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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by DFHippie on Sunday April 28, 2019 @01:00PM (#19772207)
> Let's not conflate hateful views with 'toxic' views.

Is this a terminological distinction you just made up? In the usage I'm familiar neither "hateful" nor "toxic" is a term of art.

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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by kuzehanka on Sunday April 28, 2019 @09:39PM (#19775173)
As per TFA, reddit banned a list of 'toxic' demographics. A quick scan over those demographics makes it quite apparent that about half of them are not related to hate speech but rather some of the other categories I listed above.

Not sure how the distinction between 'hateful' and 'toxic' could possibly be contentious.

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