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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
At the end of the day, I'm sure it will come down to there being a person who just has to make that judgement call. Which is what worries people, that someone without a clearly defined set of rules will be censoring.
The examples that /u/spez used were probably picked to emphasize that there really is a set of simple rules. That just because they find one sub despicable would not get it banned. It seems that he is suggesting that the sub name and purpose have to be clearly defined as breaking Reddit policy. I imagine the idea is that subs like coontown will essentially go dark. Can't show up on the front page, searches probably don't reach them, and with a random(ish) name like coontown you can't really guess at subreddit names and find it. Unlike rapingwomen whose name is absurdly blunt, and actually describes committing a crime. So it gets shutdown and everyone there comes up with some clever alternative name for a replacement. Which will be moved to the list of offensive subreddits where I imagine it will die.
That's the impression I'm getting at least. In practice I'm sure it will be less cut and dry. Subreddits where a majority are doing something against policy will probably be taken out.
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