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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:51PM
If you want to pretend you are that dumb, then you should drop the perfect grammar. It's an obvious tell.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2015, @05:41PM
You're suffering from "true believer syndrome", you believe everything is proof of what you've already decided is the truth despite the evidence showing something entirely different. The evidence shows that its time to officially categorize you gamergate nutjobs along with creationists, flat-earthers, and AGW-deniers. Enjoy your delusions, but the more you scream them from the sidewalk, the more people will understand how crazy you are and ignore you.