Reddit banned some subreddits & pissed off hundreds of thousands of people

[Ipquarx]

like i mentioned in my original post, the image on the sidebar is just a hint of what happened. you should've seen the subreddit's front page. it was loving awful.

But I haven't seen it. Almost nobody here has and there's no screenshots or achives to prove it one way or another. It's all he said she said. I can't believe any side without proof. I have one of my friends (the one who told me earlier that the staff photos were publicly available) telling me that there was no harassing on the frontpage of the subreddit, which would indicate that either the moderators or people of the subreddit itself were trying to control it, and I have you saying "it was loving awful." Who am I supposed to believe here if nobody has any proof? This is pretty much my final thoughts on the matter. I'm not taking a side here: I don't see any conclusive evidence either way.

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[SeventhSandwich]

IMO, hate speech should always be allowed on platforms where users can self-curate their experience. If all the awful stuff gets restricted to one subreddit, then users who don't want to see that kind of content can avoid it entirely. However, if that subreddit gets deleted, all the awful stuff that was previously contained within that subreddit will now start leaking subliminally into posts everywhere else.

It's the same reason why 4chan has 'containment boards'. After 4chan started /pol/, the vast majority of conspiracy theorist and politically radical stuff disappeared from the rest of the website. Furthermore, after 4chan created /mlp/, the vast majority of pony-related garbage went away as well. Having well-defined areas for hate speech and vitriol is a good thing because it effectively keeps it out of everyone else's business.

[Harm94]

step 2: delete all meme-related websites
step 3: delete reddit and tumblr

[WaterOre]

Based on what I can tell from this thread alone, it's all spilling out into other subreddits

Have they started banning people that are spreading it around?

[crunk²]

forget you, I need my Destiny and vape subreddit

this is exactly why we need to delete it

[Camel]

forget you, I need my Destiny and vape subreddit

destiny i can understand

but a vape subreddit?

[ShadowsfeaR]

this is exactly why we need to delete it

What the forget Destiny is great and the subreddit has amazing content and information for the game.

destiny i can understand

but a vape subreddit?

What, I'm not allowed to get info on new products or juices in a conglomerate community? I can't use it for the classifieds and get great deals?

[Kimon²]

forget you, I need my Destiny and vape subreddit

sir are you aware that i can feel the neckbeard on this post

how petty do you have to be to unironically add that to an unrelated post in an unrelated topic

next post from harm is gonna be in 2016 in the "Cancer is finally cured!" thread. he's gonna say "they took down tumblr?" and then 5 people will respond with "top kek" and some stuffty smug anime girl

[Camel]

What, I'm not allowed to get info on new products or juices in a conglomerate community? I can't use it for the classifieds and get great deals?

touché, touché

[crunk²]

What the forget Destiny is great and the subreddit has amazing content and information for the game.

What, I'm not allowed to get info on new products or juices in a conglomerate community? I can't use it for the classifieds and get great deals?

joke

(Woosh!)

your head

[ShadowsfeaR]

sir are you aware that i can feel the neckbeard on this post

Says tumblrina

[Camel]

joke

(Woosh!)

your head

what was the punchline

[TheABELBOTO]

what was the punchline

He's implying they're both stuff and should be deleted

[Kimon²]

Says tumblrina

Round em' up boys, We Caught ourselves an ess-jay-double-yah...........

[ShadowsfeaR]

Round em' up boys, We Caught ourselves an ess-jay-double-yah...........

Uh, what? Is this your new sling insult, right next to "edgy"?