Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

old.reddit.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

171–180 of 415 posts

Re: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

#171

Post by goatinaboat »

TechBro8615 wrote: post #121

I am completely lost here. I feel like a Boomer on Snapchat. Can someone please give a 5 sentence tl;dr of (a) who this person is, (b) what the original controversy was about, and (c) why the Reddit admins care so much? This is one of those stories that keeps popping up in front of me but I really do not have the will nor the time to engage with it, so I'd really appreciate a concise and unbiased summary if anyone ca…

Can someone please give a 5 sentence tl;dr of (a) who this person is, (b) what the original controversy was about, and (c) why the Reddit admins care so much?

This person is a former British political candidate (Green/LibDem) who allegedly concealed from electoral officials the heinous crimes committed by their campaign manager. This person is now employed by Reddit and is abusing their newfound admin access.

Re: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

#172

Post by DanBC »

iams wrote: post #27
DominikD wrote: post #10

Someone was banned from Reddit for linking to an article dead naming a trans woman. Did I get this right? If I did, what's the problem here, really?

I'm not sure if you are trolling, but the article wasn't "dead naming a trans woman". It was an article in a mainstream uk magazine about a uk political party where her preferred name was mentioned

Anything written by the Spectator about trans people is hateful garbage.

It's baffling that people on HN are so gullible.

Re: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

#173

Post by debacle »

morelisp wrote: post #160
esja wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course. And being accused of hate or shamed for not wanting to change your sexual preference is deeply regressive.

Weird how the gender critical community comes out of the shattered remains of the political lesbian community who wanted to do exactly that.

For my own edification, is "political lesbian" a single term? Is there a special definition there? Thanks.

Re: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

#174

Post by dragonwriter »

kortilla wrote: post #146
mercurysmessage wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it fair to criticize people for being gay too? I just don't see the points of these arguments. Thought people on this site "loved discussion". Nope. They love hearing their own opinions, and attacking and downvoting anything that is not conservative. I'm out.

It’s not clear what point you’re trying to make. > I just don't see the points of these arguments. Directly contradicts with > Thought people on this site "loved discussion". And this > They love hearing their own opinions Contradicts with > downvoting anything that is not conservative. Considering the heavy presence of Bay Area commenters and the fact that the Bay Area skews more liberal than most places in the US.

> Considering the heavy presence of Bay Area commenters and the fact that the Bay Area skews more liberal than most places in the US.

But you are failing to consider the heavy presence of Bay Area wantrepreneurs, who skew more heavily right-libertarian than the Bay Area, or even the US as a whole.

Re: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

#176

Post by ectopod »

sir_bearington wrote: post #28

The irony is that I almost certainly would have zero idea who this person was or the existence of this controversy were it not for this crackdown. On one hand I can empathize with people seeing someone they know have negative press about them shared on a site they run and wanting to do something. But I thought the point of professionalism was refraining from this kind of behavior and applying rules consistently even…

You're not wrong. But the person concerned is notoriously litigious, and their employer has a legal duty to protect them from harassment. (Because, AFAIK, they are British and employed in the UK by reddit.) So reddit has no good choice here.

Re: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

#178

Post by paganel »

Traster wrote: post #47

I've got to assume that the bannings are being done by Aimee as the new admin, because I can't imagine that anyone else at reddit would be so unfamiliar with Reddit that they would think this is a good idea. Look how much shit Ellen Pao got, and she was basically doing a decent job. I can't imagine this is going to go much better.

> shit Ellen Pao got, and she was basically doing a decent job.

Those were different times, were the Ellen Pao situation to happen right now again I don't think things would go the same way as they did the first time. This reddit admin person also has the advantage of being a trans, and trans people are the new token individuals (have been for one year and half - two, I guess), I can't see Reddit the company not taking her part 100% (even though she's in the wrong in many instances).

Re: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

#179

Post by sonthonax »

Closi wrote: post #141
sonthonax wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're in agreement that knowingly associating oneself with pedophiles deserves a degree of opprobrium. However that does raise the question, how much opprobrium? The person in question probably suffers psychologically a great deal. Who wouldn't if they were dealt with the double-hand of gender-dysphoria and a pedophile father? I think it is safe to conclude this person is not well. Does the world really stand to gain…

> The person in question probably suffers psychologically a great deal. Who wouldn't if they were dealt with the double-hand of gender-dysphoria and a pedophile father? You don't get a pass on hiring your dad while he is being charged for sex crimes just because you are trans.

That's not what I'm trying to address. I said that I agree that deserves opprobrium!

What I have trouble with, is the idea that it's somehow okay for the whole world to deliver it in the form of an ungoverned internet mob.

Societies have limits to how much opprobrium you can receive. The reality is that she's probably getting tens of thousands of death threats. In most places you have an inalienable legal right to protection from such things.

Re: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin

#180

Post by frogpelt »

tossaway90302 wrote: post #105
outworlder wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> or in private messages We do know that there's nothing 'private' about any social media platforms, but some people still believe that to be the case. Now they are blatantly publicizing that private chats are being read. Anyone remembers the outrage when gmail was analyzing emails to provide ads? What happened to that?

>Now they are blatantly publicizing that private chats are being read. Who is publicizing it? This is purely speculation by moderators who are not reddit employess.

If private message content is being moderated, it is not private.
Post reply on HN