Comment by wildmetacirclejerk on 17/07/2015 at 02:00 UTC

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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.

In Ellen Pao's op-ed[1] in the Washington Post today, she said ***"But to attract more mainstream audiences and bring in the big-budget advertisers, you must hide or remove the ugly."***

1: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-cannot-let-the-internet-trolls-win/2015/07/16/91b1a2d2-2b17-11e5-bd33-395c05608059_story.html

How much of the push toward removing "ugly" elements of Reddit comes from the motivation to monetize Reddit?

EDIT: "Anything that harasses, bullies, or abuses an individual or group of people (these behaviors intimidate others into silence)" -- This is troubling because although it seems reasonable on the surface, in practice, there are people who scream harassment when *any criticism* is levied against them. How will you determine what constitutes harassment?

EDIT 2: Proposed definition of harassment -- **Harassment is defined as repetitive, unwanted, non-constructive contact from a person or persons whose effect is to annoy, disturb, threaten, humiliate, or torment a person, group or an organization.**

Comment by wildmetacirclejerk on 17/07/2015 at 02:00 UTC

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