I think I know what they mean (to give them the benefit of the doubt). It was disgusting and immoral and should never have been allowed in the first place, and to make matters worse the admin’s final motive behind the deletion was “it’s making us look bad” and not “wtf get out of here with this garbage”
Forgive me for dragging up some OLD drama here but the comments on this announcement post have irritated me for over a decade now:
I think I know what they mean (to give them the benefit of the doubt). It was disgusting and immoral and should never have been allowed in the first place, and to make matters worse the admin’s final motive behind the deletion was “it’s making us look bad” and not “wtf get out of here with this garbage”
Forgive me for dragging up some OLD drama here but the comments on this announcement post have irritated me for over a decade now:
https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/pmj7f/a_necessary_change_in_policy/
“You’re opening Reddit up to outside influence!”
“MY FREE SPEECH THIS IS JUST LIKE 1984”
“Akcthually, both sides are correct!”
Literally a confessed pedophile arguing his “orientation” is perfectly “natural” and getting upvoted to the top of the page
People whining that SomethingAwful was going to be smug about “winning”
Fuck Reddit.