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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) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday June 12 2015, @11:24PM
I was once arrested for felony terrorists threats because I told a grover beach, california police officer that I was conducting research into the effect of software faults on aviation safety.
Despite that I requested to act pro se, I had a public defender forced upon me who proceeded to refuse to defend me. She flatly refused to obtain any of the evidence nor to have an investigator interview any of the witnesses, of which there are many.
In hopes of paying my domain registration renewal, I pleaded guilty to... what was it I can't remember now I just woke up. The charge was pulled out of my attorney's ass because it had the convenient feature of not being a three strikes offense despite being a felony.
Now I can't get a job because I have a criminal record. That gets me down but I know the procedure as it was my general plan in my early twenties, when I was the most severely mentally ill, that being to start a business.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]