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Black lady here, this is exactly how I feel. I was never a member of /r/fatpeoplehate, and honestly /r/coontown getting removed isn't a top priority for me, but seriously, what the fuck did FPH do, *specifically*, to deserve being banned while so, soooo many subreddits do the same, or much worse? Is it really just because FPH got too big? Too noticeable? If so, I wish the admins would just fucking *say so*. I consider myself a reasonable person, and if the most honest answer is "We saw a dramatic loss in revenue after we noticed /r/fatpeoplehate trending in the news so we had to ban it," that kinda sucks, but at least I'd understand.
Comment by ChrisTaliaferro at 17/07/2015 at 00:05 UTC
47 upvotes, 5 direct replies
That's what it seems like honestly.
If Gawker/Mashable/CNN ran a story about /r/coontown I bet they'd be gone.
Comment by momomojito at 17/07/2015 at 01:22 UTC
12 upvotes, 3 direct replies
The FPH community was harassing folks out of their sub and their mods weren't dong anything about it. They were doing things like taking pictures off weight loss subreddits and mocking them. There was even one young lady who requested they remove her picture and the mods not only refused, but posted it to their sidebar. It was a pretty scummy sub.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/07/2015 at 02:38 UTC*
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Comment by EARink0 at 17/07/2015 at 00:50 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I thought it was that the mods of fat people hate were legit harassing people. Like, posting pictures of people they currently didn't like up on the sidebar to make fun of them (including the staff of imgur and one of their dogs one time, and images of an overweight cos-player another time).
This is in addition to any harassment that users may have done themselves on imgur or facebook.
Comment by EARink0 at 17/07/2015 at 00:51 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I thought it was that the mods of fat people hate were legit harassing people. Like, posting pictures of people they currently didn't like up on the sidebar to make fun of them (including the staff of imgur and one of their dogs one time, and images of an overweight cos-player another time).
Comment by BigBrownDownTown at 17/07/2015 at 04:43 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
For the record, I wish coontown was removed. It's horrible, and it's a sad reflection of how racism seems to be getting worse.
However, here's what I think the difference is: FPH had a giant obsession with Tess Holiday. Towards the end of it's existence, the amount of posts directed at that one person had become insane. There shouldn't be subreddits dedicated to hating a single person, and clearly the comments on her social media accounts indicate that FPH users were writing her messages. That's pretty fucked.
Comment by wkdravenna at 17/07/2015 at 03:38 UTC
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They made fun of the Imgur staff for being obeese. Imgur got ahold of Reddit. The powerful fat lobby, you might say.
Comment by Neezzyy at 17/07/2015 at 13:28 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Fph told someone that posted to /r/suicidewatch to kill themselves for being fat amongst many many other despicable things (like harassing the family of an obese person after an autopsy picture of them surfaced on another sub).
The place was a toilet of human filth and needed to go, honestly
Comment by _logic at 17/07/2015 at 01:39 UTC
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/u/HideandSheik it looks like fph got too fat.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/07/2015 at 01:30 UTC
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Comment by HaloFarts at 17/07/2015 at 08:57 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The answers below are false. FPH mods were encouraging the harassment of specific individuals and posting their private information within the sub.