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criticizing Serina Williams got a subreddit banned recently Sincere question: Was it actually criticism of Serena Williams ("she exhibited poor behavior", "she

criticizing Serina Williams got a subreddit banned recently Sincere question: Was it actually criticism of Serena Williams ("she exhibited poor behavior", "she's lost a step", "her fashion sense sucks", etc) or was it abuse ("she's a man", "she's an ugly pig", etc)? Banning because of the former is unacceptable, but I see no reason why we would expect her husband to permit the latter on his platform.

lstodd 8y ago
Maybe because this was not the way he marketed his platform in the first place? Or, well, not marketed, but, let's say, allowed widespread perception of. Although I must confess I'm no expert on Reddit. After all, real men discuss Serena on 4chan and post gun videos on Pornhub /s
tzjmetron 8y ago
>Banning because of the former is unacceptable, but I see no reason why we would expect her husband to permit the latter on his platform. This makes no sense at all - Reddit is a business, even if their model consists of free users. These users generate traffic, content, and ad-money.
cotelletta 8y ago
Talking shit about people behind their back is not abuse. At most it can be libel/slander, of which none of your examples qualify. She's also not a particularly worthy example, given her meltdown at that tennis tournament, for which tons of people tried to made ideological excuses (herself included) and which involved her actually being abusive to the ref's face. What it is is rich and powerful people using their influence to step on the little guy, and that behavior trickling down in a bizarre quest for faux-vindication by petty commissars. The kind of person who wants to be a Reddit mod on a big subreddit is not your average Joe. If they're not outright getting paid under the table by interested actors, they're doing it for the power trip.
- Anechoic 8y ago
  Interesting comments, but I'm not sure what it has to do with my post.

lstodd 8y ago

Maybe because this was not the way he marketed his platform in the first place? Or, well, not marketed, but, let's say, allowed widespread perception of. Although I must confess I'm no expert on Reddit. After all, real men discuss Serena on 4chan and post gun videos on Pornhub /s

tzjmetron 8y ago

>Banning because of the former is unacceptable, but I see no reason why we would expect her husband to permit the latter on his platform. This makes no sense at all - Reddit is a business, even if their model consists of free users. These users generate traffic, content, and ad-money.

cotelletta 8y ago

Talking shit about people behind their back is not abuse. At most it can be libel/slander, of which none of your examples qualify. She's also not a particularly worthy example, given her meltdown at that tennis tournament, for which tons of people tried to made ideological excuses (herself included) and which involved her actually being abusive to the ref's face. What it is is rich and powerful people using their influence to step on the little guy, and that behavior trickling down in a bizarre quest for faux-vindication by petty commissars. The kind of person who wants to be a Reddit mod on a big subreddit is not your average Joe. If they're not outright getting paid under the table by interested actors, they're doing it for the power trip.

Anechoic 8y ago
Interesting comments, but I'm not sure what it has to do with my post.