Ellen Pao: The Trolls Are Winning the Battle for the Internet

Re:Ellen Pao: The Trolls Are Winning the Battle for the Inte... by babygoat on Thursday July 16, 2015 @02:21PM (#9898989)

> Reddit was born on the spirit of freedom of speech

Was it though?

"back when I was running things, if there was anything racist, sexist, or homophobic I'd ban it right away. I don't think there's a place for such things on reddit. Of course, now that reddit is much bigger, I understand if maybe things are different." http://www.vox.com/2015/7/15/8967721/reddit-yishan-wong-elle...

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Re:Ellen Pao: The Trolls Are Winning the Battle for the Inte... by exstudent2 on Thursday July 16, 2015 @02:28PM (#9899032)

It was, right after the new CEO said it's NOT a bastion of free speech someone found a quote from a founder saying that it was precisely that:

https://np.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3dautm/conten...

Also first sentence on http://www.reddit.com/rules "reddit is a pretty open platform and free speech place, but there are a few rules"

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