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View submission: Removing harassing subreddits
Reddit defines "harassment" as:
Systematic and/or continued actions to torment or demean someone in a way that would make a reasonable person (1) conclude that reddit is not a safe platform to express their ideas or participate in the conversation, or (2) fear for their safety or the safety of those around them.
In other words, commenting "fat people are disgusting pieces of shit, and I hate them" is not harassment. Repeatedly messaging a user saying things like "I hate you, you disgusting fat piece of shit," and "if I knew where you lived, I'd beat the shit out of you for being so fat" would be harassment.
My guess is that r/fatpeoplehate was banned because of repeated reports of harassment, not because it contained offensive comments. If the sub was strictly about making fun of fat people in general, and not a platform that enabled and encouraged harassing individuals for being fat, it probably wouldn't have been banned.
Comment by crownmekingnothing at 16/07/2015 at 22:55 UTC
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Why, then, was no proof provided when FPH went down? Does anyone have images of harassing messages?