amp;quot; moderators, that is people who moderate a large number of subreddits, are untenable. It is not possible to effectively or fairly moderate dozens of communities, even if you were to spend all your waking moments doing so. This is, in part, why it&amp;#x27;s so common for popular submissions to be locked or deleted because &amp;quot;y&amp;#x27;all can&amp;#x27;t behave&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;The people that do so are largely doing it for their own self-gain (e.g., self-promotion) or because it makes them feel important. I had a very low stress job for a few years and ended up as a moderator for over a dozen large subreddits, including a few defaults. Socializing with Reddit&amp;#x27;s prominent moderators was &lt;i&gt;enlightening&lt;/i&gt;.</text></item><item><author>benjaminbachman</author><text>The only real news here is that Reddit mods are power mad tyrants, which is nothing new at all.  AI generated art has just given them newer, funnier ways to be in the wrong.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>aliqot</author><text>&amp;gt; It&amp;#x27;s hard to imagine &amp;quot;ideology&amp;quot; being relevant to the vast majority of reddit...&lt;p&gt;This is egregiously incorrect.</text></comment>
<story><title>Artist banned, told to “find a different style”- AI-made art</title><url>https://www.thetechdeviant.com/2023/01/06/artist-banned-told-to-find-a-different-style-since-his-style-is-too-similar-to-ai-made-art/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jknoepfler</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s an extremely reductive claim. Can you really not think of more mundane reasons someone might find themselves moderating reddit?&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s hard to imagine &amp;quot;ideology&amp;quot; being relevant to the vast majority of reddit... Do you really think the moderators of ELI5 or PeopleFuckingDying or some obscure porn reddit or whatever are primarily concerned with &amp;quot;ideology&amp;quot;?&lt;p&gt;I used to help moderate a poker forum. I was a professional poker player, and an extremely active user of the forums. I don&amp;#x27;t recall pushing an ideology beyond &amp;quot;keep discussions constructive and topical.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The person you just replied to was a mod. Are you implying that their work was somehow about pushing an ideology?</text></item><item><author>vikingerik</author><text>Why do Reddit moderators do their work?  They are paid in power.  They get to decide what viewpoints are seen or not by others.  That is a very compelling wage.  And of course they all think they&amp;#x27;re doing a service by advancing their ideology because of course their ideology is the right one.</text></item><item><author>richbell</author><text>&amp;quot;Power&amp;quot; moderators, that is people who moderate a large number of subreddits, are untenable. It is not possible to effectively or fairly moderate dozens of communities, even if you were to spend all your waking moments doing so. This is, in part, why it&amp;#x27;s so common for popular submissions to be locked or deleted because &amp;quot;y&amp;#x27;all can&amp;#x27;t behave&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;The people that do so are largely doing it for their own self-gain (e.g., self-promotion) or because it makes them feel important. I had a very low stress job for a few years and ended up as a moderator for over a dozen large subreddits, including a few defaults. Socializing with Reddit&amp;#x27;s prominent moderators was &lt;i&gt;enlightening&lt;/i&gt;.</text></item><item><author>benjaminbachman</author><text>The only real news here is that Reddit mods are power mad tyrants, which is nothing new at all.  AI generated art has just given them newer, funnier ways to be in the wrong.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mring33621</author><text>&amp;quot;keep discussions constructive and topical.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;is subjective</text></comment>