reddit, discussion involving racism & fatphobia - subreddit names - post includes racial slur of subreddit name 

"Reddit's bans of r/coontown and r/fatpeoplehate worked--many accounts of frequent posters on those subs were abandoned, and those who stayed reduced their use of hate speech"

comp.social.gatech.edu/papers/

reddit, discussion involving racism & fatphobia - subreddit names - post includes racial slur of subreddit name 

@vahnj I was reading the Hacker News threat about this article. Someone showed up to defend those subreddits on the basis that they were "fun" and in a different comment compared participation in those subreddits to logging into World of Warcraft.

reddit, discussion involving racism & fatphobia - subreddit names - post includes racial slur of subreddit name 

@abbenm lmfao wow

i bet they think 4chan's raids are harmless fun too

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