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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 Monday June 15 2015, @08:48AM
A troll is someone who is fishing for angry or clueless responses with a fake posting that doesn't represent the authors true opinions, logic etc. You cannot hurt a troll without taking him out of the character, because that character doesn't really exist. On the other hand, a crackpot, even the attention-seeking provocative kind, is vulnerable. He has made emotional investment on that stuff. He'll eventually get angry or depressed if you keep swinging shit towards him.