> The Reddit admins forced the idea of communities as a reason to start banning. The admins also started actively policing subreddits, and shuffling uncooperat

> The Reddit admins forced the idea of communities as a reason to start banning. The admins also started actively policing subreddits, and shuffling uncooperative mod teams. Perhaps Reddit was never a bastion of 'independent thought', but in the beginning (after subreddits came into being) there was an understanding that communities were independent. But eventually they started getting bad press (e.g. /r/jailbait) and the 'jannies' started refusing to work for free (e.g. blackouts), so they decided to quash anyone causing them grief.