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ClassyJacket on Jan 27, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Craig Newmark donates $500k to reduce harassment o...

>the crooked editor can just cry "harassment and cyberbullying!" and go a long way to shutting down rational criticism.

This is becoming a standard way of dealing with anyone who disagrees with you online. Reddit has been ruined by it.

Someone sent you a PM? Harassment. Comment you don't agree with? Harassment. Someone not sustaining your narrative? Harassment.

matt4077 on Jan 27, 2017 [–]

Reddit has been ruined by a mob of barely-literate jocks peddling fringe conspiracy theories constantly threatening – but perpetually failing – to leave.

akhilcacharya on Jan 27, 2017 | [–]

The more time passes, the more I think GamerGate and it's adherents have ruined almost every community I take part in.

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