2007 upvotes, 57 direct replies (showing 25)
View submission: Update to Our Content Policy
I have read your "Help Center" article. You say that "the rule does not protect groups of people who are in the majority". You don't define what "the majority" means. Is this the majority on Reddit? In the US? In the entire world? This changes things a lot. A typical Reddit user is male, for example, but in reality, (cis) male and female are almost equally numerous and both a majority. A typical Reddit user is (probably?) white, but in the entire world, actually the Chinese Asians are the biggest ethnic group.
Does that mean that hate against men is acceptable on Reddit? Or hate against women, for that matter, as women can be considered a majority just as men are? Is hate against Asians acceptable?
This a serious, sincere question.
Comment by [deleted] at 29/06/2020 at 18:07 UTC
276 upvotes, 2 direct replies
A serious question that will go unanswered until they decide to bend policies again to limit free speech and protect that precious ad revenue. Oh but wait didnt you see change one, they have a Black Person on the board now! Wow! This is very cringy to watch. Too bad.
Comment by ShavedPapaya at 29/06/2020 at 18:25 UTC
717 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Nothing says "We're not bigoted" like "we're not going to protect certain groups from being attacked based on their skin color, gender, or religion"
Comment by [deleted] at 29/06/2020 at 21:02 UTC
44 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Cis genders are considered the majority. For example, r/transadoption is still operating but it actively and openly bans cis people (99.99% of the world’s population) based on their opinion I guess. They encourage Discord exchange for kids over 13+ yrs (ID verification isn’t required) with zero safeguarding oversight.
These should be left to professional services, but Reddit is effectively sanctioning something that could so easily be used for grooming.
Comment by greenacres231 at 30/06/2020 at 02:41 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I interpreted it as majority groups in the US. Which honestly sucks because while I am a white woman... I get a lot of hate speech about my religion but because I’m cis and white most people don’t view me as a minority.
I would hope that Reddit would take a stand against hate speech in general and I’m a little concerned that by saying hate against majority groups is okay that we are fueling the fire for more racial issues.
It honestly feels unethical and really icky.
Comment by [deleted] at 29/06/2020 at 19:18 UTC
237 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Your account is going to start having login and performance issues very soon...
Comment by avtechx at 29/06/2020 at 19:55 UTC
97 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Better watch out- serious, sincere thoughts that question the regime are not well tolerated.
Comment by crustdrunk at 29/06/2020 at 20:50 UTC
31 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Women are 51% of the population, I guess that’s why feminist subs are banned? Maybe? Someone help me out here
Comment by [deleted] at 29/06/2020 at 20:32 UTC
22 upvotes, 0 direct replies
in reality, (cis) male and female are almost equally numerous and both a majority. A typical Reddit user is (probably?) white,
Sensible questions won't be answered..
Comment by [deleted] at 29/06/2020 at 22:57 UTC
24 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I'm also curious why r/FragileTransRedditors, r/FragileHetRedditor, r/fragilePOCuser, r/fragileblackredditor, r/FragileMaleRedditor, r/FragileWhiteRedditor, etc didn't make the ban list, as these are all subs made explicitly to troll and post hateful content about the mentioned groups.
Comment by WillntStaySilenced at 29/06/2020 at 21:31 UTC
28 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Fuck women. There I said it. All women are horrible people. This statement is okay because they are 50.8% of the population, making them a majority group.
Comment by AlastromLive at 29/06/2020 at 18:12 UTC
72 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Wrong think detected. A re-education specialist will be with you shortly. Please do not resist.
Comment by [deleted] at 29/06/2020 at 18:41 UTC
121 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by MagicTrashPanda at 29/06/2020 at 21:06 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Advance Publications (Reddit parent company) only cares about cash through ads, selling your data (and all the content you create), and increasing market saturation to drive more impressions. Period.
Anything else is a red herring. The users of T_D probably weren’t clicking on ads enough. I guarantee that if it was profitable, it would not be banned.
Comment by Inprobamur at 29/06/2020 at 21:16 UTC
26 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Can I make a pro-apartheid, white power themed subreddit for white South Africans, they are a minority after all.
This rule is both insane and racist.
Comment by schumerlicksmynads at 29/06/2020 at 20:50 UTC
15 upvotes, 0 direct replies
lawyers rolling over in their graves right now
Comment by njacc at 30/06/2020 at 04:04 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yes it absolutely means hate against men and white people is acceptable on here. Fucked up, isn’t it? I’m a white male and I’m proud of my polish heritage, and proud of the person I am. I’m comfortable in my own skin. They went out of their way to say that hate is not allowed against marginalized or vulnerable groups. Instead of just saying hate is not allowed, and leaving at that. The moment you have to SPECIFY what kinds of hate that you are disallowing, instead of hate as a whole, you’ve immediately shown how much of a hateful person you are. Fuck Reddit. And to anyone reading, whoever you are, you’re beautiful <3 because Reddit doesn’t support everyone. No hate should be justified by these corrupt mega companies. I’m deleting my account immediately. I’ve dabbled with the idea for a long time with what I’ve seen over a long time, but with this strong stance promoting racism and hatred (only certain kinds are okay apparently), I have to leave, otherwise I’m supporting my own suppression. Reddit does not deserve any power. Hopefully I can delete this from my phone, otherwise I’ll do it on my PC later..
Comment by covok48 at 29/06/2020 at 19:19 UTC
320 upvotes, 3 direct replies
That is code for “whites”.
Comment by yeahnolol6 at 29/06/2020 at 20:53 UTC
18 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This rule was rule exception was clearly put in place so it continues to be acceptable to attack white straight men.
Comment by MindOverEmotion at 29/06/2020 at 21:05 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So with that, Reddit has officially opened the gates for already rampant anti-white rhetoric. Honestly reddit, you should be absolutely ashamed of yourselves, you bloody hypocrites
Comment by JustBeeBetter at 29/06/2020 at 19:24 UTC
56 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It means white.
Comment by kaggelpiep at 29/06/2020 at 20:49 UTC
17 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Of course it is. Mainly hate against whites.
Reddit, I will never ever get premium.
Comment by Chopanero77 at 29/06/2020 at 19:58 UTC
20 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Nah bro. You know what majority means. You're only allowed to harass white straight Christian Republican men.
Comment by bonjouratous at 30/06/2020 at 06:54 UTC*
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That's my issue with the kind of idiots in charge of reddit, it's that they think the whole world revolves around them. When they say "the majority", they mean whites, because that's the reality in their little world. Places where whites aren't the majority are basically irrelevant to their world view.
They are only interested to peddle the white oppressor vs the brown victim narrative, where they get to play the white saviour, but this narrative only works when whites are the majority. That's why they don't care about places where this scenario doesn't apply because that's where their white saviour schtick becomes irrelevant.
Comment by [deleted] at 29/06/2020 at 22:34 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Applying logic. I bet they don’t have an answer for you but you are correct when you say that majorities can apply to certain places, certain people, certain groups. There is no one majority!
Comment by wfamily at 29/06/2020 at 23:31 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah... can I say "Fuck whites" or "fuck asians" just because I'm black? What about Hispanics? Islam is like the biggest religion, so is it ok to hate on them?