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View submission: IAMA reddit General Manager. AMA.
and having to stomach occasional troll reddit like picsofdeadkids or morally quesitonable reddits like jailbait
I don't even think the use of the phrase *have to* is accurate. Its like magic, if you don't want to look at something, for *whatever* reason, you, <gasp>, don't have to look at it. The beauty of the site is that if you *don't want to stomach* that type of stuff, you don't have to. In this way you (moderators, site owners) don't have to make judgement calls about what is appropriate or offensive for the entire user base in one grand sweep. Its almost like a clever and simple system whereby each person, according to his\her own personal tastes, can pick and choose what to view and what not to view. This aspect of the system is precisely why I don't understand the users who get all butt-hurt about something being on the site, or rant about how things have to be.
Comment by metellus at 21/07/2011 at 16:54 UTC
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Reddit is a community-driven site that caters to a wide variety of tastes. Even so, the Reddit mods and site owners have some amount of ownership over the site's content. They are ultimately in charge of deciding which subreddits are okay and which are not (for example, they would be expected to immediatley remove a subreddit full of actual child porn). Some subreddits, such as jailbait and picsofdeadkids, are more on the bubble. Mods "have to stomach" leaving them on the site.