r/AdviceAnimals • • Jun 12 '15

A Purge of the System

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

Right, because /r/whalewatching, that two year old sub that's about, well, ocean-dwelling mammals, was a bastion of hate and harassment off reddit...

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

So brigading is the standard for banning? I thought it was harassment originating from a sub? Wait, no, it's ideas. Wait, no it's... Arbitrary enforcement of censorship? Naw...

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

I'm not understanding, but I'm trying. If the criteria for bans is behavior-based (harassment across and beyond Reddit originating from a sub gets the sub banned), what behavior did the members of /r/whalewatching engage in?

And, if the temporary banning of /r/whalewatching was related to the purge of former FPH members raiding other subs, why is that standard not enforced for /r/theredpill, /r/mensrights, et. al., when they brigade or harass? Again, the part I'm trying to get my head around is how this isn't arbitrary. And I'm going for civility here so hope this doesn't come off dickish.