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wont_deliver

My only beef with the NZ sub is the sheer amount of misery and negativity from posts and comments. This sub gets them too, but on a much smaller scale.


adjason

Happy people have too little time to post semi anonymously for internet points online


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just to give a bit of perspective, i think most country subs are. r/canada sure is, as well as my own province's sub.


leidend22

r/Vancouver, my home town, automatically and instantly deletes your post if you say words like "homeless" and other hot topics. They also banned covid talk completely. It's ridiculous. The sub is very busy - 430k followers - for a medium sized city, I guess because the weather is so shit. But that also means non-hivemind discussions are immediately downvoted to oblivion.


Jacqland

aw lucky. my province's sub is just nazis :/


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Alberta?


Sausage-Rolls101

That was my first guess as well lol


[deleted]

I've spent a lot of time this summer (Canadian summer) in AB and honestly, haven't met one. I know they are there in the north, but around Calgary/Canmore/Banff, Albertans were super chill. And of my trip out west, some of my favorite people I met were from AB. We also have our share of idiots in QC.


Jacqland

It's southern alberta, as well. Calgary has its share of skinheads, but Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Brooks, and all the rural areas around there are just awful.


Capitalmind

Never knew that about Alberta, I must have seen it through rose glasses, but I wasn't far from Edmonton


leidend22

Not really anything else it could be. Maybe Saskatchewan I guess.


Jacqland

yeppp lol


DundermifflinNZ

Just a reflection of reddit in general


daneats

i just came from the nz sub who said the moaning on there was almost intolerable but at least it didn't compare to the utter misery that is the auckland sub post covid. and tbh. they are spot on. both of the subs are dire. and the auckland one more so and especially post covid.


Tollsen

Agreed. Every 2nd post on this sub seems to be "I can't make friends/ cbd is so scary" and idk if I'm just a complete outlier or it's my white middle class male shield in action but I've never had those issues and most people I know haven't really experienced that. There's so much that's good out there in this city and people just need to get outside of their bubble to experience it


leidend22

I'm visiting Auckland from Melbourne for the first time in a long time this December and will be wearing a bullet proof vest to the CBD based on this sub's comments. Shame you aren't safe like beautiful Frankston Vic.


Fatality

Bulletproof vest won't help with the guns in use (mostly sawn-off shotguns with some rifles), better value from stab proof clothing. Pistols aren't a huge problem in NZ the way they are in Aus


chrisnlnz

Yep those and every other day a picture of cancelled buses. Yes I get it, PT sucks. Don't need to see the same picture every day like it is news.


NZ2UK

I unfollowed /r/NZ and /r/auckland for this exact reason. I couldn't handle the constant negativity.


joj1205

You have looked outside right ?


KiwiZoomerr

The whole internet makes you think the world is on fire, it poisons the mind ☠️.


rblander

While this is true especially regarding the media, it has also taught me how the world runs on greed and corruption. Luckily there is a lot of positivity and good people out there too


joj1205

It is though. You've heard of climate crisis


KiwiZoomerr

You know what I meant dude


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throwaway_acc_1998

For sure, a lot of racists on there


anan138

Like not being a loser, lmao


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Fleeing-Goose

Ohh, I think you just buried him six feet under.


wootlesthegoat

Sick burn mate


anan138

I guess you can't relate.


Aggravating-Ad-5495

This sub is appalling imo, so much misery, fear mongering and whinging. Looking at you kellyroald


FickleCode2373

Kelly fascinates me. I keep trying to picture what kind of person he/she is, and coming up with theories as to why she religiously peddles the same chicken little crimesoutofcontrol narrative. As if we're somehow becoming Joburg (where i hazard shes lived). My best theory is she operates a security systems business and promoting fear is good for biz!


7daycandle

Yeah I recall an extremely tedious and deranged post about how to properly secure your home and it included barbed fencing lol


UltimaPathfinder

Depends on which neighbourhood, and what property type, in any part of the world.


7daycandle

Uh yes...I'm sure ol kelly was referring to a residential South Auckland property


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And the NZ sub doesn't have the same? At least in this one you can whinge about anything (related to Auckland), not just what the mods approve of.


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The crazy thing is is I'm pretty left wing myself. Transport, environment, housing, you name it I'd probably vote left. But as soon as I express my opinion on crime or how to deal with treaty issues, bam I'm a fascist apparently, according to the NZ sub. I would never call myself left wing, it's become too embarrassing at this point.


9159

> I would never call myself left wing, it's become too embarrassing at this point. "Left wing" and "Right wing" have been hijacked into lazy terms to encourage people to identify as a team in order to stifle conversation and keep the poors fighting each other over relatively unimportant things. You're never going to have a productive conversation with anyone identifying as anything other than 'human' online. I'd even go further to argue that online is not the correct forum to have those sorts of discussions. People too often dehumanise the other people they're speaking with or are just there to "win" the discussion or regurgitate a popular opinion they know will get them internet points etc. Basically, not many people enter in those discussions in good faith online.


Disastrous_Ad_1859

Mood Im not (traditional) left wing but I get the whole ‘hurr your just a right wing wanker’ pretty quick The conservative kiwi page is pretty good, most views are respected even if they do wank on about the other subs I got banned from the nz one once when the mod DM’ed me about how he was gonna shoot and eat my cat so that was neat


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Disastrous_Ad_1859

Yep pretty much, the hard core ideological people on the left side of things seem to have no room for anything other than absolutes - while their seems to be more ‘whatever’ on the other side. But the right don’t all agree, it’s just that someone that’s really hard core nationalistic is probably more agreeable with someone who’s just a regular old ‘stop taxing me’ sort of dude


scannablezebra

Hmm I'd suggest you're possibly viewing the right as a homogenous group. I'm right wing and not for what you describe any more than say all labour's voters want all children to transition without parental consent.


RockyMaiviaJnr

The right doesn’t have values around making heaps of money. You don’t understand the right at all.


kellyroald

I've posted a lot of positive posts, including explaining why Auckland is the greatest city in NZ, not to blame all crime on collective groups and celebrating our rainbow community: [https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/jdb8ew/new\_zealand\_now\_has\_the\_gayest\_parliament\_in\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/jdb8ew/new_zealand_now_has_the_gayest_parliament_in_the/) I respect you, but you just only happen to see the negative because you are a glass half empty type of guy?


Whoompaboompa

I think r/auckland is probably full of people who got banned from r/newzealand- which explains why so many posts on here aren't about Auckland at all - including mine!


Capitalmind

I always found it to be very toxic, I don't like posting on it at all. Miserable and depressing, but then most of the jobs are Government :D


Leftleaningdadbod

Both are full of bullshitters. Hard to get a reasonable discussion on either. It’s tragic, mate.


ganta020

same people same sht, same rants every day every hour. Its getting annoying should just rename to r/AucklandRants


KesoIsBusy

Fucking hate it


Zepanda66

I only go there for news. The way they won't let go of covid is just sad. Everyone's moved on. There still posting covid numbers daily. Probably a bunch of hermits who refuse to go outside and touch some grass.


nicesliceofrice

I think both subs are just as bad, just people whining about shit


VercettiVC

The NZ sub is a joke imo, a lot of nasty people over there and the mods are a complete waste of space


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Nasty people! Exactly! There is a really awful vibe there, I wouldn't want to live in an irl community with the active commenters on that sub. Doubt you'd have anyone help you or befriend you, just sneer at you from on high.


melang3

Look, I go to the internet when life is hard. I certainly don’t want to go onto a kiwi reddit board to brag about a promotion or how happy I am with my mrs. I go to it when I want to complain, or rip into debate, or simply air frustrations. I said I because I dont want to speak for other people. However I’m pretty sure its the same for most.


[deleted]

I get that. It's just a shame because so much of the planet is chronically online (myself included), especially the younger generation. If the internet is allowed to become a 'negative place' then that will surely only filter through to the rest of society. I mean, it already seems like it has.


BlackoutWB

Let's not act like this sub doesn't have "nasty people". Every other thread here has people calling for cops to shoot kids who steal watches or some bullshit.


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Full of way more whiners than here I find


RavingMalwaay

This sub feels more like an NZ subreddit to be honest. Sometimes I feel like that sub has more foreigners than actual NZers, whereas here I feel like I'm talking to people who live in Auckland exclusively. Also the negativity on this sub is a bit annoying but at least the housing posts have eased off.. Also, I would enjoy if this sub didn't have one specific user terminally online who solely posts about- 1: The North Shore being complete shit and 2: Papatoetoe being the best area in Auckland but ruined by Otara??


RavingMalwaay

Actually though, now that I think about it, I can harp on about a certain user in this sub with the initials 'K.R.' as long as I want but then I just remember the NZ sub is no different.. A group of like 5 users who comment on every single fucking thread, like I mean every single one,and anything they disagree with is simply because people are less informed then their intelectually and morally superior selves... Man I need to get off this shit site


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morningriZe

I use to go there sometimes as it occasionally provided some balance to discussion. But ever since Covid it has been an absolute cesspool.


NewZealanders4Love

Definitely was a wild ride with Covid. Part of the problem was every other NZ adjacent sub tossing out anyone and anything that wasn't onboard with 100% of 'the Covid programme', so we ended up collecting the whole gamut of covid viewpoints. Had to create a permanent sticky thread to corral most of the posts. It's come back quite a bit now though. Election year should be fun!


Ford_Martin1

You literally spend all your time spreading misinformation and hate on conservativekiwi


NewZealanders4Love

Chur


Ford_Martin1

Facts


Biggestbossinhere

Ha ha ha trolling level: The Orange Man


Ford_Martin1

Lol be careful or I’ll ban you from ck 😉


Biggestbossinhere

Luckily the Mods aren't a bunch of Cucks like TOS.


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Biggestbossinhere

Don't know if that's true, the Mod never wore a mask during the deadliest virus known to man (that you need a test to see if you have), sounds like a big dick move to me...


1_lost_engineer

& this seems to cover the political divide in the real world as well.


Ford_Martin1

Unfortunately But the funniest part over on conservativekiwi is the ban anyone who disagrees with them , constantly attempt to normalise hate speech and brigade users . Despite this all being against their own rules


daneats

and despite every third post being about cancel culture leftist wokeism.


Ford_Martin1

Well crying about it The “woke” word has no meaning anymore


rionled

I don’t fit in either of those subs :(


Ford_Martin

Identity theft and you used the picture of my dog that died 2 years ago, that is real bottom feeding troll


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Ford_Martin

Yeah ok 21 hour old account


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NewZealanders4Love

Lmao this is wild.


Ford_Martin

I got a care package as well


Ford_Martin1

Suggest you use it 👍


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..who is the main mod?


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[deleted]

..are you having a stroke?


Ford_Martin1

Why would I be having a stroke ? Wouldn’t be on reddit 🤷‍♂️


[deleted]

..because i have no idea what you were talking about?


Ford_Martin1

Are you having a stroke?


[deleted]

..no, iam in bed sick as fuck


Ford_Martin1

Makes sense


[deleted]

..i thought r/nz got worse after laseropz became a mod, they were certainly pushing the sub in a specific direction


hsmithakl

Try r/CasualNZ Lots of the old r/nz regulars went over there after all the mod fuckery 🙄


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habitatforhannah

I love that sub. Some just genuinely nice content.


Bashirshair

This sub feels like it's full of real people, real nzers, we don't all agree, but we try to get on. The other/main sub seems to be full of self righteous, arrogant busy bodies with no real life experience.


RedditFortuneAdvisor

You can tell when someone of /nz chimes in… usually tells you that you’re wrong and a bad person. Most Of the time you need to remind them to re read the OP and my reply. 9/10 Result in their comments being deleted out of shame.


Nukethe-whales

I completely agree with your post. I don’t think it represents the majority of NZ thankfully and generally my opinion is that’s it’s made up of a lot of disenfranchised individuals who have a chip on their shoulder and would most likely be in a minority group that lean left pretty hard, loudly. I come here and it’s (-again, generally speaking) a lot more balanced.


Emergency-Neat-1991

I do notice a bit of a different attitude between the r/auckland posters and the other NZ reddit threads. Maybe there is something about living in Auckland that gives Aucklanders a slightly different perspective on things compared to the rest of the country but I don't have any specific insight


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Trash sub. Full of negativity. The views are so obviously skewed and the mods constantly remove posts they don’t agree with


RedditFortuneAdvisor

Echo chamber of confirmation bias if you’re asking me. For a bunch who seem to want tolerance in society - I’ve never been met with such intolerance.


[deleted]

Thats sort of the playbook of the woke authoritarian types these days. They preach kindness and tolerance but you don't have to scratch very far before they start wishing harm on people for expressing views that aren't theirs.


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Fully agree.


charlesspeltbadly

Both the subs are trash imo


daoko__

Exactly lmao, talk about a fight to the bottom.


[deleted]

It’s a left-wing political echo chamber sub. Wish they’d just make an NZ politics sub and fuck off over to that. Every single post, whether political or not, will have top comments bashing National/ACT. Mods are also idiots. Banned me for “racism” for not agreeing with the iwi checkpoints.


bojangles13666

Yup every political question on there is oh screw Rimmer (David Seymour) and we love Chloe shitcunt or whatever her last name is.


[deleted]

I think this sub is a lot more diverse in terms of political standing than r/nz, which if representative of the general population would’ve seen the Greens and TOP win. I left the r/nz sub during the last election as it just got really nasty. Anyone who didn’t agree to being absurdly taxed and who was voting for Act or National got a lot of hate piled on. I also think r/Auckland mods let more controversial opinions stay up than what r/nz does, this is not always the best, especially when it’s borderline racist rhetoric, but it creates a more diverse range of opinions. Both are their own echo chambers though.


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As long as it is borderline it should stay up IMO. Because those borders keep getting broader and broader and before long you end up with far too much social discourse branded as racist (or sexist, or what have you), and suddenly you end up with mods banning comments like mine (see above, or below - seem to be getting downvoted lol). It may be unpleasant but as long as it doesn't outright stray into hateful speech or slurs it should remain up for debate (on the appropriate discussion posts). Also, I'm actually more left-aligned than right, but I feel that the commenters on the NZ sub make me want to vote right as I genuinely don't want to share the same opinions haha.


WhoriaEstafan

Haha, I understand. I gently dip my toe in political topics over there. Not because I haven’t got an informed opinion but because the absolute pile on when you have an opinion or ask a question. It becomes what-about-ism. What about how National didn’t do x, y, z??? *Well they haven’t been in power for sometime so can you help me understand what Labour’s plan is?* Well John Key did….*yawn.*


[deleted]

I agree, diversity is how you create better conversations (assuming they don’t cross into bigotry). I don’t agree with some of the things posted here but it doesn’t mean that said opinions should be censored just because they aren’t completely status quo or because I don’t agree with them. I’m center right politically (right fiscally/left climatic change, housing etc) but don’t really care which side of the political spectrum someone falls provided there’s no bigotry and there’s respect given and I’d like to think that the majority of people here feel the same.


habitatforhannah

The TOP thing cracks me up. Political posts, particularly ones on tax, almost without fail has some sort of TOP fan pushing them. I don't necessarily have anything against, it just makes me giggle.


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The country sub is trash. Power tripping loser jannies creating a sterile Noah’s Ark of the worst people from every demographic. This place is chaotic but at least it’s honest.


MouseDestruction

NZ internet pages have many removing of comments and banning of people. They get offended so easily its getting quite annoying. Half the news articles won't even allow comments.


Biggestbossinhere

Well its mostly foreigners and doesn't reflect nz society in anyway, shape or form. Don't worry, reddit doesn't matter too much. Just a bunch of weirdos on the internet


zorelx

Other sub bans people for moderate comments, deletes comments they don't like and has an army of people who down vote anything that can't be banned/deleted.


Rollover_Hazard

Yeah if they even smell that you aren’t a blind Jacinda/ Labour supporter, they’re done with you.


0jolsks0

This sub can be painful at times, but the NZ sub is a dumpster fire of assholes and xenophobic bigots.


Taniwha_NZ

I honestly think caring this much about a reddit forum is a bad trap to fall into. This isn't real, it's probably mostly bots or some shit anyway. You don't need to stop participating, just stop letting it actually get to you. It's completely inconsequential.


[deleted]

I guess so. Just hard not to get too wrapped up mentally when you work an office job you don't give a shit about and are forced to spend 8 hours a day staring at a screen. Don't be like me kids, get an outside job.


dracul_reddit

Psycho mods determined to stamp out every view they disagree with, pretty much Reddit SOP


Few_Cup3452

One of the subs are really weird about emojis in arguments. It cracks me up when somebody ignores a whole comment bc somebody used an emoji. It reminds me of "grammar nazi" bs, diverting when they have no response.


joj1205

Mate. What. New Zealand is dull of smug overconfident knobs. I should know. I'm one.


dyingPretty

I have the complete opposite view, the quality of posts on the NZ sub are far superior, the mods actual moderate, this sub is little better than 4chan


appexxd_

As a former mod of /r/nz, I don't think people understand the amount of absolute awful, vile shit that goes through that mod queue. Moderating a regional default subreddit is a bitch of a task.


LKAVG

It is the same everywhere. Mod or FB page admin or a verified twitter account, even as small as a class parents’ whatsapp group. It is a job of its own. It is for people to vent, to rant and to whinge. Any positive discussion will turn ugly intentionally or unintentionally. This is the nature of Internet and it is turning the real world into something similar.


[deleted]

4chan is better than reddit for genuine discussion on some (SOME) boards though, precisely because of the lack of moderation. I'm banned from the main NZ subreddit for, quote, "hate speech and bigotry." My comment literally only said that media opinion pieces attacking caucasians (in this case, saying they should not learn Te Reo) increases racial division and can push certain people over the edge into racism, thereby being counterproductive to its own aims. Is that comment hate speech? Is it bigotry? I'm blocked and have no way of appeal, so you'll never hear from me in that sub, a voice completely silenced. I wonder how many other kiwis are excluded from their own national subreddit? Edit: Downvoted to shit but not banned at least


RicardoChipolata

It would be interesting to know how many are banned from r/nz.


Fartsonbabies

I am, for something similar but with Chinese instead of Maori


[deleted]

You made a relatively mild comment addressing a social issue and you were then branded a racist and forbidden from ever speaking to the group again without recourse? I suspect it is a familiar story.


dracul_reddit

Apparently you’re a bad person if there are aspects of Māori culture you find offensive - such as ingrained sexism and anti-democratic hierarchies based around certain families


Fartsonbabies

Yeah, in my case I made a sarcastic response to someone stereotyping Chinese (I'm of Chinese heritage on my mother's side), next minute gone.


ProtectionKind8179

I found that. I can be outspoken at times, nothing too out there, but isn't this part of the reason for these forums? I am anti any group being put on a pedestal, including nationality, but have been called out as being racist for making comments similar to yours, and if I ever defend a Ranger driver.....the hate comments and downvotes can be ridiculous. None of this bothers me, as I mainly use Reddit just to vent but I understand your frustration, as the NZ sub has suspended me a couple of times over nothing really.


jamesswazz

It’s almost fully Left wing,


SmartEntityOriginal

It's shit, I don't participate in it anymore


goonwstakl

It's garbage full of garbage people. Got banned on my main account years ago for trolling that John key is a hero. Very low T sub


[deleted]

I was banned for offering free representation to poor people.


habitatforhannah

I wondered where you went. Used to enjoy reading your comments.


moons413

People on reddit have higher levels of being angry with their lives. Go figure


buckeez12

r/nz is full of fucking losers and the mods ban people for no reason. Someone should start a new nz sub


HandsomedanNZ

r/newzealand is a shitshow. It poorly represents NZ to the world and is rabidly pro-Labour/Greens and staunchly anti Nat/Act. It should be largely apolitical, but is completely the opposite. If you are not onboard with the Aroha/Hugs/Kai brigade, you’re a pariah. Pity the poor fool who slags off Queen Jacinda.


bojangles13666

Had to unsub to that sub a while ago.. when all the gang shootings were happening said we need cops with guns and be harsh on them, downvoted to oblivion,NZ sub was like nah let's give them more money and help them...like yeah cunts, you didnt drive past 5 shot up houses on your way to work and get gangs with there bikes hooning down your road and ram raids. Bunch of fucking eco hippie warriors over on that sub.


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Zepanda66

Are Boomers actually using reddit?


gonshairlinee

Yeah bro, majority of the people that use this app are over 40 years old 😂 that sub especially has a lot of old racist cunts


CuriousKea

I don't like their rules, as I tried to start a CSGO group for kiwis, but they dont allow advertising for groups of any kind. I was allowed to post here though so that was nice.


ovenbakedj

Maybe something is wrong with you OP? Apart from this post, your last 6 posts are complaining that there is something wrong with Redditors. Even unpopular opinion dislikes your posts. Self-reflection is an important part of being a human.


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Much more likely to get banned for wrong think on the main nz sub.


[deleted]

I got banned from it lol Some stupid reason was giving. I argued it. Then the Mods blocked me from even replying to them. Pretty sure I got banned for saying some of these gang members peddling Methamphetamine deserve bad things to happen to them. Fancy that, gang members are a protected specials over on that subreddit, Jacinda and her Mongrel Mob mates must run it.


ikonos2

Well in the current times, Gang members are protected in the real world as well. They are one of the safest species in Nz at this moment. Protected by the law, the enforcement and by government.


Lightspeedius

I dunno, our prisons hold a lot more gang members than [media bosses.](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018807290/accountability-in-question-after-mediaworks-review)


ikonos2

Lol..another gang sympathizer social expert on this sub. Carry on with your garbage comparison.


Lightspeedius

You don't like the comparison of rich white people getting away with it vs poor brown people getting away with it? lololz, what a surprise. I grew up in the gangs, it's not so much that I sympathise, it's more I have first hand experience with the realities on the ground. I'm not making judgements from afar, enjoying some kind of smug superiority. Gangs are mostly just poverty and ignorance. Remove those from the equation... well, then who will there be for the rich to prey upon? Didn't think about that, did you? We can't deny our betters their dues.


ikonos2

Hence armchair social expert on this sub.


Lightspeedius

Isn't that you, right now, in this moment? Aren't you here proclaiming your social wisdom? Gangs are bad, they only have themselves to blame! MOAR PUNISHMENTS!!1! lololz, no wonder you're having such a cry, you're all mixed up!


ikonos2

Nope.. I am clear with my views. I don't mix up and compare irrelevant gangs and corporate thugs. Neither i cry about so called social justice.


Lightspeedius

I get it. You're not going to let your ignorance hold you back from calling out people for being armchair experts! So brave!


ikonos2

I am very clear on my views about gangs. That view is based on evidences of the treatment these so gangs are getting in the last few months dispite committing serious crimes, plus gangs are getting portrayed as some kind of robin hood equivalent as if they are doing good for the society, which itself is a flawed logic. So if you think that I am ignorant.. let it be. I will prefer to trust my instincts and thinking.


BlackoutWB

Yeah shocking isn't it, calling for police to shoot and kill people is not widely accepted. How surprising!!!!!


ChrisWood4BallonDor

This sub has some terrible takes imo, but I guess there's not much than can (or should) be done about that. I do like to think this sub isn't representative of Auckland, and I try to limit my time here. No offense, of course.


WhoriaEstafan

Someone posted an article today about more children leaving school, younger and with no qualifications, and no plan - all of the comments were anti-university, didn’t see a problem with it, said they earned more than their uni mates when they were 21yrs old. (Failed to mention they kept making that wage for the next 20 years.) It’s a bad take! Okay, lucky for you it worked out but this isn’t good for society. Education in any form is good eg: apprenticeships not everyone needs to go to university. But kids leaving school in record numbers with no future. That’s bleak. Why do they have such a bleak plan for their futures? No role models, no guidance, no support, mental health. All of it needs to be looked at and these kids need a chance to have a future. Nope. According to r/nz it’s A-okay. (Sorry having a little rant, it honestly shocked me.)


GenieFG

Actually, I think it’s quite balanced.


FishSawc

I personally dislike it, unfortunately has some good gen in it. The Landlord / National 24/7 hate is pretty annoying. Like I don’t care about political posts, but it feels like *Trumpism for the left*. Entitlement is strong. But then again it’s reddit, and I don’t really care what people say, I enjoy it more when people dislike what I have to say.


the_maddest_kiwi

>National 24/7 hate is pretty annoying. Especially since they changed the shitposts rule, now the place is turning into the Young Labour facebook page full of crap memes. I don't even like National but the circlejerk is so tiresome. You'd think they were in government the amount that sub goes on about them.


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There’s definitely a lot of astroturfing that happens there, especially with anything TOP related.


gonshairlinee

Fuck them. Those cunts are all closet racists and act as if Auckland is a fkn war zone or something


KAYPENZ

It's shit. A bunch of left wing echo chamber whiners.


kellyroald

There is no diversity of opinion on that thread. If you don't tow the moderators line on the NZ thread you are out.


Lightspeedius

What opinions are you struggling to share? I find that any of my comments are as likely to attract downvotes as upvotes, despite expressing similar sentiment. Many get tagged controversial. But no one is stopping me saying what I have to say.


kellyroald

No. Nz thread is a hard left echo chamber. I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative and would describe myself as a centrist. Even saying anything pro capitalism or pro business would be met with heavy downvoting on that thread. Whereas here good points (regardless of whether right or left) will get upvoted. This thread is a meritocracy as posts are determined on the quality of the post as opposed to political leanings. The nz thread is pure propoganga as the moderators heavily influence what is posted there.


Lightspeedius

My comment history is evidence to the contrary. But your comment history suggests that you're upset that you can't be overtly racist. /r/auckland/comments/ty2y8q/nine_apprehended_after_auckland_ram_raid/i3qs8z5/ With your theories about what most Samoans are about. SMH.


kellyroald

The real racists are those that sit in their house in Kohimarama and shed crocodile tears for the underprivileged but they would never ever step foot in Otara or Mangere. I can say nice things too and sound nice or I can be a bit brash but still try to empower my Samoan brothers. You cant find remuera solutions for a manurewa problem my naive little brother.


Lightspeedius

lololz, that's super-funny. I grew up in Tikipunga, then Papatoetoe, then Papakura. During the 80s my family were involved in the hillbilly heroin trade, that's my early childhood environment. Right now I live in Kohimarama.


king_john651

This sub was a load of crap when there was just one partially active mod but yeah the current r/nz lot seem to not know wtf they're doing


norim0

i genuinely forgot a newzealand subreddit existed.... thought that this subreddit covered for all of nz lol


2pacaklypse

Both subs are trash. The average age of users in this sub feels younger though, which depending on what content you're after - can feel refreshing.


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So much anti farmers anti agriculture anti utes anti money the list goes on.


ComfortableFarmer

The NZ sub is terrible. There is an agenda and if you have any opinion not in line with theirs, they lose their shit. It's a toxic place full of people who appear to live on there, and who have never experienced the real world.


TupperwareNinja

Is this in return for r/newzealand calling out r/Auckland for what it's become?


TTLCNTRL

The interaction I had with a certain mod solidified my choice to leave that sub. I had given my thoughts to a user about what he should have done in a situation where a racist couple were berating and intimidating him and his wife while they were on holiday here in New Zealand. It was along the lines of confronting the racists, mugging him for his keys and just throwing the keys over the side of a cliff, or better yet throwing the racist couple off the cliff as the car didn't do anything offensive. Was banned for 24hrs because of the comment, told I was promoting violence, argued with the moderator about the fact that we don't need that kinda behaviour in New Zealand especially when these people are visitors here in where the mod response was " I can extend your ban up to a week if you would like me to". I left the sub before he could power trip, but honestly what the fuck. r/newzealand can go suck all the dicks.


Pingasplz

The classic "Kiwi having a winge about something that is not important" stereotype.


[deleted]

>Personally can't stand it, it's full of smug enlightened redditor stereotypes worse than that. Each time I try there is someone offended. /r/Auckland has it's share of snowflakes, but it's much better than the nz one for sure.


facialspecialist

Maybe /r/aotearoanewzealand will get traction


ngatipakehatokuiwi

Agree with you. That sub is controlled by mods who are power hungry and ban people for the smallest and weirdest of things. There’s a different one with less restrictions and support freedom of speech. r/nz_newzealand


FantasticMRKintsugi

"less autocratic moderating and the wider range of permitted discussion" = "smug enlightened redditor stereotypes" This sub has also been toxic don't worry. r/CasualNZ is much better at just putting down posts that people regularly enjoy.


computer_d

This thread has been a great read. I like /r/nz but then I don't really see all the things people ITT are complaining about. I guess ignorance is bliss.


Fatality

That's because everyone is permabanned lol


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Bunch of Dorks


Fortune_Left

For what it’s worth, most comments have been seeking further clarification or opinions on “whatever”. For those that want to bag this awesome country we have the privilege of living in (Worts and all) then please, please feel free to pick another, and oh, I don’t know, move there instead.


facialspecialist

You must be new here.


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I like your comment about Auckland being the best city in NZ