One of the last examples of a token free speech sub on Reddit.
Reddit has been much more controlling of content and espescially the homepage over the last few years but they have attempted to maintain the appearance of being a bastion of free speech by keeping around some smaller objectionable subs while the meat of the site is more heavily curated than a news broadcast.
Once one of these token bad subs gets too much attention in the mainstream press Reddit shuts it down and looks like the "good guys" making a tough decision that goes against their "edgy" reputation for free speech which is really only a memory at this point.
Jailbait, TheFappening, FatPeopleHate, CoonTown, PizzaGate etc... all the same pattern.
Since spez took over they tried to publicly distance themselves from the free speech cause so I expect this to happen with ever increasing frequency.
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faissaloo ago
I'm out of the loop: What was /r/pedofriends exactly?
go1dfish ago
One of the last examples of a token free speech sub on Reddit.
Reddit has been much more controlling of content and espescially the homepage over the last few years but they have attempted to maintain the appearance of being a bastion of free speech by keeping around some smaller objectionable subs while the meat of the site is more heavily curated than a news broadcast.
Once one of these token bad subs gets too much attention in the mainstream press Reddit shuts it down and looks like the "good guys" making a tough decision that goes against their "edgy" reputation for free speech which is really only a memory at this point.
Jailbait, TheFappening, FatPeopleHate, CoonTown, PizzaGate etc... all the same pattern.
Since spez took over they tried to publicly distance themselves from the free speech cause so I expect this to happen with ever increasing frequency.
postfascion ago
Excellent analysis +1