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[META] The admins are now banning black women who are too angry about racism. (self.ShitRedditSays)

ArchangelleDworkinACTUALLY JEFF GOLDBLUM[M] が 投稿

After the murder of Michael Brown, a giant wave of harassment flooded /r/blackladies from two racist subreddits. The racists linked to r/blackladies multiple times to coordinate their attacks of absurdly racist comments, threats, and even pictures of dead and mutilated black children.

The harassment was so noticeable that even racist shitheels make references to it in their own threads.

The mods of blackladies begged the admins for help because of how overwhelming the harassment was, but the admins ignored them for days. When the admins finally do get off their asses, they straight up deny that any brigading is happening despite all their collected evidence.

The admin's assholery along with the mod's desperation resulted in a post asking for other subs to support r/blackladies' demand for better ways to deal with racist bullshit before it manifests itself into racist raids. Never wanting to miss an opportunity to unintentionally prove a point, the Racist-Asshole-Brigade also made an appearance in the post's comments section. One racist fuck shows up in the article about their subreddit harassing black women, to harass more black women.

The petition had been up for several hours when something fucking weird happened: one of the blackladies mods was shadowbanned. She messaged the admins trying to figure out wtf happened. One message later, she's told that her anger about racist subreddits is what's keeping her banned.

Dworkin's Fun Zone of Thinking about wtf-you-just-did-you-shitbags

When DualPollux politely asked about her bullshit shadowban the admins don't tell her a specific rule that she broke. They tell her she's too angry. That her anger is not only responsible for interfering with the "culture" of white supremacist subreddits, but the normal functions of the entire fucking site.

I took the liberties of translating their response from Redditor into English:

Dear DualPollux,

You're too uppity for reddit and we don't know why you're so confused about it.

Kiss,

Reddit.com Administration Team

It's ridic even by reddit's "reach up to touch rock bottom" standards. But here's the super fun part:

As of this moment only three actual accounts (non-throwaways) involved in these events over the last two weeks have been shadowbanned that we know of.

I dont know how the fuck the reddit admins can say that a black woman pointing out racist harassment is more "disruptive" than the actual fucking harassment. And then ban her for it.

Even if we pretend DualPollux's ire somehow did interfere with white nationalist communities, we still don't know why the fuck dozens of racists commenting in r/blackladies are being held to a different standard. They're absolutely fucking with the culture of /r/blackladies, causing a whole mess of regulars to leave just to avoid them. If that's not proof of "changing the culture", I dont know what is.

Below is a (far from complete) list of users who are involved in racists subs, have engaged in the harassment of r/blackladies within the past 2 weeks, and who remain unshadowbanned for their actions.

SO, exactly what definition of "interfere" -- as in, "DualPollux, you are interfering with racist cultures" -- are we using here? r/blackladies lost subscribers over the shit that was being posted. The mods had to work in shifts to ensure no more gore images got through, and there was even a discussion about turning the sub private to avoid the harassment. And that's saying nothing of the emotional punch racially charged comments cause to those who are actually forced to endure racism in everyday life.

No one told me that this is "Reddit stands up for shitty people who look like them" week. i wouldve made a cake.

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[–]Misogynist-istOVERLY SENSITIVE LADYTYPE 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (1子コメント)

DualPollux is a user I know pretty well, someone who has helped me out in times of need and lent a friendly ear.

This is an absolute outrage. What can we do?

[–]GearyDigit 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You could tell every media outlet who will listen about it.

[–]courtFTW 184 ポイント185 ポイント  (17子コメント)

She "interfered with the culture of certain subreddits."

Holy shit she was actually banned for not being a racist, sexist, homophobic piece of shit dripping with privilege.

Holy fuck why am I on this site

Holy fuck

[–]ArchangelleSamaelleOF OUR BRD'S SEDUCTION 88 ポイント89 ポイント  (3子コメント)

the culture of certain specifically charged subreddits

even.

It's like they hear themselves say "the white nationalist shitholes we protect" and it gives them pause.. so they dress it up in longwinded farts and hope you don't catch a whiff.

[–]m16_stopping_powerSRS pays well, currency conversion is slow tho 10/10 -IGN 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (0子コメント)

How do even say that with a straight face?

I know reddit sucks but this is a new low.

[–]courtFTW 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

It's not really dressed up that much, I can see the shit dripping from their mouths.

[–]ArchangelleSamaelleOF OUR BRD'S SEDUCTION 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

A roundabout rimjob?

[–]happydreamss 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (3子コメント)

This is why I quit reddit years ago. Why did I return?

[–]ajrhug 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

itds the frunt paige of the intuhnet :)

[–]GearyDigit 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Masochism.

[–]courtFTW 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You probably didn't feel like you were punishing yourself enough.

[–]samjak 74 ポイント75 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm going to suggest something crazy

Those are cultures that should be disrupted

[–]courtFTW 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Did ya hear that admins?

This one wants to disrupt your culture! Ban her!

[–]GunvorsejlDAE gypsy scum?? 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've been suspecting for a while that the sickness starts at the top, looks like I was right.

[–]lalilulelo09I left the gender rolls in the oven just to watch them burn 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Antags often ask us "if you hate this site why are you here?" I'm pretty much out of any answers now. We should all just fucking leave, leave the filth and the hatred and the bitterness and just never look back. This site clearly isn't for us.

[–]courtFTW 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I feel the same way. It's pretty clear that, as a minority and a woman I have 2 strikes against me and I'm not welcome here.

I legitimately don't understand how black people can stomach being on this website when reddit doesn't even pretend to hide their boiling hatred to them.

The only black person that reddit claims to like is Neil DeGrasse Tyson and they still refer to him as "Black Science Man" and quote him as saying "they don't think the universe be like it is, but it do."

[–]cyber_dildonics 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

"they don't think the universe be like it is, but it do."

[–]O-GlcNAc 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

To bring it down obviously

[–]ChiefTom 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

What priveledge?

[–]admcelia 63 ポイント64 ポイント  (3子コメント)

I was proud to see the mods of some of my favorite subs sign onto the /r/blackladies petition. It's utterly shameful to then see the admins just dismiss that effort and the concerns of black women on reddit and then retaliate against one of them for calling bullshit on that dismissal.

I don't get it. So many times I've seen the admins dismiss racism, misogyny, and other hatred on reddit by saying, "Well, we can't police all the subs, that's the mods' job." But then suddenly they're perfectly willing to go to bat to protect literal white supremacists. That's gross.

[–]GearyDigit 42 ポイント43 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's not even just protecting white supremacists, they literally can't even stand hearing about the idea of doing anything to them when those people are breaking the site's rules.

[–]noflag 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Where's the petition

[–]12hatchAssigned misandrist at birth 98 ポイント99 ポイント  (4子コメント)

Sooo... Redditeurs shared stolen pictures. They apparently viewed and traded child pornography (again!), to the point of international news outlets mentioning this awful little website by name.

Reddit's admins did nothing about it. They were too busy banning users who tried to enlist the admins' help in keeping their part of the site clear of invading hordes of racist pigs.

Privacy invaders. Paedos. Crude racists. Other assorted disgusting white males. All shielded and supported by the admins.

Yes, I think I can see why someone like DualPollux would get banned for interfering with regular business on Reddit. Burn it to the ground.

[–]Actual-Pain -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (3子コメント)

To be fair, I think the "fappening" community is pretty heterogeneous

[–]GearyDigit 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

...I think you misspelled 'hom' as 'heter'.

[–]Pelagine 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (1子コメント)

You...you think it's got a lot of black women in it? O_o

[–]Actual-Pain 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

No i don´t think that race plays a role there, while you´re probably right about gender. But thinking of male nude leaks (such as Jennifer Lawrences co-star Josh Hutcherson) getting mass posted on Twitter by an mostly female crowd, i don´t really see the moral compass pointing in any definite direction. (Disclaimer: Which doesn´t mean that i excuse the breach of privacy in all cases)

[–]aplaceatthedqsome people close to me suggested I not jack this circle. 109 ポイント110 ポイント  (5子コメント)

so reddit provides free hosting to neo-nazis who regularly raid defaults and harass small communities, distributes illegal private photos stolen from women, and explicitly tolerates harassment and rape threats because well gee that's just our first amendment duty as a private for profit company

someone speaks up and challenges the status quo. tries to make reddit just a little bit more tolerable by standing up to the admins. "interferes" with reddits culture a little bit. lolbanned

there is no freedom of expression on this website. there is no challenging of entrenched hierarchies by speaking truth to power. there is only circlejerks, shitty jokes, witch hunts, creeps, pedos and racist fucks.

this is the reddit delenda estiest week in recent memory. burn it all

[–]dress_code 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You have just been upwiped by /u/dress_code !!! Enjoy your shit-free existence for a little while until Redditors

Sry this is my first time doing the pictures and the words and i really like it

[–]Misogynist-istOVERLY SENSITIVE LADYTYPE 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

If certain parts of this site and some of the people on it hadn't become so darn important to me over the past year, I would be out and yelling about it to everyone in sight.

[–]dress_code 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (1子コメント)

i want to circlejerk the site with real life moneys for this comment. like moneys for words a person typed or copied and pasted so internet points plus real moneys to support the site. admins so beneficent so logic wow much rational here have teh golds

lolnope

if only there was like a reddit flushbutton where you could take money from the site for shitty posts and comments that'd be awesome, and maybe like an upwipe with a squeaky clean icon for the good ones (which are few and far between and usually found in subs like this)

[–]BRDtheistSocial Justice Warlock 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

reddit flushbutton

I support this 100%. I'd head right to the shitty subreddits and just. go. WILD.

C'MON KIDS, IT'S FLUSHIN' TIME!

[–]BritishHobo 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hey, to be fair to them, they do sometimes ban shady stuff*

*if it's being reported all over the news and making them look really bad

[–]c0untered 68 ポイント69 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Is it any wonder that the admins banned someone for receiving racism on a daily, if not hourly basis? /u/chuckspears and his fellows from stormfront have been brigading this site for nearly half a decade, and it took "community disruption" to have his sub, /r/niggers shut down. They might claim that "community disruption" is an issue, but only when it's convenient for them. The same goes for downvote organization. I've reported multiple real downvote brigades that never even warrant responses, even though it was clearly disrupting the sites functions. For example, look at /r/feminism or /r/againstmensrights, for years these two subs have been subjected to daily downvote brigades from /r/mensrights, yet nothing is ever done about it. The new queue is constantly being watched and downvoted, and people are constantly being directed to "participate" in what they consider activism. Or consider the countless attacks on other sites that have had absolutely no response from the reddit admins. I've repeatedly complained about /r/TIL, /r/wikipedia and /r/mensrights vandalizing Wikipedia, but I'm always met with the response that "nothing can be done about it". /r/mensrights considers it activism to brigade and attack news paper articles and their authors, with complete sanction from the reddit admins. For years users of mensrights have used their sub as a staging ground to do "activism" of crossposting crap to irrelevant subs in order to influence ideas on reddit, and absolutely nothing has been done about it. How many times have the same debunked "men who were raped forced to pay childsupport" articles posted to mensrights and /r/til or /r/worldnews? How many times have users in mensrights sought out posts in /r/feminism or twox in order to link them back to mensrights to brigade them over and over?

The fact is the reddit admins don't give a shit about "site function" or "brigading" unless it "causes extra work" for them. They don't care about all the racism, all the sexism, all of the absolutely horrifying nonsense that this site holds. So it does not surprise me at all that they would ban someone for being harassed.

[–]Misogynist-istOVERLY SENSITIVE LADYTYPE 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

In their view, I am absolutely sure they fault her for 'asking for' the harassment by being so outspoken.

[–]drawlinnn 113 ポイント114 ポイント  (10子コメント)

Reddit hates black people. Its clear as day now.

[–]FakeyFaked 41 ポイント42 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Not just Reddit, but Reddit admins as well. All the way to the top!

Way to go /u/KrispyKrackers on keeping that possessive investment in whiteness that you've got going for you.

[–]Misogynist-istOVERLY SENSITIVE LADYTYPE 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's sickening. It really is.

[–]emmsterWe've got regular Poop, Classic Poop, Diet Poop, and Cherry Poop 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Holy shit. I mean, I was chalking it up to ignorance until now. But that admin response was like a slap in the face.

/u/DualPollux is interfering with the culture if certain subreddits? Excuse the fuck out of me?

The support banner in /r/women for /r/blackladies is staying up until she's restored, and apologized to. Fuck a bunch of this.

[–]Shmaesh 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

/r/FemmeThoughts will be doing the same.

[–]Kush_back 62 ポイント63 ポイント  (5子コメント)

That's cause most of reddit users are white males. You say anything about Ferguson in defense of M. Brown...you get downvoted to hell....you mention white privilege, you get downvoted to hell....you mention anything in defense of black people, you get downvoted to hell.

[–]mariners77 58 ポイント59 ポイント  (3子コメント)

As a white man I'll admit I was skeptical of white and male privilege as a teenager. I didn't want to acknowledge my privilege as I thought it made me a worse person. But then I joined reddit. Holy shit the attitudes commonly displayed towards women and minorities are appalling.

[–]tuba_manNo John, you are the bigots. 33 ポイント34 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I didn't want to acknowledge my privilege as I thought it made me a worse person.

I remember those conversations. "So you want me to feel guilty about what I've got?" No, just acknowledge generations of discrimination have given you and your family easier access to fuggit, i give up, go live your libertarian bootstraps wetdream

[–]happydreamss 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The difference is they are not worried about guilt. They have gone out of their way to silence someone for speaking out against racist attacks and to protect the "culture" of racism. That is heinous.

[–]uguysareassholes 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I didn't want to acknowledge my privilege as I thought it made me a worse person.

"I DIDN'T OWN ANY SLAVES! CHECKMATE, ACTUAL RACISTS!"

(I fucking hate these people)

[–]Priapus_Unbound 67 ポイント68 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Holy shit. I am emailing the hell out of all the internet gossipy sites I know of with a link to this post. This is incredible.

[–]dawnroselyn 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yep, me too. Grabbing screenshots while I can, too, because I expect all this to be taken down.

Is it just me, or was this on the front page, then off again? I don't subscribe to SRS, but got here from a front page post. Pretty sure it was r/bestof. Whatever it was, I can't find it now.

(edit - elaborated)

[–]durtysox 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I got here from r/FemmeThoughts front page.

[–]GunvorsejlDAE gypsy scum?? 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeeesss you are doing god's work. I fucking hope this gets attention.

[–]k9rosie 42 ポイント43 ポイント  (1子コメント)

but the admins are totes in cahoots with srs mods right

[–]BRDtheistSocial Justice Warlock 24 ポイント25 ポイント  (0子コメント)

No no but this is a false flag! This is aaaallll pre-arranged, to make us look like victims! Or something!

[–]aceavengers 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Holy. Shit.

[–]CressCrowbitsSuper Charged Man Basher 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (7子コメント)

Can anyone explain what it is exactly that DualPollux was supposed to have been banned for? What specific thing happened that resulted in the ban?

[–]emmsterWe've got regular Poop, Classic Poop, Diet Poop, and Cherry Poop 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Apparently, getting angry about people posting pictures of mutilated and murdered black children is against the rules now.

[–]CressCrowbitsSuper Charged Man Basher 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I mean, I'm guessing she must have done something rule breaking as a result of her anger?

Hate to break the jerk but the content of the message exchange reads kind of like the rants of an srssuckser who's had their theories of admins being in bed with srsers 'confirmed'.

I just want to be sure of the facts before I get angry myself and then find us being made to look stupid if something that goes against the narrative comes out. There's so much missing in this.

[–]emmsterWe've got regular Poop, Classic Poop, Diet Poop, and Cherry Poop 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I believe she made a comment in a thread that linked /r/blackladies in one of the racist subs, expressing that she was not pleased with them linking to her sub like that.

Now, that's not really a great idea, but it's hardly worthy of shadow banning.

[–]CressCrowbitsSuper Charged Man Basher 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's not even against the rules!

[–]ajrhug 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

getting angry at white supremacists brigading one of the very very few safe spaces for black women on reddit, ehich somehow "disrupts the culture" of whote supremacy subreddits

sorry for spelling on mbile

[–]GearyDigit 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Complaining about racism is apparently against the rules now.

[–]happydreamss 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

See the link in the original post. Apparently complaining about racist attacks from white supremacist subs on her subreddit is "interfering with the culture of specifically charged subreddits". That was the reason an admin admitted to targeting her.

[–]badmoonwalking 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Fuck this website. I've been a "lurker" for a couple of years, never feeling the need to contribute because the community is so awful. Some subreddits are nice, but I can't stay here knowing the admins are in cahoots with this horrendous stuff that keeps going on.

Bye~bye, Reddit. There should be a Reddit alternative with decent administration. Maybe one day.

[–]happydreamss 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

There is one! Scrolk up to see mention of an offsite alternative and message for the link.

[–]samjak 45 ポイント46 ポイント  (3子コメント)

The reddit admins don't care about black people or any other disadvantaged groups. They care about their little website and making sure they can be the cool front page of the internet that gets all the nude leaks. At least they aren't pretending otherwise anymore.

[–]happydreamss 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

If they did not care, they would not have gone out of their way to ban someone speaking out against racist attacks in favour of protecting the "culture" of racism. Their actions and comments suggest disdain for blacks and those forcefully subjected to extreme racism.

It is humorous how they they claim that they cannot "police" subreddits and that it is the mods' responsibility to do so when it comes to racist attacks but are more tgan willing to do the policing for white supremacist subreddits to protect them ftom someone pointing out their attacks. What happened to free speech people claim even racists are permitted on reddit. I suppose that doesn't apply to anti-racists if you are black and female. She did not even break a single reddit rule.

[–]coreopsideaewas okisani 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (1子コメント)

You mean they're no longer trying to pretend that this is "family friendly reddit.com" anymore?

Fucking finally. This piece of garbage was never friendly in the first place. Well, you know what, I take that back. They're plenty friendly to the white nationalists and pedophiles that inhabit this site. Admins are too busy catering to them to really notice any actual disenfranchised group that gets shit on around here.

[–]RiskyChris(✿◕‿◕✿) 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You mean they're no longer trying to pretend that this is "family friendly reddit.com" anymore?

Yes they are. They removed showing downvote counts with extensions because it "showed too much hostility."

Instead, it makes Reddit look like a website where NO ONE DOWNVOTES RACISTS. lol

[–]ArchangelleSamaelleOF OUR BRD'S SEDUCTION 44 ポイント45 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Who knew so much admin hypocrisy could be concentrated into such a short period of time. If it weren't so spectacularly fucked up, I'd be impressed.

[–]BiLaKaifaThe Misandering Squid <コ:彡 36 ポイント37 ポイント  (1子コメント)

"Time to check what reddit is up to before I go to be....

...

...

...

...well that's enough reddit for today"

[–]Sir_Marcussworn brother of the White Knights 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (0子コメント)

...and tomorrow, and the next day and also the next day. Fuck this site forever.

[–]Commercialtalk♪ I Put a Friendzone on You, Because of My Dildz ♫ 31 ポイント32 ポイント  (4子コメント)

what "rule" did she apparently break?

[–]ArchangelleSamaelleOF OUR BRD'S SEDUCTION 39 ポイント40 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Good question. Are you a straight white guy? Maybe the admins will answer if you ask them.

[–]Commercialtalk♪ I Put a Friendzone on You, Because of My Dildz ♫ 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (2子コメント)

im not a straight white guy, but i think i will ask them

Edit: message sent

[–]happydreamss 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Let us know if you get a reply.

[–]emmsterWe've got regular Poop, Classic Poop, Diet Poop, and Cherry Poop 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Don't hold your breath.

[–]blacknight 25 ポイント26 ポイント  (3子コメント)

This is it. This is the final straw and why I'm quitting this fucking site. I can't honestly in any good faith keep patronizing this racist shithole. Bye, it's been a good five years.

[–]zood3000 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Man, you probably left already but I'm at the same state. Checking reddit in the morning to see racist shit on the front fucking page filled with ass-holes giving their totally not racist 'facts' and abusing the fuck at anyone who disagrees with them. The misogyny, the hate, the abuse to anyone that has an opinion that differs from others. There's no fucking rational discussion going on here anymore. It just puts me in a shit mood for the whole day and I don't need that.

[–]happydreamss 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rationale when it comes to the topic of blacks and racism is commonly lacking on this site, always has since the beginnings of this site. That is why I quit this ceaspool years ago. I returned and decided to remain only in the minority-friendly, non-racists subs for the most part. Even though the racists attack these subs, I ignored it but the admins targeting to someone objecting to these racist attacks to protect the "culture" of racism is beyond disgusting.

[–]rawrgyleThe Falsest Flag 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm with you. Been here since literally month one of its existence. Fuck it I'm out. Y'all take care.

[–]Blank_usernameStraw Feminist 38 ポイント39 ポイント  (1子コメント)

/u/krispykrackers is a fucking asshole. Why is it the admins will allow harassment to take place, but they draw the line at messing with internet points? This is ridiculous burn reddit down.

[–]GearyDigit 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Apparently they now draw the line at calling out harassment.

[–]pawlrus#RedditIn4Words i'm not racist but... 28 ポイント29 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The dailydot article said that reddit has a racism problem, but it's becoming clear the reddit itself is the racism problem. With admins like these, why do we even bother with this racist safehaven?

[–]SRS-SRSLY~just another cock in the patriarchy~ 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Don't forget that we have a secret offsite when you are ready to rid yourself of reddit's bullshit! Message me for details!

[–]1338h4xSuper Street Friendzoner II Turbo HD Remix 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Are we still keeping it secret? I'd think we ought to advertise to grow the community.

[–]SRS-SRSLY~just another cock in the patriarchy~ 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The secrecy is part of the intrigue! :o

No really I started postings adverts for it around the celebs thing and I didn't want to risk a brigade.

[–]ummmdude 34 ポイント35 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Reddit really showing its true colors recently.

[–]zood3000 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

For once I'm actually pretty disgusted with Reddit. I've always been the sort of person that hates Reddit while browsing it daily but the amount of extreme racism seen on the front page is really changing my views here.

[–]santasdick 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (0子コメント)

fuck this racist, pedo enabling website.

fuck reddit so fucking much

[–]PoopyParadeSevere BioTruth Allergy 25 ポイント26 ポイント  (3子コメント)

This is fucking awful. I hope the members of that sub see this post and understand they aren't alone!

(But selfishly I'm like yesssssss I hope someone writes an article about it because this would really really really help in some Facebook arguments I'm having right now)

[–]TheYellowRosetoken black girl 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (2子コメント)

The daily dot wrote one :)

[–]PoopyParadeSevere BioTruth Allergy 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

(I can't find one about this... Do you have a link?)

[–]alltheprettyclouds 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Frequent poster on blackladies here who has been very disappointed in the admins response.

Thank you for this post. Even though the admins do not care and are on the racists' side, it's good to know decent people do exist on this site.

[–]tremell 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I still truly really do not understand how in good conscience reddit can allow those clearly racist subreddits to exist, unless they agree with the content posted there. Are they still owned by Conde Nast? Could appealing to them about their brand being associated with blatant racism do anything?

[–]happydreamss 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Seeing as how they have admitted to targeting her for "interfering with the culture of specifically charged subreddits" (apparently, complaining about racist attacks from whitevsupremacist subs on a sub she moderates is considered interference on a culture of racism), it is safe to say that they agree with racist content.

[–]LadyEffington 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh my fuck.

[–]GearyDigit 37 ポイント38 ポイント  (11子コメント)

I reeeeeeeally hope this stuff explodes on media outlets. Can somebody call Anderson Cooper?

[–]k9rosie 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (10子コメント)

i don't see what getting media coverage on this is going to do. 4chan has been in the news more than reddit has and for way more intense shit too, but that site is more popular than ever. if anything it'll just give reddit free advertising for more bigots and other weirdos.

[–]happydreamss 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

4chan would not care about a negative public image. Many people on reddit delude themselves into thinking reddit does not have a racism problem and that this is a more positive site.

[–]GearyDigit 29 ポイント30 ポイント  (7子コメント)

Because it'll destroy any vernier of respectability that Reddit tries to maintain, and the site is already so commonly known that anybody who would use it has already heard of it.

[–]hermithomeFUCK IT ALL 21 ポイント22 ポイント  (3子コメント)

That's been destroyed over and over again.

Still couldn't hurt to do it again.

[–]UnevenElefant5Boo! I am a scary queer! 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm not so sure its respectability has been entirely destroyed. Like, I didn't get seriously in to reddit until just after pedogeddon and I never ever heard of that whole shebang until like 6 months later.

Reddit still has a very benign and "liberal" appearance to most outsiders. I described it as liberal (back when I was a shitlord) and my parents still refer to it as a left-leaning and "accepting" site even after I explain at length all the shit that goes on here.

Everyone knows 4chan is a cesspit of bigotry, but reddit is a "tolerant, liberal" site and people get sucked in without even knowing it.

[–]GearyDigit 17 ポイント18 ポイント  (1子コメント)

But, before, reddit was able to 'repair' it. The only thing that could repair this is banning the entire 'chimpire'. (Eugh, that felt really gross to write...)

[–]Misogynist-istOVERLY SENSITIVE LADYTYPE 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Even saying it feels like giving them power somehow. Ugh.

[–]BiLaKaifaThe Misandering Squid <コ:彡 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Because it'll destroy any vernier

I don't frequently try to be 'that person', but Vernier is a brand/type of calipers. Veneer is a thin superficial covering for aesthetic purposes. I only post this out of love...

...

... For calipers.

[–]GearyDigit 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Crap, I only know what the word sounds like and was hoping spellcheck would get the right one. :X

[–]SuchPowerfulAllyDrop BRDs on 'em 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

...M'aiq The Liar, is that you?

[–]CressCrowbitsSuper Charged Man Basher 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Reddit only does anything about nasty issues with the site when they get shamed into doing so by the media. Jailbait, creepshots, the boston bomber ... the Reddit admins only did anything about any of those issues when they got into the news negatively about it.

I really don't understand the priority here, what the overall aim or philosophy of Reddit management is in terms of what they want for the site. Horrible bigoted shit, rape threats, harassment, all totally fine. Meddling with karma scores however and you get a ban.

And still, shadowbanning is a weird fucking punishment, too. People immediately create new accounts, and the admins are totally fine with that.

[–]erelim 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It amazes me how people can be so committed direct hate towards a group of unspecific people based on things like race.

[–]hatmoose 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

hey admins what the fuck is wrong with you you nasty trash

[–]hermithomeFUCK IT ALL 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I've had a love hate relationship with reddit for years. I used to get an account, and generally abandon it somewhere around the 6 - 8 month mark. That was generally how long it took for me to piss someone off, get angry PMs, get zero help from the admins and then rage quit.

And then I'd come back, create a new account, start over.

I love the communities I moderate, and I've invested a lot of time in building good communities. But reddit also has a real problem, and it's not that the admins refuse to stop it, it's that the admins are part of it. They say that they don't endorse the god awful stuff, only tolerate it. But that's just bullshit. They endorse it tacitly by not only refusing to do something about these communities, but protecting them.

Earlier today I was spending an hour adding even more hate subreddits to my automoderator rule to remove that crap. Which is fucking nuts! I shouldn't have to spend hours of my life trying to prevent these communities from invading and spreading hate in the place I moderate.

I was actually having a discussion earlier today about the whole jailbait thing, where a user pointed out just how much traffic reddit got from jailbait, and then added a disclaimer that the leadership had vastly changed since then. And they're right, it has. But not enough.

This is fucking ridiculous.

And to /u/DualPollox - you're a rockstar. And you're one of the reasons I kept coming back to reddit. I'd see the awesome stuff your posted, and your utter fearlessness and willingness to take crap and I'd say to myself, fuck it, I can brave reddit again, I wanna hang with her.

I'm really fucking angry right now.

[–]Shmaesh 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I love the communities I moderate, and I've invested a lot of time in building good communities. But reddit also has a real problem, and it's not that the admins refuse to stop it, it's that the admins are part of it.

I'm having the same problem and have been for months. I'm in a really bad place with needing to leave, but knowing that people count on communities I help maintain.

Fuck /u/krispykrackers and the rest of the admins, too, for being apathetic racist fucks.

Is that disruptive enough for a ban?

[–]RiskyChris(✿◕‿◕✿) 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (0子コメント)

reddit is sooooooooooooo awfuuuuuuuuuuuul

[–]Waidawutgodless homosexual 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Man, it's almost enough to make me want to get a job at Reddit.com as a webdev, earn their trust, and then delete everything.

[–]GearyDigit 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Make sure to burn down the servers so they can't fix it as quickly.

[–]nothere3579SHEEZUS 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't have words right now but I'm seriously so frustrated I want to cry.

[–]reddit_feministhomfoboob 21 ポイント22 ポイント  (1子コメント)

that's the kind of "separate but equal," "final solution," "who's going to step up as your leader now that MLK Jr. is dead" kind of backhanded, dog-whistly rhetoric that people are going to look back on in 50 years as a sign of how fucked up, racist, and bigoted our culture is.

good job admins, every day you cement your position in the annals of history more and more.

[–]happydreamss 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is worse than "separate but equal". /r/blackladies is a separate subreddit, it is not a default sub and was supposed to be a safe haven from racist vitrol, yet the admins target a mod there for talking about the racist brigading white supremacists subject /r/blackladies to protect (in the words of an admin): "the culture os specically charged subreddits". Specifically charged? Did their courage fail them and they sought an alternative term for "white supremacist subbreddits"? I was not aware that racism was a culture the admins had to protect. After they said that they do not "police" subreddits when people complain about racism.

[–]JacquelineKitta2 brd 2 furious 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Jesus fuck, is it bad I'm not even surprised? These fucking reddit admins sat on their god damned hands and let stormfront run rampant for years.

It makes me fucking furious that she basically got banned for being too uppity. Fuck you /u/krispykrackers

[–]duckduckCROWWants to be a misandry demon when she grows up. 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I fucking hate reddit. I'm not even circlejerking right now. Sorry. I used to think there was something here worth saving. Now I just think it is shit. There is nothing worth saving here. It is all just shit.

[–]fear_and_loafing 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I pretty much never check the front page anymore. The only subs I really visit are /r/nba and /r/CollegeBasketball. It's one of the few places where people are pretty level headed, accepting, and polite. I mean, unless you say something bad about the Spurs. Even subs like /r/nfl kind of have the creepy, misogynistic reddit vibe.

[–]AirPhforce 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm literally fucking disgusted by the admins response.

The reaction is so mind-blowing to me that I'd think the actual media would run a story on it. Between this and the... ugh... 'fappening' users sharing actual child porn, well, something has to give.

Like, I don't even know what else to say about this. I'm actually shocked. I shouldn't be, as this is the reddit admins we're talking about here, but I'm actually shocked by their response.

[–]to_the_buttcaveminiature giant space misandrist 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Tone police here, shut everything down. What? Child pornography? Sorry mate, not my department. Off to the shadowban dungeon!

[–]happydreamss 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Your username is wonderfully relevant.

[–]pezz29mildly misandric mallard 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (1子コメント)

K, a child porn distribution network, a white supremacist recruiting ground, this shit, the MRA fake rape allegation thing, the red pill...

I'm done. Gonna try the SRS offsite again. Maybe it's active now.

[–]othellothewise 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe it's active now.

It is! Come joiiin

[–]yeahuhhuhsure 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is absolutely appalling. I want to write a big rant, but I'm speechless. Reddit, why are you so racist?

[–]1338h4xSuper Street Friendzoner II Turbo HD Remix 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

So let me get this straight. Complaining about her own community being disrupted apparently makes her guilty of disrupting those racist subs who are actually doing the brigading?

jesus shit burn reddit down already

[–]JungleT 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fuck everything about this site. I'm officially boycotting Reddit, there are a lot of wonderful people here but I won't let this pass.

Or just block all the reddit ads, make sure they don't make a penny out of my pageviews. Whatever it is you choose to do fuck everything about this website. To me, it's war now.

[–]milksh8k 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think this is it, I gotta leave this site. I can't handle contributing to a place where this is okay.

[–]happydreamss 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (1子コメント)

From the pm she received from an admin, she is told that she: "mess[es] with the normal function of the site, impose your ire on it, and interfere withe the culture of specoficially charged subreddits".

She has not done anything except attempt to bring to light the brigading /r/blackladies is subjected to brigading by white supremacist subreddits yet the admins do not consider the barrages of posts of hate speech and gory photos of mutilayed black children to be "disruptive". Instead they ban her for talking about these racist attacks. What happened to the freedom of speech the admins allow racists? Or are black women exempt from that protection?

[–]WybothFifth World Didlz 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (0子コメント)

REDDIT DELENDA EST

[–]thisbaseball17Misandroid 17 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (3子コメント)

When reddit is shitty, Dworkin stays busy.

[–]happydreamss 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

What is Dworkin?

[–]SuchPowerfulAllyDrop BRDs on 'em 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

/u/ArchangelleDworkin is our head mod.

The name comes from Andrea Dworkin, a prominent feminist from the second wave.

[–]PepeSylvia11[🍰] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Is there anything we can do to help? I've seen people talking about getting it to news outlets, which could work if it's in droves.

[–]RobotocracyFriendzone is an SRS conspiracy AMA 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Fuck it, I'm done. That's the last fucking straw. I used to think the admins were just absentee assholes who were too lazy to do their jobs, but recently it's become increasingly obvious that the fish rots from the head. If you've ever wondered why reddit is so terrible, here's your answer: it's shit from the top down, and the admins are actively making it worse.

I can no longer support a site that condones and supports racism, sexism, homophobia, and rape; a site that facilitates harassment and stalking, and distributes child pornography. There's no way in good conscience I can continue giving them page views so they can circlejerk about traffic statistics and further line their pockets. It's been a good 3 years, and I love you all here at SRS, but I'm never visiting this shithole of a website again. Hopefully everyone else here will eventually move to SRS-offsite or some other website - If we want to change the culture, let's start by burning reddit to the ground.

Peace.

[–]Natjes-Loyyeh 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I wouldn't piss on a Reddit admin if they were on fire.

[–]Pixie79I misandered a man in Reno just to watch him cry. 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hollllyyyy crap. Wow. They aren't even trying to hide the fact that they don't give a shit about racism.

[–]hotpiedon't worry, I have a black friend 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't even know what to say

[–]fifthredditincarnati 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wait just one fucking second.

If she interfered with the culture of racist subreddits, by what standard don't WE?

I vote we pressure the admins to ban SRS using the same fucking standard. Ban us all. You won't find any lack of support for the idea that we are here to change reddit's culture. Please just show your true colors already.

[–]TyMisInfinity 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Someone share this with a bunch of news sites, it's the only way we can do something about this shit. This is absolutely fucking amazing. This site has been proven to be a fucking battleground for those racist "troll" Motherfuckers. There are also a large number of these users that squat on a bunch of different subreddits. Something has to be done.

[–]intortus 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

They're absolutely fucking with the culture of /r/blackladies, causing a whole mess of regulars to leave just to avoid them.

And I doubt they're leaving /r/blackladies for greener pastures within reddit. They're not strolling over to /r/twoxchromosomes to post "as a woman..." or to /r/iama to lob softball questions at PR agents. They're probably leaving the site entirely, making reddit even more white and male.

[–]She_Is_Insatiable 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is appalling. Is there nobody who moderates the admins???

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    [–]Shmaesh 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Get the fuck out you racist asswipe.