I understand most of us don't care about Reddit anymore, but I can't resist an opportunity to shine more light onto things that Reddit are trying to keep quiet.
I might have some details wrong, but here's the TL;DR:
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A moderator of r/ukpolitics linked to an article from the Spectator, which "contained a three-word mention, in passing, of a minor British public figure, expelled from both the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party" (not knowing this was a Reddit admin)
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The moderator was permanently suspended for "doxxing"
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They later discovered that Reddit had hired this individual from the article, and therefore considered it doxxing.
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Turns out, if you mention this minor public figure (turned Reddit admin) anywhere on the site, you will get permanently banned.
... which isn't the bad part. The new Reddit admin (Aimee Challenor) allegedly:
- is married to a literal, self-admitted pedophile who writes sex stories about kids (tweet: https://i.imgur.com/j2GXHtW.jpg)
- hired her father as elections agent after he was charged for holding a 10 year old girl captive in his "torture den" where he electrocuted her while playing out his sadomasochistic fantasies ("subjected the child to a campaign of abuse which included tying her from a beam, whipping her and giving her electric shocks.")
- started off as just a volunteer moderator for child/teen-focused subreddits before becoming a Reddit employee
Reddit's banning anyone who mentions the new admins name. Many large subreddits are going private in protest of the admins. The admins just put out a statement clarifying the ban policy but no comment on why they hired (and still are employing) an allegedly avid supporter of child rapists. More subreddits are continuing to close. Could be interesting!
from the thread clarifying the ban policy, a subreddit mod wrote:
...dang
Imagine actually having those questions and still being a mod and supporting the site.
Banning us was the greatest hidden blessing those fucks ever bestowed on us
We insulated ourselves from their dumpster fire
I gotta say, this website is like a light in the darkness these days. No pedos too, so that’s a big plus of course.
this website is a haven for sanity. basically all of my irl friends are npcs at this point and i'm sick of even trying to redpill them.
thank god my wife and family are pretty much all redpilled by now (i think my wife takes a higher dose than me lol)
but this place is so great for just banter and talking and not worrying about self censoring
A lot of mods there aren't staying to actually support the site but the community(ies) they moderate. Hard to believe I know, but there's still a few subs that aren't woke shitholes.
And moving isn't necessarily an option either because that would require the support of the entire mod team for starters, and then it's about convincing the community itself.