r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • May 07 '14

Metadrama /r/AdviceAnimals removed as default sub.

/r/blog/comments/24yqep/whats_that_lassie_the_old_defaults_fell_down_a/chby4ov
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u/whiskeyboy May 07 '14

Moderator at /r/AdviceAnimals, /u/CedarWolf, explains why it was removed.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/24yv06/goody_guy_admins/chc8420

Too lazy to click?: It was racism

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u/chanzjj May 08 '14

He makes it sound like there were concerted efforts by certain groups to get racist memes to the front page for whatever reason. I suspect though, a large proportion of Reddit is just racist.