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Reddit is purging NSFW subs as well as trans-related subreddits (old.reddit.com)

submitted 16 hours ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37090761

This includes some porn subreddits as well as subreddits like /r/Drugs. Apparently due to being "unmoderated", but some were not. What are your thoughts?

Edit: apparently also subreddits like /r/transgender_surgeries is banned too. Definitely feels politically motivated.

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[–] sajhino 183 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (22 children)

Yeah a lot of banned nsfw subs today at /r/BannedSubs. People are saying it's because next week Reddit is gonna announce their Q4 earnings and want to attract more investors and advertisers to their "cleaner" site. Lame-ass puritans, I'd say.

edit: Looks like the bans have been reversed. A reddit admin claimed it was "a bug". Bruh, what kind of bug would only affect veeeery specific nsfw and political subreddits lmao.

[–] danc4498 2 points 10 hours ago

They get all the nsfw traffic for the full quarter, and use that for their earnings report. Pretty damn dishonest.

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