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"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, Insightful) by bitrotRnotbitrot on Friday June 12 2015, @08:53AM
Well I'm new here, I have a pretty strong dislike for SJWs. I'm neither misogynist or racist though, same as most sane people who dislike them.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @12:49PM
I'm neither misogynist or racist though
I bet you're an excellent driver, too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @10:13AM
Get on with the times grandpa, misogyny means criticizing any SJW narrative these days.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @03:58PM
"Misogyny" has an actual definition, unlike "SJW" which is nothing but a meaningless euphemism used to attack people who disagree with the speaker, just like "politically correct". Go ahead, try to define them, you'll have your own personal definition, which won't match anybody else's, so those words have no real meaning - they're merely meaningless attack words.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @05:06AM
Oh my god, you cannot be serious. Are you honestly arguing from some unseen arbitrary measure of the legitimacy of words? Do you even have any idea how language works?
There is no moral authority which gets to decide which words are "worthy" to exist. A word or phrase is born whenever two or more people decide on a shared meaning for it. You can huff and puff as much as you want, but the fact that it's used to convey meaning makes it word by definition.
As for your actual "argument"...
unlike "SJW" which is nothing but a meaningless euphemism
I disagree, prove it.
Go ahead, try to define them, you'll have your own personal definition, which won't match anybody else's
That's not how honest discussion works. You don't get to demand that the opposition proves that your empty assertions are false.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @07:12PM
Strawman. Who said anything about words being "worth[y of] exist[ing]"?
You're asking me to prove that a word doesn't have a definition? Well here you go! [google.com] Nothing in the dictionary! Proof that it is meaningless.
Still waiting for you to define this word which you assert has a definition, like I asked for originally. Burden of proof is in your court.