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>> "How in the world does Huffman think using something so vague as an actual punishable rule will turn out well?" > Because it is the only tenable position.
by Pyxl101 11y ago
>> "How in the world does Huffman think using something so vague as an actual punishable rule will turn out well?"
> Because it is the only tenable position.
Is it not tenable to avoid taking a specific position as a website individually, and to simply comply with the laws of the broader society? NearlyFreeSpeech.net seems to have been taking this stance successfully for years, for example. It would not allow them to dodge criticism, since plenty of people wish to manipulate Reddit and other Internet sites into implementing or achieving whatever social objective they have in mind, but it seems as though it ought to be tenable while simplifying the issue and putting it to rest.
- zamalek 11y ago> to simply comply with the laws of the broader society That's about as clear cut as it's going to get, agreed. As originally suggested there are really no other reasons Reddit has this rule other than "making scary/ugly things go away." Regardless of whether it's for advertising or personal closed mindedness on behalf of the admins/staff.