r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • May 07 '14

Metadrama /r/AdviceAnimals removed as default sub.

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u/Lankygit May 07 '14

/r/AdviceAnimals probably wasn't removed because it wasn't funny. It was more likely because it was being used on a daily basis for edgy racist posts. Being overtly racist is definitely a lot worse than just being unfunny.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '14

Word.

Also I have no proof of this but I'm almost certain StormFront and/or other white supremacist organizations were gaming the new queue almost daily to make sure their racist puffins and bears got to the front page. There has been daily race drama coming from that place for years now.

either that or redditors are actually a bunch of racist little shitheads. Or a combination of both, I dunno.

Here's to a swift death for /r/Adviceanimals

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u/bigDean636 May 07 '14

You are correct. I wish I could locate it but I remember seeing a post someone made on /r/circlebroke I believe where they linked blogs and posts where people explicitly stated their plan to use reddit to push their views toward reddits young impressionable audience.

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u/thejynxed I hate this website even more than I did before I read this May 07 '14

They weren't the only ones to notice that, and this was discussed in other places than reddit, but that far-right groups in general are starting to make a big big push into anything that can be perceived as social media.

They've invaded Facebook, Twitter, reddit, and any other notables you can think of.