Reddit admins double down on their policy to promote bigotry on their platform

Kuato2012 · 2021-04-05T21:52:53+00:00

A little history might be helpful:

Nine months ago, reddit admins announced an update to the rules. The new content policy specifically stated:

Communities and people that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned. [...]

While the rule on hate protects such groups, it does not protect all groups or all forms of identity. For example, the rule does not protect groups of people who are in the majority[...]

This meant that they actually codified into their rules that it's OK to be racist against white people and OK to be sexist against men (never mind that women are actually a numerical majority).

They immediately received massive backlash about that, so they struck the bolded part from the content policy. You can read the current wording here.

Marginalized or vulnerable groups include, but are not limited to, groups based on their actual and perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or disability. These include victims of a major violent event and their families.

While the rule on hate protects such groups, it does not protect those who promote attacks of hate or who try to hide their hate in bad faith claims of discrimination.

So they updated the wording to sound inclusive, but this latest reply from an admin (the one in the OP) shows that admins still interpret the rule according to its original, retracted wording!

This is why subreddits like FragileMaleRedditor or FemaleDatingStrategy, which promote hate based on identity, can hit the front page and not get quarantined or banned.

Reddit is consistently ranks in the top 20 most visited websites in the world. It's kind of a big deal as far as online platforms are concerned.

Title	Reddit admins double down on their policy to promote bigotry on their platform
Author	Kuato2012
Upvotes	31
Comments	1
Date	April 5, 2021 9:31 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/EverydayMisandry
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