Removing harassing subreddits

https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/39bpam/removing_harassing_subreddits/

created by reddit on 10/06/2015 at 18:01 UTC*

0 upvotes, 160 top-level comments (showing 25)

Today we are announcing a change in community management on reddit. Our goal is to enable as many people as possible to have authentic conversations and share ideas and content on an open platform. We want as little involvement as possible in managing these interactions but will be involved when needed to protect privacy and free expression, and to prevent harassment.

It is not easy to balance these values, especially as the Internet evolves. We are learning and hopefully improving as we move forward. We want to be open about our involvement: We will ban subreddits that allow their communities to use the subreddit as a platform to harass[1] individuals when moderators don’t take action. We’re banning behavior, not ideas.

1: http://www.redditblog.com/2015/05/promote-ideas-protect-people.html

Today we are removing five subreddits that break our reddit rules based on their harassment of individuals. If a subreddit has been banned for harassment, you will see that in the ban notice. The only banned subreddit with more than 5,000 subscribers is r/fatpeoplehate.

To report a subreddit for harassment, please email us at contact@reddit.com or send a modmail[2].

2: https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Freddit.com

We are continuing to add to our team to manage community issues, and we are making incremental changes over time. We want to make sure that the changes are working as intended and that we are incorporating your feedback when possible. Ultimately, we hope to have less involvement, but right now, we know we need to do better and to do more.

While we do not always agree with the content and views expressed on the site, we do protect the right of people to express their views and encourage actual conversations according to the rules of reddit[3].

3: https://www.reddit.com/rules/

Thanks for working with us. Please keep the feedback coming.

– Jessica (/u/5days), Ellen (/u/ekjp), Alexis (/u/kn0thing) & the rest of team reddit

The list of subreddits that were banned.

Harassment vs. brigading.

What about other subreddits?

Comments

Comment by Table_Corner at 11/06/2015 at 00:51 UTC*

1746 upvotes, 3 direct replies

So it appears that the reddit admins have now shadow banned all of the former FPH mods as well.

/u/The_Wizard_Of_Wang

/u/12_Years_A_Toucan

/u/SportyStrawberry

These are just some of the former mods that I could find.

Comment by Thecandymaker at 11/06/2015 at 00:03 UTC

4540 upvotes, 4 direct replies

So this is what happens after the button stops.

Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 23:30 UTC

1194 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Voat.co just got blown up. How long after Reddit's announcement did the voat servers get destroyed? Their IT people must have been like, "WTF just happened? What did Reddit do now?"

Comment by RZgamer at 10/06/2015 at 23:12 UTC*

1560 upvotes, 4 direct replies

FYI, this is now the ~~11~~ ~~12~~ ~~7~~ ~~4~~ ~~5~~ ~~13~~ ~~20~~ ~~9~~ ~~7~~ ~~4~~ ~~6~~ ~~20~~ ~~9~~ ~~4~~ ~~12~~ ~~7th~~ ~~most~~ ~~9~~ 11th most controversial post of all time (according to Reddit's algorithm).

Edit: God damn, just pick a spot and stay there

Edit 2: Am sleeping now, will update in the morning.

Edit 3: I am awake now, will update (Continuously, until it appears to stabilize)

Comment by Tylenol_Creator at 11/06/2015 at 02:32 UTC*

4782 upvotes, 3 direct replies

What you just did:

http://i.imgur.com/ZQHN2gS.png

Edit: First gold for a crappy drawing, thanks!

Comment by Raysharp at 10/06/2015 at 18:13 UTC*

2684 upvotes, 3 direct replies

content erased `this post was mass deleted with www.Redact.dev`

Comment by youareinthematrix at 10/06/2015 at 18:12 UTC

5072 upvotes, 3 direct replies

I predict this isn't going to go down well.

Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 00:39 UTC

3027 upvotes, 3 direct replies

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Comment by henkile at 10/06/2015 at 23:05 UTC

1901 upvotes, 2 direct replies

What happend to this?

"Reddit's general manager Erik Martin noted that 'having to stomach occasional troll reddits like /r/picsofdeadkids or morally questionable reddits like /r/jailbait are part of the price of free speech on a site like this,' and that it is not Reddit's place to censor its users"

Comment by SilvanestitheErudite at 10/06/2015 at 18:06 UTC

6143 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Is there going to be transparency as to how subreddits are determined to be harrasing?

Comment by GoonerPete at 10/06/2015 at 20:19 UTC

2327 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I think Notch hit it right on the head https://twitter.com/notch/status/608706518972788736

Comment by Ammoholic at 11/06/2015 at 01:23 UTC

604 upvotes, 1 direct replies

/r/skinnypeoplehate ?

I must be missing the premise of removing harassing subreddits.

Comment by TotesMessenger at 10/06/2015 at 18:12 UTC*

2646 upvotes, 7 direct replies

I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:

[/r/316cats] MAX ISN'T FAT, HE'S FLUFFY ... very very fluffy.

[/r/adminhate] "Removing harassing subreddits", the post that inspired this sub

[/r/againstfatpeople] Fucking Ham Admins

[/r/againsthatesubreddits] Good news - Reddit admins remove a number of harassing hate subreddits, including /r/FatPeopleHate. Nothing of value was lost.

[/r/anarcho_capitalism] "Removing harassing subreddits"

[/r/antipozi] The Shoah is coming, it was fun shitposting with you guys.14/88

[/r/apocalypsewatch] /r/fatpeoplehate and several other communities banned. It is the end of the world.

[/r/bannination] Advertisers don't like that shit.

[/r/brasil] Administradores começam a banir subs em violação das novas regras anti-harassment do reddit.

[/r/cadenmorandiary] Hey guys if you see this check out my subreddit I'll even let you be a mod

[/r/censorship] Reddit increases censorship

[/r/circlebroke] We did it Reddit! /r/fatpeoplehate has been banned!

[/r/circlebroke2] Reddit announces that it will be removing harrassing subreddits, including FPH

[/r/circlefuckers] RETARDED CRIMINAL CUNT PAO AND HE CUCK SQUAD ARE BANNING SUBS THAT HURT THEIR FATTY FEELINGS

[/r/coyotes] When do we report r/hockey? [META] (kidding of course)

[/r/cringeanarchy] I guess we're gonna be next, goodby everybody! At least it was fun while it lasted.

[/r/drama] Admins just banned harrassment subreddits. FPH included.

[/r/ellenpaofanclub] Thank you bb <3

[/r/fatniggerhate] /r/fatpeoplehate goes down

[/r/fatpeoplehate2] B T F O

[/r/fatpeoplehatehate] /r/fatpeoeplehate has been banned!

[/r/fatpeopleloathing] Obese admins get mad at the internet

[/r/francelibre] Removing harassing subreddits : announcements (pitaiiiin)

[/r/freespeech] Reddit increases censorship

[/r/freetalklive] Reddit Liberty Threat Warning: Yellow Alert

[/r/girlgamers] One more step to a safer place: Reddit banning harassing subreddits.

[/r/gulag] Majority of this thread for hatred and Freeze Peaches.

[/r/ireland] Harassing subs get banned, what's /r/Ireland s opinion?

[/r/jailu] Les admins franchissent le Rubicon de la censure et bannissent, entre autres, /r/fatpeoplehate

[/r/lager] Wer das liest kommt ins Lager!

[/r/mensrights] Will Men's Rights Be Next?

[/r/metacancersubdrama] Chairman Pao is destroying Reddit today. So long FatPeopleHate.

[/r/moviescirclejerk] Announcement: the Nazi skeletons in charge of Reddit banned /r/melissamccarthyhate today

[/r/neofag2] Neofag Banned

[/r/opieandanthony] Reddit starts new Great Purge of "harassing" subreddits. How long before this subreddit gets the axe?

[/r/oppression] The admins have begun to purge all offensive subreddits

[/r/rapingmurderers] ADMINS = FATMINS

[/r/rapingmurderers] JUST

[/r/realtech] Removing harassing subreddits

[/r/redditcensorship] The Reddit Purge Begins: Removing harassing subreddits

[/r/sammyclassicsonicfan] Should we worry about this?

[/r/shitlordlounge] Come to /r/ShitlordLounge! (Thanks TotesMessenger for the free advertising!)

[/r/shitredditsays] [META] The cabal scores a major victory as FatPeopleHate and other harassing subs are banned!

[/r/short] /r/fatpeoplehate has been banned from reddit. /r/coontown is still here. Does anyone still doubt me when I say that the Fat Acceptance Movement has gained an EXTREME amount of power, while heightism is celebrated in our culture? This is absurd.

[/r/subredditcancer] Cancer enters the terminal phase: admins announce the end of "harassing subreddits"

[/r/subredditdrama] 5 subreddits, including /r/fatpeoplehate, have been banned for being "harassing". Ladies and gents, prepare to butter thine popcorn.

[/r/technology] Official Reddit Blog: Removing harassing subreddits

[/r/technology] Reddit begins enforcing anti-harassment rules. Subreddits including the infamous r/fatpeoplehate have been banned

[/r/technology] Removing harassing subreddits

[/r/thepopcornstand] The admins are now banning harassing subreddits. The butter shall flow.

[/r/twistedfaggotry] I wonder if I can get free karma

[/r/twistedfaggotry] I wonder if people will like my shitposting sub

[/r/worstof] Chairman Pao begins the purge of subreddits against harassment, doesn't delete /r/coontown

1: /r/TotesMessenger/wiki/

2: /message/compose/?to=/r/TotesMessenger

Comment by luciferoverlondon at 10/06/2015 at 20:25 UTC

1177 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Ellen Pao needs to go have a little chat with Kevin Rose, and see how well doing shit like this worked out for Digg.

Comment by sumoisnotfat18 at 11/06/2015 at 01:40 UTC

2464 upvotes, 3 direct replies

/r/skinnypeoplehate isn't banned. Talk about double standards.

Comment by TheSilence13 at 10/06/2015 at 19:35 UTC

1553 upvotes, 4 direct replies

7k+ comments with a 0 score. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING

Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 18:34 UTC*

900 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 22:46 UTC

1883 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by SemiNation at 10/06/2015 at 18:44 UTC

2494 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Please keep the feedback coming

Why should we, you clearly have your own agenda and don't care about all the feedback you're being given so far.

Comment by Jesus_Faction at 10/06/2015 at 18:10 UTC

2094 upvotes, 3 direct replies

THIS SLOPE IS GETTING SLIPPERY BOYS

Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 23:31 UTC*

558 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 18:17 UTC*

1858 upvotes, 6 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 20:17 UTC

1916 upvotes, 3 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 23:07 UTC

431 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by DrZack at 10/06/2015 at 19:20 UTC*

2779 upvotes, 2 direct replies

"Front page of the internet" campaigning against internet censorship while simultaneously banning subreddits that offend you. SHAME ON YOU. If you find a subreddit offensive, don't go on it. I didn't like the subreddit, but that's no reason to ban it.

Thought about buying gold/turning off adblock to support reddit but no more. I vote with my $ and reddit does not get my vote. Honestly, fuck you mods

EDIT: And don't buy me fucking gold and make sure to turn on adblock. I can only hope that the number of people turning on adblock because of this post loses reddit more money than the gold I got today. Good riddance