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Didn’t she ban a lot of subreddits?

kick 7y ago
She's mocking the free speech line in that tweet.
bertil 7y ago
Reddit has to make a lot of decisions, some were soon after she joined. Not sure CEOs of social media company get involved in making that decision personally, rather than name people who would -- Pao might be an exception, though. From all the subreddits that were closed, I’d be hard-pressed to name one that I felt contributed to free speech.
- effingwewt 7y ago
  She absolutely was intimately involved, a lot of her drama and changes were the reason I left that site for good. She is correct in her tweet, however. Also once upon a time reddit praised itself for free speech. It held itself to a higher standard... supposedly.
  - NotSammyHagar 7y ago
    care to share the groups that were banned you disagreed with?
- A2017U1 7y ago
  > I’d be hard-pressed to name one that I felt contributed to free speech. As in US Constitution free speech? I can think of dozens. r/SanctionedSuicide r/DarknetMarkets r/shoplifting r/gore r/watchpeopledie
  - harimau777 7y ago
    I don't know enough about the situation to take a definite position. However, it seems to me that free speech is intended to protect the expression of unpopular viewpoints. In that case, I think that we should protect people's right to advocate that suicide, shoplifting, or advocating watching people die should be legal. However, as long as those things are not legal then it doesn't necessarily violate free speech to restrict the practices themselves or information on how to engage in the practices.
    - A2017U1 7y ago
      Actually spent quite a while going through the list of banned subs to eliminate contentious ones, gotta make commenters work for it :) They are a US based website subject to those laws, even if those words posted on their site didn't violate laws, it's entirely legal for them to censor at will for any reason they deem ok.
  - goatsi 7y ago
    r/DarknetMarkets was banned because of the FOSTA-SESTA anti-sex "trafficking" bill. The government forced Reddit's hand on that.
- ng12 7y ago
  > contributed to free speech. What does it mean to "contribute to" free speech?
  - bertil 7y ago
    In most cases, the subreddits openly advocated for crimes, often violent, which I understand is the type of speech that isn’t protected by even the most relaxed definition of free speech.
    - ng12 7y ago
      It's protected in the US. You can advocate for all the crime and violence you want: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent_lawless_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent_lawless_action

kick 7y ago

She's mocking the free speech line in that tweet.

Reddit has to make a lot of decisions, some were soon after she joined. Not sure CEOs of social media company get involved in making that decision personally, rather than name people who would -- Pao might be an exception, though. From all the subreddits that were closed, I’d be hard-pressed to name one that I felt contributed to free speech.

effingwewt 7y ago
She absolutely was intimately involved, a lot of her drama and changes were the reason I left that site for good. She is correct in her tweet, however. Also once upon a time reddit praised itself for free speech. It held itself to a higher standard... supposedly.
- NotSammyHagar 7y ago
  care to share the groups that were banned you disagreed with?
A2017U1 7y ago
> I’d be hard-pressed to name one that I felt contributed to free speech. As in US Constitution free speech? I can think of dozens. r/SanctionedSuicide r/DarknetMarkets r/shoplifting r/gore r/watchpeopledie
- harimau777 7y ago
  I don't know enough about the situation to take a definite position. However, it seems to me that free speech is intended to protect the expression of unpopular viewpoints. In that case, I think that we should protect people's right to advocate that suicide, shoplifting, or advocating watching people die should be legal. However, as long as those things are not legal then it doesn't necessarily violate free speech to restrict the practices themselves or information on how to engage in the practices.
  - A2017U1 7y ago
    Actually spent quite a while going through the list of banned subs to eliminate contentious ones, gotta make commenters work for it :) They are a US based website subject to those laws, even if those words posted on their site didn't violate laws, it's entirely legal for them to censor at will for any reason they deem ok.
- goatsi 7y ago
  r/DarknetMarkets was banned because of the FOSTA-SESTA anti-sex "trafficking" bill. The government forced Reddit's hand on that.
ng12 7y ago
> contributed to free speech. What does it mean to "contribute to" free speech?
- bertil 7y ago
  In most cases, the subreddits openly advocated for crimes, often violent, which I understand is the type of speech that isn’t protected by even the most relaxed definition of free speech.
  - ng12 7y ago
    It's protected in the US. You can advocate for all the crime and violence you want: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent_lawless_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent_lawless_action