https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/39bpam/removing_harassing_subreddits/
created by [deleted] on 10/06/2015 at 19:10 UTC
53 upvotes, 16 top-level comments (showing 16)
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 19:11 UTC
28 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I find it very funny that most of the commenters advocate removing other subreddits in addition. Few are criticizing this move altogether.
Comment by GameRager at 10/06/2015 at 19:33 UTC
35 upvotes, 3 direct replies
"It's not our site's goal to be a completely free-speech platform. We want to be a safe platform and we want to be a platform that also protects privacy at the same time." - Ellen Pao
Like George Carlin said pertaining to Radio as instead of the Internet:
"Did anyone ever tell you there are two KNOBS on the radio?
Two. Knobs. On the radio. Of course, I'm sure the reverend isn't that comfortable with anything that has two knobs on it. But hey, reverend, there are two knobs on the radio! One of them turns the radio OFF, and the other one
CHANGES THE STATION! Imagine that, reverend, you can actually change the station! It's called freedom of choice, and it's one of the principles this country was founded upon. Look it up in the library, reverend, if you have any of them left when you've finished burning all the books."
The reason Reddit works is because YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THOSE SUBREDDITS THAT OFFEND YOU. Banning them will just give justification to ban anything that you don't like. Say like critics or whistleblowers.
We all know the real reason she's doing this is $$$$. The reason I come to reddit is because of the openess and freedom. This is the first step of me actually searching for an alternative.
Comment by 459pm at 11/06/2015 at 02:24 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 21:12 UTC*
9 upvotes, 3 direct replies
As others have said, Reddit is a private company and have the right to remove what they want. I don't know how much pressure reddit was getting from advertisers to remove that kind of stuff so I'm not in a position to say if it was a good decision or not. As long as Reddit does not remove the subreddits that I go on, I don't have any personal problem with the decision. If they do remove subreddits I go on, I'll go somewhere else for discussion(maybe Voat).
Either way, I'm not worried about it.
Comment by JobDestroyer at 10/06/2015 at 20:55 UTC
12 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Can someone explain why reddit having a policy of no harassment is a bad thing? They're a private website.
A week or so ago, a fat woman started dating a guy she met in the internet, and fph started shitting on her parade just because she was both fat and happy. If I were a business owner, I wouldn't tolerate the assholes using my servers to start ruining the days and relationships of some random victim.
Comment by SnakesoverEagles at 10/06/2015 at 23:42 UTC*
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm new here guys, how does the internet work?
Edit 2: Ta Da /r/all/
Comment by dissidentrhetoric at 10/06/2015 at 22:54 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I appreciate that it is a private company and they can ban what they like. I just think that reddit is so successful because it allows for offensive subreddits. When they start going down that route of using the feminist definition of harassment to close subreddits, don't expect the same level of freedom we have come a custom to last very long. To crazy feminists and sjw loonies harassment includes having incorrect opinions and sharing them.
Comment by Sesquame at 10/06/2015 at 20:00 UTC
18 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Banning a book may be wrong, but taking a book of the shelves of your own private library because you disagree with it is perfectly acceptable and not at all censorship. Reddit is a private company with control over its own property. Calling this anti-free speech is equivocation. I expect better from this community.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 20:29 UTC
7 upvotes, 3 direct replies
so are you guys going to abandon reddit now? surely you would never associate with a company whose values you disagree with.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 20:43 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I can see the banning of /r/fatpeoplehate being effective. But try that with brigading communities and they just move off site. This is only going to work for the subs nobody really cares about, so it's completely pointless.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 19:35 UTC
5 upvotes, 2 direct replies
To be honest I'm surprised this sub has held for so long in hostile territory. /u/Z3F if you ever start a forum or sub somewhere else, please let us know. I'm mostly uninterested at being modded by others on this board.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 01:08 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
How about we silence people that say stupid things?!
Listen, I don't like the hate shit, but these people are entitled to their opinion and their ideology should be discussed.
I highly bet KiA or Coontown is next.
This will turn into the next "Great Exodus", like the one that happened a few months ago from that cuck m00t's paradise turned dungeon.
Comment by BcTsarIvan at 11/06/2015 at 01:37 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
First off i want to be absolutely clear and say that I fully understand that reddit has every right to do whatever the hell they want with this website, if they want to ban people because they think its funny they can do that. But just the same i can choose not to use there site as a result of it, i have been a redditer for more then three years and i am seriously contemplating leaving. I have not yet decided i will do so but as a softer form of protest i will be using adblocker on this site permanently unless reddit undoes this decision. What i had always loved about reddit is that it was a place that any group of people could come to and discuss just about anything without fearing being banned for it, now that has been undone. I had only ever heard of one of those subreddits that were banned (/r/fatpeoplehate ) and i had only been to it less then half a dozen times but it is the principal that this sets that upsets me.
Comment by Trollaatori at 11/06/2015 at 02:41 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It's Reddit's just and legal prerogative to do this.
Comment by zinnenator at 10/06/2015 at 21:32 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Top comment wasn't bad
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 21:03 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Protected environments, closed environments, I predict that the amounts of bans will increase for someone 'hurting' someones feeling over the internet...