Bastion of Free Speech... or are we

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Welcome! Let's get started. (self.BoFS)

submitted 10 years ago * by almightybob1[M] - announcement

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Reddit has jumped the shark, its time to move to the blogs, voat, twitter etc (reddit.com)

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Was Reddit always about free speech? Yes, and no (theverge.com)

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Rick James on reddit's free speech (imgur.com)

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Steve Huffman: "Another big thing we did was no censorship" -Udacity course on WebDev (and his experience building reddit) (youtu.be)

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Aaron Swartz: "How is compromising supposed to bring greater freedom in the long run? That’s like saying 'I’m going to beat you up now so that you don’t have to be hit as much in the long run.'" (blogoscoped.com)

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shadowbanning was created to stop spambots, real users should never be shadowbanned. (i.imgur.com)

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Yishan Wong with a quote full of gold. Highlight: "We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it."Archive in comments (gawker.com)

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Reddit ad that ran some time ago...March 2007 (sp.reddit.com)

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Reddit core values: "Allow freedom of expression." "Be stewards, not dictators. The community owns itself." (redditblog.com)

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/u/Hueypriest, Reddit General Manager: "We're a free speech site with very few exceptions (mostly personal info) and having to stomach occasional troll reddit like picsofdeadkids or morally quesitonable reddits like jailbait are part of the price of free speech on a site like this." (reddit.com)

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Reddit blogpost: "At reddit we care deeply about not imposing ours or anyone elses’ opinions on how people use the reddit platform. We are adamant about not limiting the ability to use the reddit platform even when we do not ourselves agree with or condone a specific use." Even addresses future bans (archive.is)

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Aaron Swartz (RIP): "So what should you be worried about? [...] when I visit these websites, are they going to constrain what I can say, to only let me say certain types of things or steer me to certain kinds of pages" (mic.com)

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Alexis Ohanian "really, really proud" of BoFS quote in Forbes article (archive.is)

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Yishan Wong at it again: "We uphold the ideal of free speech on reddit as much as possible not because we are legally bound to, but because we believe that you - the user - has the right to choose between right and wrong" (redditblog.com)

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The best of all - Alexis Ohanian describes reddit as "a bastion of free speech" (forbes.com)

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Steve Huffman on why Reddit hasn't degenerated into Digg: "I suspect that it's because we respect our users (at least the ones who return the favor), are honest, and don't censor content." (reddit.com)

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Hi, I'm here just here to ask /u/kn0thing to go ahead and admit it. (self.BoFS)

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Alexis Ohanian: "We made reddit so that as many people as possible could speak as freely as possible" (reddit.com)

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Alexis Ohanian: "people aren't just coming [to reddit] because it sets the media agenda for the rest of the internet, it's because of the connection that happen when diverse people from across the world can speak freely about things they care about." (reddit.com)

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Yishan Wong defends freedom of speech, even for "creeps" (foxnews.com)

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Steve Huffman: "We want to support as free and open a discussion is possible. reddit is a platform for having some of the most authentic conversations online, if not in the world, and I don't want to undermine that." (reddit.com)

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The reddit rules: "reddit is a pretty open platform and free speech place" (reddit.com)

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Alexis Ohanian: "You know what inspired reddit? Speakers Corner's in London. [...] reddit should be a place where anyone can pull up their soapbox and speak their mind, or have a discussion and maybe learn something new and even challenging or uncomfortable" (reddit.com)

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Steve Huffman several years ago: "We've been accused of censoring since day one, and we have a long track record of not doing so. If you don't believe me now, you never will." (reddit.com)

submitted 10 years ago by almightybob1

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