1918 upvotes, 23 direct replies (showing 23)
View submission: Removing harassing subreddits
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Comment by duffman489585 at 10/06/2015 at 22:50 UTC
761 upvotes, 14 direct replies
The idea is to monetize reddit into an unoffensive cash cow for native advertisers. It's been a steady march this direction. Ideals vs. big money is a hard fucking fight.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 23:36 UTC
95 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It really is silly. There are thousands who never would have heard about FPH if it wasn't for this ban. Now they'll just join the new FPHs to protest against censorship.
Great move, guize.
Comment by googlygoink at 10/06/2015 at 22:49 UTC
67 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by TotesMessenger at 10/06/2015 at 22:21 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
1: https://np.reddit.com/r/FatteningValhalla/comments/39cu3w/something_something_hydra/
3: /message/compose/?to=/r/TotesMessenger
Comment by banthefreethinkers at 10/06/2015 at 20:27 UTC
44 upvotes, 1 direct replies
https://voat.co/[1] for free speech.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 04:18 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not just that. I don't hate fat people, but I hate censorship on this level. I hate safe space mentality. They're not reducing hate, they're encouraging it. We just hate reddit now.
Comment by peeinian at 10/06/2015 at 23:47 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Worlds biggest whack-a-mole game.
Comment by whatsmydickdoinghere at 11/06/2015 at 01:17 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They perfectly understand they're userbase. Reddit is popular enough now that it can be monetized so overly popular, but "distasteful" subs will just get banned. It's not a huge conspiracy here guys, in fact it's a big surprise it didn't happen sooner. This isn't groundbreaking. Reddit is too popular to facilitate free speech they way the people commenting want it too. It's a shame, but it's just what happens in these scenarios.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 04:34 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Remember how Dig died?
Comment by chinamanbilly at 11/06/2015 at 15:40 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I really don't like /r/fatpeoplehate. I also don't like all the crazy sub-reddits like /r/coontown or /r/srs. And if Reddit banned all of those shitty subs, I could understand.
But banning only five sub-reddits is an ill-considered half-measure. If Reddit left everything up, then they could say we try to maximize freedom of expression. But now that they banned some subs, there's a tacit endorsement of the remaining subs. You also have the free-speech guys who hate /r/fatpeoplehate but are now fighting for their right to exist.
I know, freedom of speech is only for government. Reddit is a private company that can do whatever it wants. But don't forget that Redditors are also private persons; they're lashing out by expressing themselves.
Bottom line, this is a stupid Ellen Pao inspired knee-jerk that is not going to be good for Reddit.
Comment by coopiecoop at 10/06/2015 at 23:26 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
afaik it pretty much worked with /r/jailbait.
Comment by nigganaut at 11/06/2015 at 05:30 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
...and many of them have been banned already, without proof of any "harassment". So,, it's obvious what this is really about.
Reddit corp has fucking turned into something nasty as fuck.
Comment by deipriex at 11/06/2015 at 16:57 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Indeed. I didn't know about fph until this debacle. I fully support their existence. If there is anybody harassing people, punish them not the sub or would that require too much effort?
Comment by halifaxdatageek at 11/06/2015 at 23:23 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
There are now over 10 subs dedicated to fat people hate
And now they're all banned. Even when they weren't, the ten of them put together weren't anywhere near as big as the original.
Comment by AndThatIsWhyIDrink at 11/06/2015 at 09:22 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They stopped jailbait.
They stopped gameoftrolls - a subreddit solely populated by people trying to cause trouble.
They've stopped countless of the same.
This will be no different in days to come. The users get bored, the admins do not.
Comment by RevenantCommunity at 11/06/2015 at 08:06 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not to mention at least 70% of reddit is against this censorship, politically correct sjw bullshit
Comment by Russian_Shitlord at 11/06/2015 at 04:55 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
And I can't wait to see how many they make just to spit in these fat fucking loser's faces
Comment by Paladin327 at 12/06/2015 at 00:23 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
there are now 10 subs decicated to fat people hate
Obligatory "Hail Hydra"?
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 01:33 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They want to change the userbase
Comment by Conundriam at 10/06/2015 at 21:26 UTC
-105 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Yes, they know their userbase. I'm *incredibly* happy they decided to go this direction and piss off the toxic group of users that I don't want to hang around. They can all go to voat and leave us and our "censored" private website alone. A majority of reddit probably doesn't give a flying shit.
Comment by fckingmiracles at 10/06/2015 at 21:51 UTC*
-24 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Let's just hope this part of the userbase leaves now and never comes back again.
Please, please, please, please make good on your promises. You are not wanted here anymore, lovelies.
Comment by kentbrockmanreportin at 10/06/2015 at 21:58 UTC
-15 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You're vastly overestimating how many users of reddit are vile. Just because you're vile doesn't mean you're a typical user.
Comment by healthynow at 11/06/2015 at 08:12 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I don't understand how you think will affect anyone negatively.