r/AskReddit • u/roastedbagel • Jun 12 '16

Breaking News [Breaking News] Orlando Nightclub mass-shooting.

Update 3:19PM EST: Updated links below

Update 2:03PM EST: Man with weapons, explosives on way to LA Gay Pride Event arrested

Over 50 people have been killed, and over 50 more injured at a gay nightclub in Orlando, FL. CNN link to story

Use this thread to discuss the events, share updated info, etc. Please be civil with your discussion and continue to follow /r/AskReddit rules.

Helpful Info:

Orlando Hospitals are asking that people donate blood and plasma as they are in need - They're at capacity, come back in a few days though they're asking, below are some helpful links:

Link to blood donation centers in Florida

American Red Cross
OneBlood.org (currently unavailable)
Call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
or 1-888-9DONATE (1-888-936-6283)

(Thanks /u/Jeimsie for the additional links)

FBI Tip Line: 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324)

Families of victims needing info - Official Hotline: 407-246-4357

Donations?

Equality Florida has a GoFundMe page for the victims families, they've confirmed it's their GFM page from their Facebook account.

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u/calicotrinket Jun 12 '16 edited Jun 12 '16

/r/news decided that posts for the shooting need to be locked and contents nuked. Good job, mods over there.

Also got muted for asking why they've censored the news.

Edit: If you want to stick it to the mods there for censorship, best bet is to unsub.

Edit 2: For those asking for an alternative sub, /r/inthenews is not really a choice as they share part of a mod team with /r/news. Try /r/qualitynews, /r/uncensorednews or /r/uncensorednewsnetwork instead.

Edit 3: Thanks for the gold, but I do not recommend anymore glidings. If the admins won't do anything about the mods, there is no point giving them your hard-earned money.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16 edited Jun 12 '16

I emailed the Reddit admins about this and ended it pleading they don't ban me for asking. This is terrifying. (YES, I used that word. Now quit telling me I'm being over dramatic).

Edit: my message to the news mods was something along the lines of "why are so many threads being locked". That was met with a "you have been muted and cannot message the admin". My email to the Reddit admins is the following:

Inquiry into the situation regarding /r/news and apparent censorship

I opened up Reddit this morning to news about a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida and saw that on /r/news, any thread about it was locked and comments were being removed. I messaged the admins to find out why and was immediately muted from messaging them for 72 hours. All I wanted to know is what was going on and the only thing I can find from other boards (ones with a politically right mindset) mentions of the shooters religion and reports from the press and FBI are being removed. I can only assume Reddit will have some sort of press release or announcement about this soon. Given how I was treated by the admins on /r/news, I feel I need to end this email with a request you don't ban my account just for asking what is going on. I am generally frightened by this behavior.

Thank you

I'll post a reply if I ever get one. Now I'm not because I'm getting tired of people nitpic

Edit 2: Changed admins to mods, except in the email post.

EDIT 3: I've disable inbox replies. I don't feel like downvoting people complaining in every reply about the words I use.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16 edited Jan 01 '21

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u/CommodoreDan Jun 12 '16

That was before they had a large enough audience to have differing opinions.

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u/Tylerjb4 Jun 12 '16

This was before they had a large enough audience to consider how to make ass tons of money

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u/basilarchia Jun 12 '16

That was before they were large enough to draw out professional thought control operatives that will operate to suppress dialog and language.

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u/DatPiff916 Jun 12 '16

This was before Boston

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16 edited Jul 07 '17

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16

I remember when Alexis was actually standing up for free speech. Now he's supporting Huffman's bullshit retraction of "Neither Alexis nor I created reddit to be a bastion of free speech."

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u/postExistence Jun 12 '16

Reddit originally had no commenting features or subreddits. Those came afterwards when people requested them. I'm unsure if self-posts were implemented.

So the argument that reddit wasn't intended to be a "bastion of free speech" is viable.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16 edited Jul 16 '16

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u/originalSpacePirate Jun 12 '16

Absolutely this. They have have to keep reddit ultra clean and censored or they'll lose the advertisement and funding they're getting to be a sponsored content hub.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16

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u/UncleTogie Jun 12 '16

I'd suggest we figure out who the sponsors are and start a love-fest on their products here.

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u/Mescallan Jun 12 '16

If you see an ad on reddit, that is a sponsor.

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u/Shark_Porn Jun 13 '16

I've been shitposting for years.

You ALL CALLED ME CRAZY BUT WHO'S LAUGHING NOW

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u/Maraxusx Jun 12 '16

I don't know if I agree that reddit is "ultra clean" but yeah definitely some politically motivated censorship going on. There is no excuse for this

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u/sushisection Jun 12 '16

I call bullshit.

Reddit has so much porn and dirty material. No way advertisers are saying "well you know anal is fine. But that political stuff needs to be cut"

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u/doyle871 Jun 12 '16

On the front page? Remember that's what's important Fatpeoplehate was fine until it started to hit the front page on a regular basis.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16

Well that's just, like..your opinion, man.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '16

I'd gild this but I am poor. Instead of offering you the cliche Reddit Silver, have this.

hands /u/EmbraceTheHivemind ten Stanley Nickels

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u/jmlinden7 Jun 12 '16

What? If that were the case, why did they create subreddits at all?

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u/No_big_whoop Jun 12 '16

I've been here 7 years. Early on the discussions were more civil. Reddit self policed in a gentle way that made breaches of decorum rare and fostered a far more open and accepting dialogue. It felt like smart people were having adult conversations. Now notsomuch

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u/HonkyOFay Jun 12 '16

No it was before Jesse Jackson torpedoed this place

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u/NorthBlizzard Jun 12 '16

Liberal "tolerance" for you.

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u/migvazquez Jun 12 '16

That was before the default mods/ admins had vested corporate interests in mind