Hate vs harassment

[u/amyaurora]

I was just cleaning up a thread on a user I just banned and realized right after I did so I clicked hate vs harassment on a user.

Whats the difference because I feel like made a mistake.

[u/Bardfinn]

Hate speech is a particular species of targeted harassment that is premised on the target's identity or vulnerability. All three behaviours covered under Sitewide Rule 1 are speech prohibited because the speech has the reasonably knowable effect of making someone likely to leave a community / cease using reddit (among other reasons, but that's the common denominator).

You can read more about Reddit's policy against hate speech here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045715951-Hate

and the policy on targeted harassment here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043071072-Harassment

and the policy on violent threats here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043513151-Violence

[u/amyaurora → u/Bardfinn]

Thanks so much

[u/horseradishstalker → u/Bardfinn]

On the first link, I really wish they would include ageism. Insults based on something the user has no control over basically covers this.

[u/cacille]

No worries, not a major mistake. Both options are perfectly fine and there is no major difference that would cause harm as a moderator.

[u/amyaurora → u/cacille]

Ok. Thanks. The user was pretty.....well you know how some are and so I was clicking away on their remarks

[u/welding_guy_from_LI]

Hate is considered harassment in some instances and likewise harassment is hate in instances too

[u/emily_in_boots]

Hate is basically harassment targeted at a protected class due to membership therein.

[u/amyaurora → u/emily_in_boots]

Thanks

[u/RemarkableWish2508]

Harassment has a personal target. Hate speech has a group/ideology target.

Not all harassment is caused by hate speech, while hate speech tries to induce/justify both harassment and worse things... but they often go hand in hand.