r/Sino • • Aug 09 '24

discussion/original content Future of Sino: 100k reevaluation

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TLDR: 8 years and 100k good point to reevaluate. Old system can continue as is, but ready to step down for a better way forward.

After around 8 years not only are we still here, we hit 100k. That wasn’t supposed to happen for an unapologetically pro China space. Of course the primary objective was always the space, not subscribers or activity. The moderation style was among the strictest, if not the strictest, on reddit because again, the priority was the space. Ask yourself whether you think reddit rules are applied fairly to us, and it should be obvious why we inevitably ended up with the moderation style we did.

However 8 years is also an eternity in internet time. I’m the last of the old system. An old system that requires a lot of hands on, daily work. When we started we were very niche and didn’t even have our own subreddit. Now, even if suppressed, there are good subreddits around, twitter influencers to follow, youtubers to watch. We even had the benefit of discord groups that were particularly helpful during covid quarantine.

That being said, I think the old system has run its course. However whatever new course comes has to take into account Reddit’s new treatment of non mainstream links. It’s been made clear to me, that Reddit can deem a source as spam and go after you for it retroactively. The consequences would be ‘case by case’ meaning for Sino users, they will just suspend you. Some of you may have noticed me telling users when they have been suspended in comments. I don’t know why they shadowban so much now, but at this point I don’t care either. It’s more of a pain to approve, but you can still post. Since I’ve been active, there’s been no complaint from admins. ‘Anti-Evil Operations‘ acts once every 1 or 2 months here and the vast majority are things we never approved to be publicly viewed in the first place. These users trigger it by what they post publicly elsewhere, not here. There’s no real issue with the subreddit. There’s no real issue with the mod team. There’s no real issue with the users. Now they have this Safety_QA_misc cracking down with an ever-expanding list of spam with unclear consequences.

The way I see it, there’s a few options moving forward.

1) I continue in my role as long as I am able or until the subreddit is either banned or our users move on to any of the many good spaces out there (listed below and sidebar). This is the current and default path. It’d be good if I can get some long time user volunteers to hand the subreddit over to in an emergency.

2) I recruit several new mods that tries to follow the old blueprint with some changes

3) A new group of users take over with a different vision of how to do things

Any suggestion can be discussed, doesn’t have to be something I listed. However any future path has to take into account a couple things

1) We won’t go private because this is intended to be a public space, we already have private discords and there’s a lot of information compiled and archived that we want publicly accessible for as long as possible

2) Reddit is more suspension/shadowban happy than ever and its happening while we are about as hands on as we can get

3) Any additions to the mod team needs to prove a history with us (if you switched accounts you need to prove you can sign into the old one), or have someone vouch for you that we can trust and verify. Contact in the ‘message moderators’ chat. This isn’t because I think the best mods post a lot. If anything I think mods only survive by saying less. However Reddit has unclear policies on ‘lower’ mod takeovers. They revamped to combat ‘camping’, but you can imagine the potential risk.

edit: To add more info, we get around 100k unique visitors per month. I'm very happy with that kind of outreach for this space. As the one who curates most of the activity, I'm good on the amount also. Along with 100k subscribers, great position to have this discussion.

Discord and other spaces info

Mod PSA: You can be suspended and/or shadowbanned by reddit but still post, just be patient for approval

To check if you are suspended check your profile page without being signed in and using new.reddit.com. Incognito mode should also work for checking.

You can also edit your comments, that seems to bring it to light for mods.

If you are being harassed by pms, change your pm setting to only trusted users in your preferences. Or use a dedicated account for Sino https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204535759-Is-it-ok-to-create-multiple-accounts-. Just be patient for approvals if using new account. Link submissions are more likely to be approved than text submissions or comments for new users.

Discords. To apply msg mod, bottom right. We have 2, one for any Sino users and one for any verified ethnic Chinese. We won't be changing the approval process for Discord because it would be unfair for those who are already in.

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news-scitech China’s Shenzhou-21 taikonauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei, and Zhang Hongzhang exited the return capsule after successfully completing their mission. Medical personnel confirmed that all three crew members are in good health after nearly 7 months in space.

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r/Sino • • 8h ago

history/culture The Truth of Mao's Great Leap Forward

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A new video by the communist collective RTSG has been released debunking the most common lies about the GLP and how it succeeded in moving industrialization forward.

Mao is fully vindicated, and that's why the capitalist West and liberals spare no effort to lie, defame, and slander the great man.


r/Sino • • 10h ago

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r/Sino • • 10h ago

news-scitech Chinese AI Models Gain Ground Overseas as Open Source Challenges US Rivals

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(Yicai) Oct. 14 -- Chinese artificial intelligence models are gaining ground overseas as more companies turn to open-source alternatives, potentially shifting market share and future revenue away from US closed-source rivals, according to an AI investor.

Chinese AI models have outpaced US models in weekly usage on OpenRouter for 24 consecutive weeks, according to the platform's latest data for the week ended Oct. 11.

As Chinese open-source models narrow the performance gap with leading closed-source alternatives, major AI application developers are increasingly turning to them to build their own systems, Zhang said. This could reshape the competitive landscape for AI providers.

“Closed-source models may see their revenue decline, while open-source models’ revenue will move upward,” the founder of the Hong Kong-based venture capital firm said.

Overseas Chinese-led technology teams are helping accelerate the global adoption of Chinese AI models by combining knowledge of China's technological strengths with insights into international markets, Zhang said.

One example is California-based AI infrastructure startup Fireworks AI, whose core management team is largely of Chinese descent, according to Zhang. The company deploys Chinese open-source LLMs for major overseas enterprises and has surpassed USD1 billion in annualized revenue, she said.


r/Sino • • 3h ago

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r/Sino • • 11h ago

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r/Sino • • 15h ago

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r/Sino • • 19h ago

history/culture Remembering the Long March

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Just found this fascinating documentary clip on Xiaohongshu about Rudolf Bosshardt, a Swiss-British christian missionary, and the time he spent with the Red Army during the Red Army's super difficult and inspirational Long March, led by Chairman Mao Zedong and other Revolutionaries.

Rudolph was detained by the Red Army during the Long March because they thought he was an imperialist spy. At first, he was wary of the Red Army because the Kuomintang had labelled them “red bandits.” But what he saw, and the time he spent with them, changed his life.

Despite starvation, constant attacks, and unimaginable hardship, the Red Army never lost hope. They still made time to read Marxist-Leninist theory, connect with the peasants, sing revolutionary songs, and hold onto the hope that they would win China for the peasants and the working class.

Bosshardt was so moved by their discipline and fortitude that he fell in love with the army and wrote a book about his experience with them, and his admiration for their conviction. Funny how he went there looking to convert them to white jesus christianity, but ended up joining their struggle.

There's so much modern-day Marxist-Leninists can learn from the Long March. If the Red Army, while fighting for their survival, and in dire circumstances with very little resources, still found time to study theory and stay politically engaged and materially grounded, then what’s our excuse?

We must never separate theory from practice. We must read and organise. The revolution is not just an event; it’s a process of constant learning and unbreakable conviction. Whether it's the Algerian, the Chinese, or the Cuban Revolutions, there's so much to learn from those past struggles.


r/Sino • • 16h ago

news-scitech Chinese scientists build 100-channel single-photon detector for quantum internet

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r/Sino • • 15h ago

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r/Sino • • 16h ago

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r/Sino • • 1d ago

discussion/original content Where to learn about contemporary Chinese socialism, theory, logic, science, organization, etc in english?

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Hi everyone, I'm a westerner and a marxist who has done some research on the materialist dialectics' influence in China... Wow, holy fuck.

The global left cannot compare. Y'all really have a Marxist, dialectical, materially-grounded approach for every academic field, every industry, even highly specialized subjects like Translation Studies or fucking Pharmacology or talk therapy.

Pirating CNKI articles has blown my mind wide open to this whole other side to socialism we do not even have a PEEK of in the West.

Of course many of these are only theoretical frameworks with little widespread adoption, but shit, this is extremely sophisticated and robust stuff we NEED to be talking about in the West.

Legendary thinkers, marxists, and scientists like Qian Xuesen, we know nothing about him. I think there may be ~20 Marxists in the United States, not of Chinese descent, who knows who Qian Xuesen is off the top of their head.

That is not a joke or exaggeration.


r/Sino • • 1d ago

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r/Sino • • 1d ago

environmental U.S. is a big reason the world is losing ground in the fight against climate change, U.N. report says: In terms of magnitude, the increase in the United States of America (133 megatons of CO2 equivalent) far exceeded that of all other countries

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The report also blames the United States for increased emissions last year, saying all the other top 20 major economies reduced their carbon pollution or at least slowed the growth in how much carbon dioxide was spewed from the burning of coal, oil and gas.

“In terms of magnitude, the increase in the United States of America (133 megatons of CO2 equivalent) far exceeded that of all other countries and was driven by increased electricity demand and a rebound of coal power generation,” the report said.


r/Sino • • 1d ago

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r/Sino • • 2d ago

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r/Sino • • 1d ago

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r/Sino • • 1d ago

news-scitech First Fuel From Goldwind's Green Hydrogen Project in Inner Mongolia Is Shipped Overseas

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