226 upvotes, 5 direct replies (showing 5)
View submission: Content Policy Update
It wasn't just a community concern. Within the last month /u/spez has stated numerous times that he was committed to a clear content policy.
I'm specifically soliciting feedback on this language. The goal is to make it as clear as possible.
-- /u/spez on the harassment policy, 20 days ago (1)
Very good question, and that's one of the things we need to be clear about. I think we have an intuitive sense of what this means (e.g. death threats, inciting rape), but before we release an official update to our policy we will spell this out as precisely as possible.
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Spirited debates are in important part of what makes Reddit special. Our goal is to spell out clear rules that everyone can understand. Any banning of content will be carefully considered against our public rules.
-- /u/spez on the "harm" policy, 20 days ago (1)[1] (2)[2]
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3djjxw/lets_talk_content_ama/ct5red6
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3djjxw/lets_talk_content_ama/ct5rsgd
We'll consider banning subreddits that clearly violate the guidelines in my post--the ones that are illegal or cause harm to others.
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I can tell you with confidence that these specific communities are not what we are referring to. Not even close.
But this is also why I prefer separation over banning. Banning is like capital punishment, and we don't want to do it except in the clearest of cases.
-- /u/spez on banning subs, 20 days ago (1)[3] (2)[4]
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3djjxw/lets_talk_content_ama/ct5r5w7
4: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3djjxw/lets_talk_content_ama/ct5sxbm
Part of the reason this went over so well was because there was a very clear line of what was unacceptable.
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Creating a clear content policy is another of my immediate priorities. We will make it very clear what is and is not acceptable behavior on reddit.
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First priorities:
* Get to know the team here
* Make a clear Content Policy
* Ship some mod tool improvements
-- /u/spez on the need for clarity in the content policy, 20 days ago (1)[5], 25 days ago (2)[6] and 26 days ago (3)[7]
5: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3djjxw/lets_talk_content_ama/
7: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cucye/an_old_team_at_reddit/csz2lzu
Comment by jP_wanN at 06/08/2015 at 01:10 UTC
45 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Within the last month /u/spez has stated numerous times that he was committed to a clear content policy.
Yeah I know :/
By the way, I really don't know how you just pulled all this info together and wrote a well-formatted post in just ~20 minutes. Have some more gold for your effort! I hope reddit doesn't become awkward enough for you to give it up before your Gold runs out, otherwise this might be a bit pointless :D
Comment by [deleted] at 06/08/2015 at 03:59 UTC
40 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So cute that people believed him.
It was never about Pao, many of us tried to point it out this whole time. It's Reddit itself, it's investors.
No matter who's in charge, they bow to the money. As any business would, the user base here won't see Reddit as a business, but it clearly is.
Comment by suninabox at 06/08/2015 at 17:31 UTC*
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
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Comment by Etonet at 06/08/2015 at 07:29 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
i wonder if all that Ellen Pao stuff was just to distract from what spez is doing right now
Comment by Ass-systole at 06/08/2015 at 13:34 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Damn, /u/spez got called out on ALL his bullshit. Nicely done.