783 upvotes, 13 direct replies (showing 13)
View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
This should be the top comment, too bad you weren't slightly earlier.
**We will tirelessly defend the right to freely share information on reddit in any way we can, even if it is offensive or discusses something that may be illegal.**
This is definitely the best part.
Comment by almightybob1 at 16/07/2015 at 20:39 UTC
95 upvotes, 4 direct replies
I know right?
2012: "you can discuss and share information freely about anything, even if it's offensive or illegal".
2015[1]: "/r/rapingwomen will be banned for discussing something illegal, /r/coontown will be 'reclassified'[2] for being offensive".
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3djjxw/lets_talk_content_ama/ct5rm74
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak
So much for tireless.
Comment by [deleted] at 16/07/2015 at 20:57 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
6 minutes can basically mean that your comment will get 2000 or zero upvotes
Comment by TyceGN at 16/07/2015 at 23:08 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
"Discusses something illegal" isn't the same as actual illegal content. To be fair, he did say discussing illegal things is okay, just not posting copyrighted material for download.
The reality is that the new "NSFW"-type tag should be a great solution for most of this stuff, and it sounds like they are looking for the right detailed wording as to what would result in a banned subreddit.
Comment by jazzwhiz at 16/07/2015 at 22:34 UTC
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Discussing something illegal (talking about marijuana) and doing something illegal (hosting copyrighted material (or linking copyrighted material in some places), or making death threats) are treated differently. I think that Steve's initial post (or one near the top) addressed this distinction.
Comment by CubemonkeyNYC at 16/07/2015 at 22:25 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You're missing the difference. Discussing is okay. Encouraging, like rapingwomen does, is not OK.
The same goes for free speech protection in the US.
Comment by helix19 at 16/07/2015 at 21:50 UTC
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They're not banning offensive speech, just segregating it. Harassment and death threats have NEVER been included as free speech.
Comment by Richard_Fist at 16/07/2015 at 23:28 UTC
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Other then the first part of they sentence, that matches up with the post above.
Comment by DonnerPartyPicnic at 16/07/2015 at 20:51 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They haven't answered very many of the questions that directly question things like this yet. So we'll see if anything like this gets an answer.
Comment by grizzburger at 16/07/2015 at 23:26 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Judging by the OP, kinda sounds like they're still gonna be doing that.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/07/2015 at 13:05 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What they said is unimportant. They don't have a legal contract with you. You didn't elect them in a democratic vote. A bunch of gotcha quotes curated by a frustrated bully-lover doesn't change the fact that reddit has been going very wrong.
A bastion of free speech? No, a bastion of bullying, hatred, violence.
I for one am very happy that they have come to their senses and gotten rid of the revolting bully underbelly if Reddit.
A bunch of horrible subreddits will be banned; and nothing of value was lost.
Comment by [deleted] at 16/07/2015 at 20:40 UTC
-2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
To an extent I think they need to be cut a little slack on things like this. I don't think they intended Reddit to be the literal front page of the internet when they created it. I'd be thrilled to have an idealistic Reddit, but I don't know if it's in the cards right now.
Comment by AmerikanInfidel at 16/07/2015 at 21:02 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Don't worry, they are not really answering any of the top comments either.
Comment by MacBelieve at 16/07/2015 at 20:56 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They must've somehow gotten tired