Reddit shuts down two Alt-Right subreddits for private investigating

[Poliwhirl]

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/reddit-shuts-down-two-popular-alt-right-subreddits-a7558481.html

entirely justified. you cant just investigate people and openly promote it on a subreddit and expect to not get banned.

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is there any proof there were private investigating threads on the sub reddit?

[auzman466]

already a thread about this

[Poliwhirl]

is there any proof there were private investigating threads on the sub reddit?

not really because they're banned and all posts are now inaccessible to my knowledge, but i'd say the fact that they were banned for that reason is enough proof that it happened.

providing proof of the investigate would also require the prolonged exposure of the victim's personal information.

[Wesley Williams]

not really because they're banned and all posts are now inaccessible to my knowledge, but i'd say the fact that they were banned for that reason is enough proof that it happened.

I'm sure the bans were justified, but this reasoning isn't going to get you anywhere with regards to Reddit. Spez has modified the content of conservative and alt-right people's posts before and other idiotic things, and thus has lost the trust and respect of a great deal of the Reddit community.

[Corderlain]

I wouldn't take anything the admins on reddit say at face value. They're agenda driven and duplicitous. I would definitely expect proof that someone was investigateed and not like in FPH where they just posted readily available pictures of imgur workers. Things that were hosted on imgur itself.

[Swat 3]

the mods legit did their best to suppress private investigating, but i guess the admins didn't like it.

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i'd say the fact that they were banned for that reason is enough proof that it happened.

reddit admins are known for stupid forgetery including editing other users posts without and record of their edits. the fact that it was banned proves nothing, reddit admins word has 0 credibility

[Ipquarx]

The fact that private investigating happened (and encouragement of private investigating) is unquestionable. The mods stickied posts that were raising money for a website whose literal purpose is to dox people. I've seen the posts for myself. There would be a hell of a lot more discussion of this on Reddit than there is now if there wasn't any evidence of private investigating on the sub.

[Poliwhirl]

I wouldn't take anything the admins on reddit say at face value. They're agenda driven and duplicitous. I would definitely expect proof that someone was investigateed and not like in FPH where they just posted readily available pictures of imgur workers. Things that were hosted on imgur itself.

is it "agenda-driven' or even unwarranted to be biased against neo-national socialists using your platform, though? provable evidence for the ban aside, are we truly losing anything?

[Corderlain]

That's a hard question to answer. I don't share or support their views but I think they have the right to view them. On the other hand, Reddit is a company and shouldn't be required to cater to someone as long as they don't infringe on their rights.

Frankly, I don't have an answer.