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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: 1) by spezek on Saturday June 13 2015, @04:06PM
Men are considered by present society to be more rational actors than women. Women are driven by emotion, men by logic, or so it goes. It makes sense in such a climate for men to be treated more harshly when they misbehave, since they are making more conscious decisions and guilt is determined by mens rea.
So, in essence, this problem might be said to be caused by the belief that men are "better" than women. In this case, and many others, patriarchy hurts men.
Feminists, as a rule, dislike patriarchy.