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There was a NY Times article about the problem Reddit had with r/jailbait, but Apple did not move against the Reddit app then. You can argue that they were wron

by Macha 4y ago

There was a NY Times article about the problem Reddit had with r/jailbait, but Apple did not move against the Reddit app then. You can argue that they were wrong to move against Tumblr, or to not move against Reddit, but I don't think you can argue that the application of this rule is not variable.

shagie 4y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/opioid-reddit.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iaha3DKDmwaiPkORI-Y-kDMae95atc_3ijdRMNENPVnYs1O-dJlHh4nTRi08NzDkY4ZIi4xpMXuAG89hM7BUfVpqDO6KzS0c7k6zeeytVfbYWntXaHeg3ErJwp1sNAyIwHRrH8MwqnFE-B02cAvnqtyQ8AnGkpTIXWCrPLqCB5hOdqZbRi66gg-X-5RWDG7jsfLovtbM10UUQSaOSs5tWUs69pcO8cVOrL_LnMjccn5hrYTAg94PZbEdXZJ_PSwyc3f3CjYuuE&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/opioid-reddit.html?unl... > A group called “jailbait” — it contained provocative images of teenagers — led to a ban of “suggestive or sexual content featuring minors” in 2011. The company also shut down a group called “beatingwomen,” which glorified violence against women. Last year Reddit banned two so-called alt-right subreddits for repeatedly posting personal information that could lead to harassment. It took no action, though, against a subreddit organized around gun sales, which drew scrutiny after a 2014 Mother Jones article suggested that some arms dealers sought to exploit a federal background check loophole. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/reddit-and-the-struggle-to-detoxify-the-internet https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/reddit-and-the... also goes into it. > In September of 2011, Anderson Cooper discussed the subreddit on CNN. “It’s pretty amazing that a big corporation would have something like this, which reflects badly on it,” he said. Traffic to Jailbait quadrupled overnight. Twelve days later, after someone in the group apparently shared a nude photo of a fourteen-year-old girl, the community was banned. --- The Apple / Tumblr issue is much more recent (did Reddit even have an App Store app in 2011 - the version history doesn't go back that far).
- Gigachad 4y ago
  I remember that reddit had no official app for quite a long time, it was from memory only about 6 years ago that they purchased one of the community built apps to use as the official one.

by Macha 4y ago

shagie 4y ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/opioid-reddit.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iaha3DKDmwaiPkORI-Y-kDMae95atc_3ijdRMNENPVnYs1O-dJlHh4nTRi08NzDkY4ZIi4xpMXuAG89hM7BUfVpqDO6KzS0c7k6zeeytVfbYWntXaHeg3ErJwp1sNAyIwHRrH8MwqnFE-B02cAvnqtyQ8AnGkpTIXWCrPLqCB5hOdqZbRi66gg-X-5RWDG7jsfLovtbM10UUQSaOSs5tWUs69pcO8cVOrL_LnMjccn5hrYTAg94PZbEdXZJ_PSwyc3f3CjYuuE&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/opioid-reddit.html?unl... > A group called “jailbait” — it contained provocative images of teenagers — led to a ban of “suggestive or sexual content featuring minors” in 2011. The company also shut down a group called “beatingwomen,” which glorified violence against women. Last year Reddit banned two so-called alt-right subreddits for repeatedly posting personal information that could lead to harassment. It took no action, though, against a subreddit organized around gun sales, which drew scrutiny after a 2014 Mother Jones article suggested that some arms dealers sought to exploit a federal background check loophole. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/reddit-and-the-struggle-to-detoxify-the-internet https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/reddit-and-the... also goes into it. > In September of 2011, Anderson Cooper discussed the subreddit on CNN. “It’s pretty amazing that a big corporation would have something like this, which reflects badly on it,” he said. Traffic to Jailbait quadrupled overnight. Twelve days later, after someone in the group apparently shared a nude photo of a fourteen-year-old girl, the community was banned. --- The Apple / Tumblr issue is much more recent (did Reddit even have an App Store app in 2011 - the version history doesn't go back that far).

Gigachad 4y ago
I remember that reddit had no official app for quite a long time, it was from memory only about 6 years ago that they purchased one of the community built apps to use as the official one.