Comment by TotesMessenger on 17/05/2015 at 01:17 UTC*

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I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:

[/r/bestof] Statistician Analyzes Recent r/Blog Survey

[/r/bestof] rwbj explains how Reddit used misleading statistics to promote its anti-harassment policy.

[/r/blackout2015] rwbj points out statistical problems with the survey used to justify reddit's recent content crackdowns.

[/r/conspiracy] After the recent changes to reddit's site wide free speech policy (as a result of a "community feedback survey" advertised no where on reddit) , a user in /r/blog decimates the data used by reddit inc admins to back up the "change in policy".

[/r/karmaconspiracy] Guy spends thousands of dollars and years of his time going to college to become a statistician just to own the admins and reap that sweet karma

[/r/srssucks] The basis for the new SRS-flavored policy from reddit's admins got destroyed

[/r/subredditcancer] The basis for the new SRS-flavored policy from reddit's admins got destroyed

1: /r/TotesMessenger

2: /message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger

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Comment by pi_over_3 at 17/05/2015 at 18:41 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted to /r/bestof

Comment by zilantcoil at 09/06/2015 at 01:52 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This thread is also linked here: http://internet.gawker.com/does-reddits-new-harassment-policy-mean-the-end-of-raci-1704707706