Why does /r/mensrights post links to so many ridiculous blogs that spread misandry, our traffic to those websites directly supports them and encourages more to publish the same garbage.

OThomson · 2011-07-14T17:04:09+00:00

I Dunno i like to read them, screw the traffic i'd rather know the person sitting in the opposing Foxhole, my only beef is the constant stream of poorly written scallywagandVagabond Articles.

2011-07-14T16:44:55+00:00

I agree. No more Amanda Marcotte, for one!

turinturambar · 2011-07-14T22:45:08+00:00

One good thing that comes out of it is:

Those blogs usually already have high traffic -- From feminists and their supporters.

Therefore you get to see how many of them agree with the extreme view. And then by putting it up on this subreddit, you show people visiting the subreddit that the fears of this subreddit are in fact not unjustified, because most of these sites' material would truly be extreme to most people accepting rationalism and logical thought .

And the critical thing you'd be missing by posting the content here is to show how popular the view is.

Maschalismos · 2011-07-14T19:03:40+00:00

Amen. I have often wondered the same thing. Surely there is an intermediate blog or site we can take the material from so that the Amanda Marcottes of the world only get ONE visit from us, rather than thousands.

meninist · 2011-07-14T20:31:48+00:00

Adblock can stop you from giving them ad revenue. Just make an exception for MRA sites.

nlakes · 2011-07-15T01:51:51+00:00

Some of these blogs are so shit I refuse to read them. Some of them are just god awful tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy nuts.

2011-07-14T17:12:34+00:00

Sometimes I think its excessive, but its nice to keep tabs on what they are talking about

purrit · 2011-07-14T21:05:19+00:00

would say "know thine enemy"

but then, most of the stuff is the same shit over and over again.

pcarvious · 2011-07-14T21:43:31+00:00

I usually only read a few blogs, frs, some spearhead, a few others. Some are fun to read but mostly I stick to the news stories because they're the ones that usually spark the best discussions.

marcos_de_santos · 2011-07-15T00:18:33+00:00

Links are sometimes needed so we can see the "crap" that is written elsewhere.

There should be a way to link "nofollow", to link as a BAD EXAMPLE.

Reddit should differentiate between "positive" links and "negative" links, between good examples and bad examples.

NiceIce · 2011-07-15T01:12:05+00:00

I think this is a great idea. Bravo.

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