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Reddit is a venture-funded company with a large staff that needs to monetize. Nobody wants their ad next to a post fat-shaming someone. I don't agree with cens
by gkoberger 11y ago
Reddit is a venture-funded company with a large staff that needs to monetize. Nobody wants their ad next to a post fat-shaming someone.
I don't agree with censorship, however the two sites aren't comparable.
- fleitz 11y agoThe sites are very comparable, which is why everyone is comparing them. 4chan being profitable, and reddit not being profitable don't make them not comparable. Lots of ads have fat shaming in them, so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want diet pill ads next to fat shaming posts. Have you read any fitness articles recently? It's pretty much fat shaming content, next to ads for things that might make you less fat.
- eli 11y ago4chan was profitable? I find that very surprising.
- fleitz 11y agoI know me too, Poole described it as 'technically profitable' not sure if that is ramen profitable, etc.
- jaggederest 11y agoHe said in an interview that it was technically profitable, but that nobody was taking a paycheck. That was in 2010. It's been supposed that the 'passes' system in 2012 made the site actually-profitable, but I haven't seen any statement to that effect. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christopher-poole-founder-of-4chan/?_r=0 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christop...
- brobinson 11y agoHe also offered refunds for the passes last year because Google's new Recaptcha system meant that a lot of users were no longer seeing captchas at all.
- rtpg 11y agoAlternatively, Reddit is trying to build a community around a bit more positivity, and has no obligation to continue dealing with bullies and fascists. People can express their freedom of speech elsewhere, I am extremely pleased with reddit getting rid of the most egregious subreddits
- my-bullshit-job 11y agoLuckily you can choose what subreddits your ads appear in then....