Bloody hell, fifty posts into this thread, fucking fifty, and you're the first (and seemingly only) person to actually bring this up.Compatriot Block said:Here's a thread from Reddit, with some posts explaining the official reason the admins gave. Remember, that subreddit had been around for a long time, but was only banned now.
http://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/39bzdf/why_was_rfatpeoplehate_along_with_several_other/
In short: the Imgur staff decided to block pictures submitted from fatpeople hate from hitting Imgur's front page. This made the subreddit users mad, so they found pictures of Imgur staff and put them on the sidebar to ridicule and harassment. Reddit already doesn't like singling out individuals, and doing it to the staff of a website that's pretty integral to Reddit tipped them over the very fine line they had been toeing.
And for what it's worth, I think they should have banned SRS a long time ago, but that's not a valid defense for other people. I'd rather both gone than neither.
http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/39bpam/removing_harassing_subreddits/
It's in the fucking announcement people.
This isn't some nefarious conspiracy by them no good SJWs to get rid of offensive subreddits, it's specifically about subreddits where the moderators aren't doing anything to stop harassment and doxing of individuals by thier community. That is why all these other even more vile subreddits are still around, because while their content might be disgusting/offensive, it's not harassment.The Fucking Announcement said:Today we are announcing a change in community management on reddit. Our goal is to enable as many people as possible to have authentic conversations and share ideas and content on an open platform. We want as little involvement as possible in managing these interactions but will be involved when needed to protect privacy and free expression, and to prevent harassment.
It is not easy to balance these values, especially as the Internet evolves. We are learning and hopefully improving as we move forward. We want to be open about our involvement: We will ban subreddits that allow their communities to use the subreddit as a platform to <color=red>harass individuals when moderators don't take action. We're banning behavior, not ideas.
Today we are removing five subreddits that break our reddit rules based on their <color=red>harassment of individuals. If a subreddit has been banned for harassment, you will see that in the ban notice. The only banned subreddit with more than 5,000 subscribers is r/fatpeoplehate.
To report a subreddit for harassment, please email us at contact@reddit.com or send a modmail.
We are continuing to add to our team to manage community issues, and we are making incremental changes over time. We want to make sure that the changes are working as intended and that we are incorporating your feedback when possible. Ultimately, we hope to have less involvement, but right now, we know we need to do better and to do more.
While we do not always agree with the content and views expressed on the site, we do protect the right of people to express their views and encourage actual conversations according to the rules of reddit.
Thanks for working with us. Please keep the feedback coming.
? Jessica (/u/5days), Ellen (/u/ekjp), Alexis (/u/kn0thing) & the rest of team reddit
And before any of you begin listing other subreddits that have a history of harassment but have not been banned, remember that this has only just transpired, so you can't expect these new rules to have been enforced in every instance at this point.