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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @04:00PM
That might help things. It would be easier to tell the bad actors that post nonsense from the good. For me personally I try very hard most days to post interesting content, even if it is blatant criticism. I won't get an account on principle for the same reasons I was on slashdot for 15 years without an account. Apart from not leaving a trail for whale phishing expeditions it challenges me to post better, as it takes far more work for an AC to get +5.