Circling the drain - Reddit
From Brendan O'Neill writing at the UK
Telegraph:
Reddit has banned climate change deniers, and ripped its own reputation to shreds
Reddit, the massively popular links-sharing website where users post stories, pictures or info that they find interesting, prides itself on being open and liberal. It describes itself as �passionately dedicated to free speech�. In which case, why has it banned from its forums anyone who raises awkward or annoying questions about the science of climate change?
In a move that has been described by one British academic as �positive censorship�, a Reddit moderator has announced that Reddit is becoming �increasingly stringent with deniers�. The Reddit moderator says climate �contrarians� were too often expressing �uninformed and outspoken opinions�, and so the site decided to adopt a much more �proactive moderation�. Now, whenever a user makes a �potentially controversial submission� on climate change, the moderators issue that user with a �warning�. If the user persists in posting �potentially controversial submissions�, he�s �banned from the forum�.
So maybe if we just plug our ears and sing Kumbaya all those nasty facts will just Go Away!
Posted by DaveH at December 19, 2013 9:58 PM