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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, @03:38PM
So if they use it incorrectly, you correct them, pointing out that the logic is sound, and explain why its not an example of that fallacy. The first step in debate is seeing if your opponent's argument is actually sound, if its not then you don't have to refute them because their argument is already invalid, and there's no point in trying to invalidate something that's not valid in the first place. What I'm seeing is that lots of idiots are trying to plant the idea that people are incorrectly pointing out fallacies because they refuse to admit that their arguments are logically invalid and they refuse to admit that they could ever be wrong about anything ever.
(Score: 1) by KGIII on Sunday June 14 2015, @08:25AM
I have been told I am odd because I am quite willing to admit that I am mistaken and to learn from that. I do not mind criticism. I am not perfect nor is my ego so small I have to insist I am. My goal is, and I know I am odd, to learn - which is one of the reasons that I visit the comments section of sites as frequently as I do. More often than not I simply read.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @07:41PM
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you were doing that, but its something I've been seeing a lot lately. Once I had the displeasure of arguing with somebody who tried to call logic itself a lie when his sophistry was pointed out. Its not just that one person either, irrational people will do anything and everything to hold on to their delusions, including trying to undermine logic and the validity of pointing out fallacies.