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Re:Reddit takes a new direction by sixothree on Monday February 13, 2012 @02:07PM (#3586893)
One of the reasons for removing /r/jailbait originally was that users were trading illegal files behind the scenes.

I've heard of the same thing in /r/trees; Eg. seed exchanges and more.

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Re:Reddit takes a new direction by streptomycin on Monday February 13, 2012 @03:33PM (#3587222)
> One of the reasons for removing /r/jailbait originally was that users were trading illegal files behind the scenes.

FWIW, that's just speculation. I think a more plausible explanation is the bad publicity from CNN.

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Re:Reddit takes a new direction by drivebyacct2 on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @12:29AM (#3588771)
What? Where on earth do people hear these ludicrous things? Besides, what you've described is not illegal.
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