So... top management at reddit literally allows loud and vocal groups to deny even the right to exist for other groups whose opinions they don't agree with. I don't condone hating on fat people (or any group of people), but all these fat-haters were doing was expressing their own opinions amongst themselves on a containment sub. And if top execs at reddit can express their hostility for a certain group of people (in this case fat-haters) by straight-up kicking them out for intolerance or harassment, I don't see how they're any more tolerant or less harassing than the very people they just banned.
This comes off at fake to me. Yeah they're removing 5 harassing subreddits like /r/FatPeopleHate but they're leaving arguably worse subreddits, like /r/CoonTown/, up? This feels like they just kinda picked a few subreddits people have seen to make examples of them and hope it makes advertisers more comfortable.
It's really messed up that they banned /r/fatpeoplehate. There are so many fucked up subreddits that aren't banned, and that directly target individuals.<p>/r/coontown
/r/shitredditsays
/r/rapingwomen
/r/killingwomen
/r/CuteFemaleCorpses<p>And the list goes on and on...
No surprise here. Anyone who thought that reddit allowed all legal content has definitely not been paying attention. They are tightening their rules, though I still don't quite get how the gore dedicated subs are still allowed (especially the ones dedicated to gore involving children).
Huh. Weren't they trumpeting transparency in their value statement where they prepped the userbase for banning subs a few weeks/months ago? I wish they had the courage to voice their reasoning behind killing those subs, rather than the bland corporate statement they issued.
This is GREAT news. I'm all for freedom of speech but that "fatpeoplehate" sub-Reddit's only purpose was to victimise, bully, and harass people. They'd literally take people's Facebook pictures, Reddit postings, or go out and snap pictures of overweight (and often disabled) people just to bully them.<p>I don't care how you feel about obese people, this type of thing is unacceptable. I don't care what justification you use (race, sexual orientation, dress style, hair color, etc) it is unacceptable across the board. You don't have to be fat to see that this is wrong, you just need to have basic empathy.<p>PS - I've spent a LOT less time on Reddit as a direct result of how toxic the community has become. Hopefully this will roll that back if just temporarily.
I've been seeing a lot of speculation that the actions of the new regime are in preparation for a reddit IPO. How much truth there is in that I do not know.