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View submission: Removing harassing subreddits
Seriously, since this "safe space" crap started, wildly upvoted posts have anticipated the banning of /r/fatpeoplehate and the free pass to SRS, all of them very critical of this form of censorship and the dark path it'll lead Reddit down to.
Even many people who despise fatpeoplehate don't want it censored like this (I'm no big fan of the sub myself). Here's what people have been STRONGLY SUGGESTING for months:
But hey, those just seem to be what the majority of Reddit users want. It's clear the current heads of Reddit don't give a damn about what we say.
Comment by just_upvote_it_ffs at 11/06/2015 at 12:55 UTC
41 upvotes, 2 direct replies
"Ok so we're banning this subreddit that has not broken any of our rules. Might as well shadow ban the admins for no real reason, it's easier to deal with criticism when it doesn't exist"
Comment by aniforprez at 11/06/2015 at 14:49 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Even now they are being completely opaque about the subs they are banning. Every few hours they roll out a fresh set of bans for a bunch of subreddits and we know nothing about who or what it is. They are no longer about transparency, freedom of speech or anything it used to be. They just fucking ruined reddit. /r/all will continue being a graveyard of FPH posts and will remain useless for a few days at least.
Comment by wyvernx02 at 11/06/2015 at 13:40 UTC
21 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Of course they don't care what we say. We are just a product they want to sell to advertisers. Would a farmer care what his livestock thinks? If they adopted those rules and applied them uniformly, they would have to ban some of their pet SJW subreddits like SRS.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 16:37 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Why would they?
The reason is because we consider ourselves not just a company running a website where one can post links and discuss them, but the government of a new type of community.
~~new~~ more profitable community.
The role and responsibility of a government differs from that of a private corporation, in that it exercises restraint in the usage of its powers.
Nonsense. This is false and creepy. False because traditional governments do not exercise restraint. Governments watch, inspect, spi, direct, number, regulate, indoctrinate, preach, control, check, value, censure, and command.
I'm leaving.
Comment by dkyguy1995 at 11/06/2015 at 15:14 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
A new method of preventing brigading by SRS, CoonTown, and all the subs like that would really help. The no participation helped cut the bulk of people who didn't feel like fixing the URL. But I think this is the only real complaint on Reddit is that random subs can just redirect all their users to troll the shit out of people. Banning the trolls only helps so much
Comment by RaumfahrtsMan at 11/06/2015 at 17:09 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yup[1]. No brigading here.
Comment by SixArmedAsuras at 11/06/2015 at 13:45 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You'll never get definitions. Clearly defined 'anything' is the cure to fanatics, extremists, and those in control.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 14:33 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not just a definition, if srs does it, ducking ban them!
Comment by GrizzledFart at 12/06/2015 at 21:51 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
"safe space"
And there it is...the idea that words and ideas that some people don't like are "unsafe" is ridiculous. Are they really concerned that someone is going to be *physically harmed*? No, of course not.
The whole concept of "safe spaces", where censorship is used to make sure that nothing uncomfortable is ever said, is poisonous.
Comment by MrMoustachio at 11/06/2015 at 18:01 UTC*
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Which is why voat.co has been down for 12 hours. Everyone is flocking.
Comment by [deleted] at 12/06/2015 at 18:17 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
no big fan
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 06:32 UTC
-15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yeah, that would be nice. But it seems quite harsh to me (and I'm a cynical bastard) to assume they don't care what people think.