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And they do this while putting out a doublespeak public statement saying they don't do things like banning subreddits (but reserve the right to), and were not l

And they do this while putting out a doublespeak public statement saying they don't do things like banning subreddits (but reserve the right to), and were not legally required to in this case. Read it here: http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/every-man-is-responsible-for-his-own.html http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/every-man-is-responsible-f... Here's the comments from their blog post: http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/2foivo/every_man_is_responsible_for_his_own_soul/ http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/2foivo/every_man_is_re... The admins are getting called out in nearly every top-level comment for folding to media attention and celebrity lawyers, when other objectively worse subreddits are actually granted the "hands-off" approach the site claims to use. Presumably because the victims can't afford legal teams or make headlines like celebrities can when their privacy is violated. The leaks were despicable and I understand any business taking steps to avoid involvement in their distribution, but you can't expect a user-base like reddits to tolerate the administration saying one thing and doing the exact opposite in certain cases where there's bad press involved. Edit: Here's a follow-up post from the sysadmin alienth in response to the backlash from their decision: http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2fpdax/time_to_talk/ http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2fpdax/time_t...

madeofpalk 12y ago
From what I understand, Reddit admins were getting tonnes more takedowns than usual (for underage pics etc), which was becoming a cat-and-mouse game, and took the pragmatic approach of just banning the whole subreddit. The Reddit communities reaction this whole thing has been pretty sickening - enough for me to block it in my hostsfile. This was just the law straw I guess.
- colmvp 12y ago
  Prior to this, I've also seen them take down specific subreddits that linked to CP, so I don't think this purge is that out of the ordinary for them.
  - iancarroll 12y ago
    Jailbait was alive for a long time...
marvin 12y ago
You should read the update here http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2fpdax/time_to_talk/ http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2fpdax/time_t... which explains the decision in greater detail. I think the reddit team is being held to an unreasonably high standard here. The subreddits were banned for generating a huge amount of legitimate DMCA takedown requests and not correctly moderating child pornography content, not because the subjects in the posted images were celebrities with money. There is a correlation, but not a causation. It's hard to run a media enterprise with millions of users, and I think reddit's ambition to be as hands-off as possible is almost unique and commendable.

madeofpalk 12y ago

From what I understand, Reddit admins were getting tonnes more takedowns than usual (for underage pics etc), which was becoming a cat-and-mouse game, and took the pragmatic approach of just banning the whole subreddit. The Reddit communities reaction this whole thing has been pretty sickening - enough for me to block it in my hostsfile. This was just the law straw I guess.

colmvp 12y ago
Prior to this, I've also seen them take down specific subreddits that linked to CP, so I don't think this purge is that out of the ordinary for them.
- iancarroll 12y ago
  Jailbait was alive for a long time...

marvin 12y ago

You should read the update here http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2fpdax/time_to_talk/ http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2fpdax/time_t... which explains the decision in greater detail. I think the reddit team is being held to an unreasonably high standard here. The subreddits were banned for generating a huge amount of legitimate DMCA takedown requests and not correctly moderating child pornography content, not because the subjects in the posted images were celebrities with money. There is a correlation, but not a causation. It's hard to run a media enterprise with millions of users, and I think reddit's ambition to be as hands-off as possible is almost unique and commendable.