Comment by icanhasreclaims on 11/06/2015 at 05:19 UTC

959 upvotes, 11 direct replies (showing 11)

View submission: Removing harassing subreddits

There's merit in keeping the masses of a bigoted community segregated in a way that allows open discussion. With this new decision, the backlash will be in the form of a vehement spillover into the subreddits that were once able to defend against trolling. Reddit cannot quantify how strong the retaliation issue will become and the man-hours needed to resolve those issues.

I mentioned this in response to another comment on this thread, and your infographic paints the picture very well.

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Comment by cheaphomemadeacid at 11/06/2015 at 05:23 UTC

44 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Reddit taking the first step to joining the dodo

Comment by brian_d3p0 at 11/06/2015 at 09:31 UTC

21 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Did you quote yourself?

Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 06:12 UTC

46 upvotes, 6 direct replies

Hating obesity is not bigotry, you aren't born fat. You become fat from gluttony and sloth.

Comment by elbruce at 12/06/2015 at 09:42 UTC*

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yeah, but if they get concentrated beyond a certain critical mass they begin acting as a group - brigading, mass harassment, etc. A bunch of assholes spread thinly through society do far less harm then a bunch of assholes all in the same place. It's like the difference between scattered light and a coherent laser beam - when marching in step, they cause a lot more damage. Obligatory nazi party reference goes here.

/r/fatpeoplehate *always* leaked. That's exactly why it got banned, per OP: behavior. The temporary popped zit disgustingness will go away soon enough. Without a home base, their puppy-level attention spans will move on in a few days and they'll all be individual assholes instead of an army of assholes, which is what they have been before now.

And there have always been lots of individual assholes spread throughout every society. Making them disappear, or even just go elsewhere, is a pipe dream that will never ever happen.

Comment by KeyserSOhItsTaken at 11/06/2015 at 20:58 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Exactly, I foresee trying to have a simple discussion on TIL and someone coming in to talk about how much they hate fat people.

Comment by socsa at 11/06/2015 at 11:26 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I think you are giving these children and their attention spans far too much credit.

Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 14:38 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is the only legit critique I've seen of this decision. We will have to see.

Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 05:50 UTC

-14 upvotes, 3 direct replies

We are not subjects.

We are not a science project.

We are free people.

Stop trying to modify our behavior.

Free people need free spaces.

Comment by imakenewnamesalot at 11/06/2015 at 07:37 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

so instead of containing it in one place you've chosen to spread them across the board? You would be the worst home pest exterminator in the world.