The problem seems to be that Reddit sees itself as a platform to host numerous small communities while everyone else sees it as a single community. Generally i

The problem seems to be that Reddit sees itself as a platform to host numerous small communities while everyone else sees it as a single community. Generally it seems like a bad idea for a platform to be too restrictive about what can be discussed (though I'd argue banning some types of content wouldn't be too controverisal) while allowing a community to run completely unrestricted seems quite irresponsible. "doxxing" of the people who traffic in those photos is forbidden. That's not "free speech", it's something else. Reddit has long had a problem with people posting identifying information of reddit users or people involved in videos/pictures/articles shared on the site. This has almost always devolved into harrassment. So, strangely, reddit has a kind of reverse Nymwars situation where you are not allowed to personally identify anyone but yourself.