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Because it was spilling out into other subreddits. I had FPH on a filter, but you could go to any other post with a photo of someone who was overweight and the
by batiudrami 11y ago
Because it was spilling out into other subreddits. I had FPH on a filter, but you could go to any other post with a photo of someone who was overweight and there'd be an upvoted comment calling them a "hambeast".
- nemothekid 11y agoI don't think banning a subreddit will solve the problem os assholes on the internet. People have been saying hurtful things before keyboards were a thing.
- rtpg 11y agosure, but if their homebase is on the same site as your programming community (for example), the chances of it spilling over a lot higher (especially given how reddit works, with a lot of cross polination)
- fenomas 11y agoPointing out that something doesn't solve anything is no argument against it. I don't think jogging will make me live forever, but I still do it.
- nemothekid 11y agoYes it is. "Jogging" isn't something that doesn't solve anything, jogging solves lots of things, and hopefully by jogging you can live longer, if not forever. Banning 1 hateful subreddit on an open forum does nothing to solve to issue of someone being called a hambeast, or someone being an asshole in general.
- cactusface 11y agoJogging solves things A, B, and C. Banning a subreddit does not solve D and E. But, jogging does not solve D and E either. Maybe banning a subreddit solves some things like F, G, and H?
- fenomas 11y agoSorry, typo - my post should have read "Pointing out that something doesn't solve everything is no argument against it". In other words, just because banning /fph won't entirely solve the problem of People Being Assholes doesn't mean it's a bad idea.
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoHambeast has to be about the least perjorative insult ever used on reddit though. If you're going to police insults then doesn't it seem a strange place to start? Wouldn't you if instigating a new policy disallowing insulting language give a warning that this was about to happen and then expect to apply the policy equally?? Neckbeard seems to be a very similar level of insult (ie mild and related to appearance) and that is widespread. Actually just calling someone "ugly" seems more offensive than either of these. Reddit certainly have a legal right to censor whatever they wish on the site but I feel they have a responsibility to the community not to do it in an arbitrary or disproportionate way.