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Can you point out some subreddits they've shut down that are "money and engagement walking out the door"? The only subreddits I've heard of being shut down are

Can you point out some subreddits they've shut down that are "money and engagement walking out the door"? The only subreddits I've heard of being shut down are as objectively racist and derogatory as you can get (or NSFL gore). Advertisers and mainstream users generally don't want to be associated with sites promoting those types of content.

throwaway45349 6y ago
Anything conservative. The Donald was a hotbed of whackjobs, but it was also the biggest Trump forum online. They should be allowed to talk freely so the rest of us can laugh, rather than persuing the censorship route so advertisers don't leave.
- enkid 6y ago
  It also was brigading people and doing a lot of things that were against reddit's policies. The subreddit moderators were stickying posts that supported white supremacy and were not actively policing users who threatened violence. At what point should they act against the community?
- markdown 6y ago
  T_D was destroyed by their own mods. They knew exactly what the site policies were were and intentionally ignored them. I mean, those people won't follow a policy of wearing masks to save their own grandparents. Any site policy infringes on "mUh FReEdOmS". They chose to be banned so that they could cry censorship.
  - throwaway45349 6y ago
    No, The Donald moved off of reddit and there were 0 posts for months. Reddit banned them anyway, clearly politically motivated.
    - markdown 6y ago
      > Reddit banned them anyway, clearly politically motivated. It doesn't matter where "they" moved. What matters is what was published in that subreddit. They could just as easily have deleted the abhorrent racist posts and comments before they left. They didn't do that, so the subreddit continued to violate site policies. Try this: create a subreddit, post child porn, and then never post again. What you'll find is that as soon as your post is reported/noticed, it will be deleted along with your account and your subreddit. It won't matter that you've moved on and now post your child porn elsewhere. Racism and death threats have no place on Reddit as per the site policies that the mods agreed to so when the mods refused to comply, their sub was deleted. Nothing to do with politics.
AI_WAIFU 6y ago
They shut down r/bigchungus.
MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
You can't tell me if you placed advertising on Pornhub, your brand is not going to get recognized by men all over. I realize it's not what a lot of prudish corporations care for, but is it really going to affect Pepsi or mcdonalds if they just have an ad for one of their products next to that? Not a single person would think of less of them and only the media would criticize them.
- corin_ 6y ago
  I don't know if it would affect Pepsi's or McDonald's sales, but it would likely affect somebody's career at their marketing agency (not in a good way).
- freewilly1040 6y ago
  The marketing for those brands is all about getting you to passively think of them as wholesome enjoyment. Even allowing for the dubious discounting of media influence, do you really think a porn <-> McDonalds association is something they want to have in a dad’s mind when considering where to take his family for lunch?
  - byecomputer 6y ago
    Eating at McDonald's and watching porn aren't that dissimilar: once I'm finished, I always want to leave as quickly as possible.

throwaway45349 6y ago

Anything conservative. The Donald was a hotbed of whackjobs, but it was also the biggest Trump forum online. They should be allowed to talk freely so the rest of us can laugh, rather than persuing the censorship route so advertisers don't leave.

enkid 6y ago
It also was brigading people and doing a lot of things that were against reddit's policies. The subreddit moderators were stickying posts that supported white supremacy and were not actively policing users who threatened violence. At what point should they act against the community?
markdown 6y ago
T_D was destroyed by their own mods. They knew exactly what the site policies were were and intentionally ignored them. I mean, those people won't follow a policy of wearing masks to save their own grandparents. Any site policy infringes on "mUh FReEdOmS". They chose to be banned so that they could cry censorship.
- throwaway45349 6y ago
  No, The Donald moved off of reddit and there were 0 posts for months. Reddit banned them anyway, clearly politically motivated.
  - markdown 6y ago
    > Reddit banned them anyway, clearly politically motivated. It doesn't matter where "they" moved. What matters is what was published in that subreddit. They could just as easily have deleted the abhorrent racist posts and comments before they left. They didn't do that, so the subreddit continued to violate site policies. Try this: create a subreddit, post child porn, and then never post again. What you'll find is that as soon as your post is reported/noticed, it will be deleted along with your account and your subreddit. It won't matter that you've moved on and now post your child porn elsewhere. Racism and death threats have no place on Reddit as per the site policies that the mods agreed to so when the mods refused to comply, their sub was deleted. Nothing to do with politics.

AI_WAIFU 6y ago

They shut down r/bigchungus.

MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago

You can't tell me if you placed advertising on Pornhub, your brand is not going to get recognized by men all over. I realize it's not what a lot of prudish corporations care for, but is it really going to affect Pepsi or mcdonalds if they just have an ad for one of their products next to that? Not a single person would think of less of them and only the media would criticize them.

corin_ 6y ago
I don't know if it would affect Pepsi's or McDonald's sales, but it would likely affect somebody's career at their marketing agency (not in a good way).
freewilly1040 6y ago
The marketing for those brands is all about getting you to passively think of them as wholesome enjoyment. Even allowing for the dubious discounting of media influence, do you really think a porn <-> McDonalds association is something they want to have in a dad’s mind when considering where to take his family for lunch?
- byecomputer 6y ago
  Eating at McDonald's and watching porn aren't that dissimilar: once I'm finished, I always want to leave as quickly as possible.