I think the point is that there's no reason The Atlantic should post their own links. If the site is truly popular with Reddit users then some "regular" user w

I think the point is that there's no reason The Atlantic should post their own links. If the site is truly popular with Reddit users then some "regular" user will submit the interesting links sooner or later. I'm not saying I agree with it, or that I think banning the entire domain makes sense, but that's my understanding of it.