2329 upvotes, 13 direct replies (showing 13)
View submission: Removing harassing subreddits
I think Notch hit it right on the head https://twitter.com/notch/status/608706518972788736
Comment by TweetsInCommentsBot at 10/06/2015 at 20:20 UTC
1840 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I'm overweight and was frequently offended by FPH on Reddit, so I blocked it. It being banned is ridiculous.
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Comment by Hypothesis_Null at 11/06/2015 at 01:56 UTC
25 upvotes, 2 direct replies
But... but that would require me doing something to protect myself!
The rest of the world should just block bad ideas from reaching me in the first place.
Comment by Blick at 11/06/2015 at 03:02 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This makes the most sense. If I dislike a subreddit, I don't subscribe to it.
What a thing.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 20:22 UTC
60 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Blown the fuck out. *slow clap for Notch*
Comment by dkyguy1995 at 11/06/2015 at 14:03 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thanks notch, I had no idea I liked you for more than just Minecraft
Comment by SRC123123 at 10/06/2015 at 21:45 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
on point, this needs to be up higher.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 17:22 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Ya but you have breed of people who can't keep themselves from lurking and getting all butthurt, then, when they can't contain themselves anymore, the start squawking. That's when the shitlords get mad and the harassment starts.
Comment by GODZILLAFLAMETHROWER at 11/06/2015 at 17:55 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So when people are doxxing you, all you have to do is unsubscribe and it will stop the bullshit.
Seems about right.
Comment by banthefreethinkers at 10/06/2015 at 20:25 UTC
25 upvotes, 1 direct replies
https://voat.co/[1] for free speech.
Comment by AnAngryFetus at 11/06/2015 at 04:00 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Gotta protect the snowflakes.
Comment by Thesaurii at 11/06/2015 at 01:52 UTC
-32 upvotes, 3 direct replies
No, he missed the point entirely. Fatpeople hate was not banned for being an offensive community, there are a LOT of much worse communities on reddit. It was banned for brigading and having its subscribers move from fatpeoplehate threads to linked subs and make comments en masse.
Its a common sense reddit rule that has been in place forever, and which fatpeoplehate was warned about multiple times. Once things calm down, I am sure /r/ewwwwfatfattyfattersons or whatever will be made and it will be business as usual, except without the rule breaking content.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 21:00 UTC
-9 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Even if Notch is a ham, it makes an actual point.
Comment by SleepTalkerz at 11/06/2015 at 01:47 UTC
-32 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Sure, when you can simply block it, and that's that, there's no problem. The issue here was people being subjected to shit against their will in real life. If someone is an asshole on the internet, it can be easily be ignored. When someone shows up uninvited to your house to be an asshole in person, there's no unsubscribe button for that. Free speech is a right, but so is the right to the pursuit of happiness.