reddit nixes new subreddit advertising high-end counterfeit US dollars

$225 in bitcoins buys you $500 in rare supernotes made by one "Willy.clock."

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[AndreaFaulds]

Korpo[/url]":3as5j0vj]

AndreaFaulds[/url]":3as5j0vj]Now that they're taking down counterfeiting subreddits, how about the subreddits for jailbait, brigading and rape apologia?

Oh right, 'free speech'.

Unless something has changed recently, Reddit isn't an arm of the federal government, and is under no obligation to protect your right to free speech. Unless something different has changed though, they're a private company with no obligation to only provide content you personally approve of.

It's a big world out there--parts of it won't be to your liking. I suggest avoiding those parts.

I wasn't moaning about their lack of 'free speech', I was complaining about the fact that reddit's admins frequently use 'free speech' as a pretext for allowing the conducting of illegal (and often also immoral, but that's another matter) activities and not enforcing its own user agreements. The jailbait subreddit, which took literally years to be banned, is a good example of this.

 

[AndreaFaulds]

CQLanik[/url]":16nq1lqm]

AndreaFaulds[/url]":16nq1lqm]Now that they're taking down counterfeiting subreddits, how about the subreddits for jailbait, brigading and rape apologia?

Oh right, 'free speech'.

All of those things are completely legal, while transactions for counterfeit goods are not. Reddit would be within their rights to shut down such subreddits, but as a fan of free expression, I'm rather glad that they don't, even if I don't want to visit such places.

Jailbait and the like violate reddit's user agreement, and have done so for years, as does brigading. However, the admins are rather selective in their enforcement of it.

Also, for what it's worth, jailbait and brigading are actually of questionable legality.

 

[AndreaFaulds]

orchunter[/url]":1ltq8xm8]Why is every single comment on this article down voted to hell ? Some actually made sense !!!

People tend to downvote opinions they disagree with.

 

[AndreaFaulds]

Korpo[/url]":28q76p0z]

AndreaFaulds[/url]":28q76p0z]

Korpo[/url]":28q76p0z]

AndreaFaulds[/url]":28q76p0z]Now that they're taking down counterfeiting subreddits, how about the subreddits for jailbait, brigading and rape apologia?

Oh right, 'free speech'.

Unless something has changed recently, Reddit isn't an arm of the federal government, and is under no obligation to protect your right to free speech. Unless something different has changed though, they're a private company with no obligation to only provide content you personally approve of.

It's a big world out there--parts of it won't be to your liking. I suggest avoiding those parts.

I wasn't moaning about their lack of 'free speech', I was complaining about the fact that reddit's admins frequently use 'free speech' as a pretext for allowing the conducting of illegal (and often also immoral, but that's another matter) activities and not enforcing its own user agreements. The jailbait subreddit, which took literally years to be banned, is a good example of this.

I didn't say you were moaning about their lack of free speech, I said you were moaning that they were applying the principles of free speech to speech you didn't agree with.

Free speech always has reasonable limits. At the very least reddit should operate within the law rather than cry 'free speech' when informed of illegal activity, and perhaps try to respect privacy.