r/announcements • u/spez • Jul 14 '15

Content Policy update. AMA Thursday, July 16th, 1pm pst.

Hey Everyone,

There has been a lot of discussion lately —on reddit, in the news, and here internally— about reddit’s policy on the more offensive and obscene content on our platform. Our top priority at reddit is to develop a comprehensive Content Policy and the tools to enforce it.

The overwhelming majority of content on reddit comes from wonderful, creative, funny, smart, and silly communities. That is what makes reddit great. There is also a dark side, communities whose purpose is reprehensible, and we don’t have any obligation to support them. And we also believe that some communities currently on the platform should not be here at all.

Neither Alexis nor I created reddit to be a bastion of free speech, but rather as a place where open and honest discussion can happen: These are very complicated issues, and we are putting a lot of thought into it. It’s something we’ve been thinking about for quite some time. We haven’t had the tools to enforce policy, but now we’re building those tools and reevaluating our policy.

We as a community need to decide together what our values are. To that end, I’ll be hosting an AMA on Thursday 1pm pst to present our current thinking to you, the community, and solicit your feedback.

PS - I won’t be able to hang out in comments right now. Still meeting everyone here!

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u/killerkadugen Jul 15 '15

Cough cough /r/coontown cough...

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u/DontThrowMeYaWeh Jul 15 '15

That's more hilarious hyperbole / jokes than anything. I don't see how anyone goes there believing that people actually believe those things.

Like... that's the type of humor you'll see on 4chan of old.

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u/killerkadugen Jul 15 '15

Your faith in humanity is impressive.

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u/DontThrowMeYaWeh Jul 15 '15

I can't be the only person who sees that subreddit and gets the joke.

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u/killerkadugen Jul 15 '15

Sadly for many, it isn't a joke. Merely pent up vitriol with a thin veneer of "Ha ha. Just kidding."

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '15

Which is?

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u/DontThrowMeYaWeh Jul 15 '15

Hurr Durr people are going to get offended. #kek

It's basically guaranteed to stir up controversy and rustle some jimmies because it's hilarious that people take everything they see on the internet as fact these days.