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But it's pretty easy for the average user to find offensive content on Reddit -- things that would upset them if they or one of their children was involved. An
by kaitai 11y ago
But it's pretty easy for the average user to find offensive content on Reddit -- things that would upset them if they or one of their children was involved. An existence proof for ugly stuff on Reddit is trivial, while it's much harder to give an average user a feel for what ratio of content they find offensive vs not.
- sonnyz 11y agoI think a lot of the offensive comments that are easy to find on Reddit can also be found on other popular sites, such as Youtube, Facebook, or comment sections on news sites.
- tomjen3 11y agoSo? That is an excellent argument for not including those subreddits in the default home page (for users who are not logged in) or /r/all. But you can find offensive things, or things you don't want your children to see, on just about any site (also, yes, your teens know about redtube).
- johnward 11y agoIf you make it easier for people to find the sub reddits then you get those people who are making the comments in the sub reddits now. It's a catch 22.
- pdeuchler 11y agoYou could very easily replace "reddit" with "the internet" and wow, all of the sudden it's like we've time traveled back to the early naughts with hysteria over kids having internet access