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Reddit Bans 5 'subreddits' under its Game-Changing Anti-Harassment Policy

posted by janrinok on Friday June 12 2015, @06:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-will-not-ban,-much dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The Washington Post:

"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.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @06:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2015, @06:08PM (#195471)

    > If it hasn't been achieved, it's at least partially the fault of feminism actively fighting to create inequity between the sexes (in favor of women).

    Yay, a concern troll FTL!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @06:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @06:15AM (#195667)

    What the hell is a "concern troll", and why do so many people use "troll" to describe someone they disagree with? It's ridiculous.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:54PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:54PM (#195848)

      What the hell is a "concern troll"

      Urban dictionary definition [urbandictionary.com]:

      A person who posts on a blog thread, in the guise of "concern," to disrupt dialogue or undermine morale by pointing out that posters and/or the site may be getting themselves in trouble, usually with an authority or power. They point out problems that don't really exist. The intent is to derail, stifle, control, the dialogue. It is viewed as insincere and condescending.

      Rational wiki entry [rationalwiki.org]:

      A concern troll visits sites of an opposing ideology and offers advice on how they could "improve" things, either in their tactical use of rhetoric, site rules, or with more philosophical consistency. ...

      lrn2googl, troll