http://np.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/39bpam/removing_harassing_subreddits/
created by TeutorixAleria on 10/06/2015 at 20:25 UTC
11 upvotes, 14 top-level comments (showing 14)
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 22:11 UTC*
32 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I was browsing /r/all for the first time out of sheer boredom yesterday, and a fair few post from FPH came up. It was weird, that people were so worked up and full of anger about other people just being fat. Why would you go out of your way to care about something that just makes you angry?
If they want to do that, that's up to them I suppose, their choice. But if they are harassing people, it's the admin's choice to ban them if they don't like it. Lots of other places on the internet FPH can go.
Admin's are in a bit of a tough spot now though, they'll have to justify not banning a lot of other shitty subreddits.
Comment by silver_medalist at 10/06/2015 at 23:22 UTC
13 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Reddit is embarrassing. It's like dealing with a hair-trigger temperamental Kevin the Teenager. A rancid, mortifying, juvenile cesspit. Of course it's great too. But it's overall mien is very unappealing.
Comment by Driveby_Dogboy at 10/06/2015 at 20:44 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
reminds me of that time on Boards....
Comment by tigernmas at 10/06/2015 at 21:26 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
For profit website makes move to safeguard profit. Not surprising.
I'm just sitting here with popcorn to watch the rabid conspiracy theories unfold and get gilded. That's about as far as I care to be honest.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 22:38 UTC
12 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Sounds like a slippery slope towards a complete clean-up of Reddit, until it's a fully-regulated website. In another year or two you'll probably need to submit a subreddit-creation application that will have to be approved by Reddit management.
Comment by InitiumNovum at 10/06/2015 at 21:31 UTC*
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Reddit is just experiencing that phase most internet forums experience at one time or another as it reaches its inevitable heat death, the same happened with Boards.ie, it's happening here now.
I think that the Reddit admins are hypocritical for not banning subreddits like ShitRedditSays, SubRedditDrama or any other SJW brigading subreddits as well - a lot (not all) of the content on those subreddits essentially boils down to harassing people on other subreddits who have differing opinions compared to the SRS/SRD group-think. However, given what I know about the whole Gamergate saga on Reddit and separately from what I've heard about Reddit CEO Ellen Pao, I'm really not surprised that they're not banned.
With Boards.ie it wasn't SJWs that caused the problem, you can still have fairly edgy conversations (shall we say, "reactionary"/"right-wing") on Boards.ie without getting banned/infracted. Boards.ie's problems started with the MCD court case and escalated from there. The owner of Boards.ie is a pretty nice guy though from what I've read of him and from time I've spend on Boards.ie.
Comment by significantrisk at 10/06/2015 at 21:10 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Suppose it depends what "harass" means.
Does the line need to be placed to take out the whackjob brigade subs like SRS and the /r/european crowd who have dragged their muck across the floor here recently?
Or should it be moved towards the 'laugh and point' subs, that don't tend to go and make a mess elsewhere, of the 'things XYZ do' variety?
Difficult calls to make, to avoid collateral damage.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 07:26 UTC*
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 10/06/2015 at 20:43 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 11:46 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If you pull back from it, it is weird to see a bunch of people complaining - to this extent - that they no longer have a subreddit in which to post 'LOL HAMPLANET' et al.
Comment by RTE2FM at 10/06/2015 at 21:30 UTC
2 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Bad idea. I've been using www.voat.co for a few months now. Be great to get a few more users over there. Seems to have a lot of features reddit lacks.
Comment by NaughtyMallard at 11/06/2015 at 09:53 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
SO is this it for Reddit? I'm sick of reading about FPH and all it's new spin-off pages. I assume FPH would still be here if they didn't have the reddit employee images at the sidebar. It's like an army of toddlers throwing their rattle out of the pram.
Comment by RedPandaDan at 11/06/2015 at 08:11 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Its seems strange that there were only 5 subs. Honestly, there are a huge number of subs that should be banned; coontown, TRP, etc.
Also, while I can appreciate that they are only banning for harassment and not for their theme, it seems strange that they let /r/bestof survive since that's the biggest brigade on reddit.
Comment by Josh123914 at 11/06/2015 at 14:44 UTC
-1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
ITT: Posters ask why other subreddits blatantly guilty of the same harassing posts /r/fatpeoplehate were haven't been banned yet. OP takes to the stand.