Reddit to 'hide 'abhorrent' content in policy change
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33561739
The hugely popular site allows users to share links on any
conceivable subject. Other users are then able to up- or
down-vote links, meaning the most popular content surfaces to
the top and is more prominent. The site is divided into
subreddits for certain topics, such as r/technology or
r/worldnews. However, some subreddits deal with extremely dark
material - such as the sharing of images of dead bodies, or
extremely racist material that advocates violence. It is this
material that will be hidden away, but not deleted, Mr Huffman
said.
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Interesting. And this policy change will fail. "Hiding" such content
won't solve their problems. They will fester in the background until ...
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