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View submission: "Removing harassing subreddits"
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 Anen-o-me at 11/06/2015 at 00:37 UTC
13 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Reddit is a private company and have the right to remove what they want.
Sure, but they're changing the rules of the game. Part of the reason we were here, invested into this platform is because of a particular policy stance.
With that changing, we may not want to keep investing in this platform. They have failed the free speech test.
Comment by UsesMemesAtWrongTime at 10/06/2015 at 21:15 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Exactly, private property means you can be as arbitrary as you want in who you ban.
Comment by EthicalCrackpot at 11/06/2015 at 03:26 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yes, Reddit has the right to do this without interference by aggressors. No one here is advocating the government intervene and stop Reddit from doing this. But we don't have to agree with it, and we can insult the admins all we want for this decision if we don't like it.