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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
Just to try and get a better picture of the overall goal here: If a community is entirely self-contained (which is to say it may have reprehensible content to an ordinary person, but keeps to itself otherwise), why from a philosophical standpoint is Reddit suddenly interested in banning them? Is this coming from a moral view that Reddit feels each community should live up to? Because it seems dangerous to project one's own morals on such a large and diverse populace.
To be clear, I 100% believe any sub that goes outside of it's "self-contained" area (like FPH) fully deserves to be removed. But I'm curious as to the reason behind policing subs that users already can voluntarily decide to view or not view.
Comment by [deleted] at 16/07/2015 at 21:55 UTC
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You may have missed the part where they're going to make most offensive subs opt-in, not ban them.
Comment by [deleted] at 16/07/2015 at 21:25 UTC
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I think that it's because they'll say the content is 'illegal' to be hosted on Reddit. That is their main purpose.