So some people had a subreddit, and were saying things. How the fuck is that a problem for anyone else? If you don't like what people are posting in some specific corner of the Intarwebs, just don't read it and you have no problem.
IMO it's not about that. Reddit's ongoing tumult is due to them wanting to have their cake and eat it too. If you want to host the ugly, you have every right to do so. But, if you aren't clear about your intentions, then you are going to be caught in contradictions. Reddit clearly was ok with hosting the ugly for quite some time, but they never seemed comfortable with that service spilling into their mainstream brand. Every time it did, they reacted. Note they now say that they are supporting 'authentic' conversations. If they started with that appoach, many current subreddits probably wouldn't have ever been established. That would mean less tumult, but also less users. IMO that is why their moves look so cynical.
Yup, this is my problem with reddit. Says one thing and does another. And they pretty much just react based on news/articles/advertising, rather than supporting the idea that made everyone use and like it in the first place. It's one thing to explicitly ban something from the get go, making it clear it isn't tolerated. It's another to just up and ban a collection of established communities after a knee-jerk reaction to news.
Yep, they're spewing PR-bullshit and doing whatever they think will make more money for them, principles be damned.
It's just words, though. I'm annoyed by having to see inane pun circle-jerk threads, comments by militant feminists or their subservient henchmen, the White Knights, and so on.. But somehow I survive seeing them anyway, without demanding that they all be banned. If seeing comments you find upsetting is a big enough problem, the easy solution is to stop using Reddit and find a better forum, or just do something else with that time. For the most part, commenting on the Internet is a waste of time anyway. Yes, myself included.
i'm doin' it. i'm takin' the bait. it's not just words when they incite violence (see Charleston). violent racism is not the same as a tired pun thread.
I completely agree. Don't like it? Talk to them like a civil human or ignore it. You can't augment everything in the world to your liking just because your brain might not like an idea (no matter how good you feel your idea is).
They will be around regardless of subreddits/bans, etc. no matter how much one may hate an opinion, one cannot stop it from existing using censorship. If anything it's just fuelling flames.
It's a good thing that when you make a reddit account you can only post to one subreddit.