I disagree that Reddit is an <i>incubator</i> of hate, but the article makes a good point showing it's a <i>channel</i> for all kinds of communication, including - apparently indiscriminately - racism and other kinds of hate.<p>In much the same way 4chan was getting increasingly linked in public opinion with the bad things happening in /b/, it appears that Reddit has similar albatrosses around its neck. At that point, it becomes very difficult to get rid of a worrisome user segment - because of their nature and number, any action to drive them away has a huge potential to backfire.<p>This is a bad position to be in for a business: you need to placate a growing number of mean-spirited users who constantly probe the boundaries of what they can get away with, and yet you have to do everything you can to avoid the problem that your brand is publicly identified with the hate groups residing on your site.<p>I want to point out that the goals of a company having these problems are not necessarily the goals of people who want to deprive hate groups from having a public and company-supported outlet.