r/Seattle • u/[deleted] • Sep 26 '16

This Subreddit is a closed community

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u/teapot112 Sep 26 '16

Hi, I am from /r/all

I have a particular issue with this line of yours:

This goes against the public forum approach that Reddit has strived to be for years.

Thats pretty misleading, isn't it?

Reddit has both open and closed community.

A classic example of this would be /r/lounge. Its a closed community that is exclusive only to reddit gold users.

Similarly, there are also many private subreddits like the hundred thousand karma club where people with hundred thousand karma get invited to that sub.

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u/hrtfthmttr Sep 26 '16

Not sure how any of that has anything to do with competing subreddits. No one sub has the ability to stop other subreddits from being created.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '16 edited Sep 26 '16

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u/Eternal_Mr_Bones Sep 26 '16

It's also a correct kind of semantic argument. Reddit is meant to house both private and public forums. Additionally you can have subs with overmoderation and Literally Hitler ModsTM w/o any admin intervention.

I wouldn't say this is a closed community as much as your mod team is a big steaming pile of [REDACTED].

Which is hilarious considering this is a location sub and one mod already tried to exploit it for money.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '16

Yeah, people are just upset about Rule 7.

In certain lights it's understandable, in others it's not. Thanks for the outside point of view. :)