215 upvotes, 5 direct replies (showing 5)
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Where is the proposed transparency? I was not a supporter of coontown, but I would like to know what policy rules they violated along with concrete examples shown to justify outright banning rather than quarantining.
To my knowledge it was a subreddit where like-minded individuals could discuss an issue they felt strongly on. It certainly never showed up in my feed. If I wanted to participate I would have had to look this subreddit up, which is how most special interest subreddits work. You have to look for them. Sure, the majority of people are not interested, but you can't remove a discussion group because people who have never looked for it might be offended.
If the group discussed scenarios and issues amongst themselves without forcing their ideas on others or endangering anyone, then this group should be allowed, no matter how distasteful you find it.
If it violated these principles, I want to be able to see that. Tell me why, explicitly. Transparency. Yeah, it's a lot of work, but it's important. Give me examples on each and every banned subreddit, so that I can better follow the rules.
Comment by 0fficerNasty at 06/08/2015 at 00:35 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This. How can any sub follow the rules if the admins can just change them on a whim and ban anyone without warning? What is the point of having a content policy (extremely vague at that) if you aren't going to enforce directly by it. Each banned sub needs to be shown how they were breaking the rules. Transparency my ass, they just banned it cuz of their reputation, not some rule in their policy.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/08/2015 at 01:19 UTC
34 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The only rule seems to be "Subs that express unpopular opinions can suddenly be banned due to immediate policy changes."
Comment by peoplehelper at 05/08/2015 at 22:45 UTC
22 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Just like always, the reddit admins fail to give fair treatment. Reddit is not anymore a place of free speech, but a place filled with hate, trolls, and so on. This is why I will never buy gold for anyone on this platform, but rather tip them via changetip. I don't want to support a platform that bans only certains type of hate and discourages people from expressing freely.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/08/2015 at 00:02 UTC
27 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I'm confused why they didn't just "quarantine" it.. I thought that was the purpose of it
Comment by KilowogTrout at 06/08/2015 at 02:55 UTC
-8 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I think this is totally appropriate. Why should this website encourage and enable these idiots while they take so much time away from solving any other problems. It's not a matter of violating policy so much as wasting an incredible amount of time.
And frankly, it's about damn time. Do something better with all the newfound time.