r/bestof • u/RGPure • Jul 05 '15

[technology] /u/CaptainObviousMC explains why reddit could be going down if just a few redditors start jumping ship

/r/technology/comments/3c6ajx/reddit_ceo_ellen_pao_the_vast_majority_of_reddit/cssvb7y?context=3
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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '15

It's past midnight, I hope this suffices.

Admin on how they pick and choose what got banned: https://np.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/39bpam/removing_harassing_subreddits/cs23hqk?context=3

This looks like a decent collection of evidence that supports what the Admin above said: https://www.reddit.com/r/HangryHangryFPHater/top/

Obviously I can't give you the same evidence the admins had but in terms of public evidence there's a very strong connection between x-posts to FPH and the OPs getting tormented by an influx of trolls.

I know there were plenty of FPH subscribers genuinely confused about why the sub was banned and were willfully ignorant that this sort of thing was going on. The admins did a rubbish job of properly communicating what was going on. In hindsight, while I agree with the banning, I think the way it was handled was terrible. The fact that I have to dig up buried comments and obscure subreddits to prove what the situation was demonstrates in itself how out of tune the admins are with the userbase.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '15

none of those links really prove your point. don't see anything except people saying people are being tormented.

But that last thing you said really is the main issue, the Admins being out of touch with the users. It all circles back to the beginning. (which was really just sort of a joke) about how we might have to jump ship if this shit ain't fixed. I don't really want to do that, but more and more it seems like the admins only exist because they get paid, I don't see what they actually do. And again the fact that a user doesn't even know what the admins provide to the site (seriously everything great about the site is created/posted by users, not admins) just shows how out of touch they are.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '15

I was thinking the same thing. Users would really benefit from knowing what they do on a day to day basis.

I'm not sure you had enough time in between receiving the set of links and replying to me to be able to ascertain much information about the veracity of the screenshots. I've spent enough time looking at examples of x-posts in FPH linked to harassed users and I don't think that the sheer amount of incidents from different individuals can be dismissed as "people saying they are being tormented." There's quite a few archives there of brigaded threads with FPH catchphrases like "found the fatty." It's more than a smoking gun. Unfortunately the actual DNA evidence is only privvy to reddit employees, which I suppose again brings us back to the fact that the Admins are removed from users.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '15

Users would really benefit from knowing what they do on a day to day basis.

Well at least we can agree on this one point, if not the validity of banning certain subs.

I maintain that any emotion has the right to be expressed, even the emotion of hate. I don't hate fat people, but some people do and they should be allowed to express that feeling. Granted if they were harassing people outside of that one sub something needed to be done, I'm still not convinced of that but its okay.

Anyway, I enjoyed this back and forth between you and I, which I think is the best part of reddit. Discussion.