"We will not ban questionable subreddits," Reddit's then-CEO, Yishan Wong, wrote mere months ago. "You choose what to post. You choose what to read. You choose what kind of subreddit to create."
But in an apparent reversal of that policy, and in an unprecedented effort to clean up its long-suffering image, Reddit has just banned five "questionable subreddits."
The site permanently removed the forums Wednesday afternoon for harassing specific, named individuals, a spokesperson said. Of the five, two were dedicated to fat-shaming, one to transphobia, one to racism and one to harassing members of a progressive video game site.
Unsurprisingly, a vocal contingent of Redditors aren't taking the changes well: "Reddit increases censorship," read one post on r/freespeech, while forums like r/mensrights and r/opieandanthony theorized they would be next.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday June 12 2015, @08:20AM
John Stuart Mill 1806 – 1873, British philosopher, political economist and civil servant. Influential contributor to social theory, political theory and political economy.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @08:32AM
Life-long employee of the British East India Company. Imperialist bastard!