They have no problem with r/worldnews calling for Palestinians to be exterminated or r/Conservative demanding slavery back, but laughing at a Nazi who said gun deaths were "worth it" getting gunned ...
I hope it doesn’t surprise anyone it was banned. But let’s not pretend its because they were toxic. The only reason Reddit has ever pumped the breaks on a toxic community that wasn’t politically left is when they were dragged over the coals in the mainstream news about it and it threatened to hurt their advertising revenue.
TheDeprogram’s ban is political censorship. If you don’t embrace late-stage capitalism, it is not safe to build a community on Reddit.
Since Luigi they have gotten a lot more strict about this stuff.
But ironically I feel like this is kind of the same situation as Kirk. I’m sad for the situation that led this to happen. There are contributing factors here that are deeply troubling and should be addressed. But I don’t feel sad for Kirk and I don’t feel sad for the DeProgram even though I don’t think it’s right to leave that decision up to assholes in suits.
I hope it doesn’t surprise anyone it was banned. But let’s not pretend its because they were toxic. The only reason Reddit has ever pumped the breaks on a toxic community that wasn’t politically left is when they were dragged over the coals in the mainstream news about it and it threatened to hurt their advertising revenue.
TheDeprogram’s ban is political censorship. If you don’t embrace late-stage capitalism, it is not safe to build a community on Reddit.
There, all better now.
Since Luigi they have gotten a lot more strict about this stuff.
But ironically I feel like this is kind of the same situation as Kirk. I’m sad for the situation that led this to happen. There are contributing factors here that are deeply troubling and should be addressed. But I don’t feel sad for Kirk and I don’t feel sad for the DeProgram even though I don’t think it’s right to leave that decision up to assholes in suits.