Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits worked (2017)

Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by olefoo on Sunday April 28, 2019 @04:31PM (#19773507)

That we can identify potential school shooters, identity terrorists and other bad actors from their network traffic.

If Joe Bloke suddenly starts tunneling a lot of crap to 8chan... might be time for the constable to drop by for tea and persuasion.

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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by amiga-workbench on Sunday April 28, 2019 @07:39PM (#19774594)

You're going to end up with a shit signal to noise ratio for the people who visit the site for the automotive, origami and cooking boards.

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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by whenchamenia on Sunday April 28, 2019 @04:43PM (#19773559)

Thats really worrying that guilt by association and thoughtceome is still a thing.

Isnt that just a more powerful soft censorship tool?

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