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> a Discord spokesperson told Gizmodo that the channel had been banned “for continuing to allow hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings.” On
by sebmellen 6y ago
> a Discord spokesperson told Gizmodo that the channel had been banned “for continuing to allow hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings.” On both Discord and Reddit, WallStreetBets users frequently refer to themselves collectively as “retards” and “autists,” and have been known to deploy the kinds of racial slurs and deliberately offensive language that have become commonplace in 4chan-style posting forums. [0]
[0]: https://gizmodo.com/discord-bans-r-wallstreetbets-for-hate-speech-violation-1846146314 https://gizmodo.com/discord-bans-r-wallstreetbets-for-hate-s...
- ehnto 6y agoYet it wasn't an issue to them until this moment.
- sebmellen 6y agoAgreed, it's a totally made up reason. I do wonder if there wasn't some external pressure on Discord to do this.
- sebmellen 6y agoBtw, the SSL cert on polylab.co expired 7 days ago! Might want to check on that :)
- ehnto 6y agoThanks for the heads up!
- jsploit 6y agoThey were banned after "repeated warnings". It's possible that those warnings began before these market movements.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoThey could've just as well "repeated" the "warning" one last time and shut them down next week. They choose to act now. At the very least, this was a PR mistake.