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Reddit is a mean-spirited and self-destructive community, a fearsomely ugly website and all run by an incompetent and blasé bunch of chancers, and yet somehow it still manages to become less than the sum of its parts.
It's probably far too late to do anything about it, mind.
Eh... it's their playground. While I don't like the idea of what's offensive being so subjective, there is A LOT of shit on Reddit that I would be happy to see gone. If Costco had a corner in every store where people were allowed to stand around yelling racist commentary all the time, and Costco laid out a policy to remove this from their stores, I think the majority of people would applaud this move, thus improving…
Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is worth debating. But it absolutely must be said that the anarchy defines what Reddit is. With active moderation, it won't be Reddit, it'll be something else. Maybe that something else will be nicer, friendlier, or whatever. But it will be filling a different need.
People who defend the hands-off Reddit are not advocating in favor of racism (to use your example). They're saying, essentially, "a discussion forum with absolute freedom of expression has value, even if (unfortunately) that lack of controls means sharing the site with racists."
Eh... it's their playground. While I don't like the idea of what's offensive being so subjective, there is A LOT of shit on Reddit that I would be happy to see gone. If Costco had a corner in every store where people were allowed to stand around yelling racist commentary all the time, and Costco laid out a policy to remove this from their stores, I think the majority of people would applaud this move, thus improving…
Seems like there is some sort of middle-ground where questionable (though not illegal) content could still exist but be relegated in a way where there would be effort required to see it.
Eh... it's their playground. While I don't like the idea of what's offensive being so subjective, there is A LOT of shit on Reddit that I would be happy to see gone. If Costco had a corner in every store where people were allowed to stand around yelling racist commentary all the time, and Costco laid out a policy to remove this from their stores, I think the majority of people would applaud this move, thus improving…
The yelling analogy doesn't really work, because the vast majority of the controversial content is content you have to go looking for to find. Obviously there can be some leakages, but most people learn about this stuff because tech blogs or media companies deliberately go looking for it to "expose" how bad reddit is.
Terrible impression to make on new customers, thus Costco decides, eh, fuck it, let's just get rid of the little room entirely to avoid this repetitious problem.
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Nope, it will also be filled with great sub-reddits that don't involve racism, and where redditors can interact with developers of games and products better than they ever could on Twitter, talk to celebrities, post without fear of harassment, and be creative. The subreddits they are going to ban are absolutely depraved.
Does Yishan Wong have some sort of huge grudge with Reddit? He seems to be constantly talking about inside/advance information about what's happening.
I'd assume he's a little cheesed off with the reddit board, since they essentially scapegoated her (I'd assume a friend) for their own decisions.