Reddit Bans Racist Subreddits

Brendan Klinkenberg:

Reddit has shut down the subreddit /r/CoonTown, along with other racist forums, including /r/WatchN****rsDie, /r/bestofcoontown, /r/koontown, /r/CoonTownMods, and /r/CoonTownMeta.

In an announcement on Reddit, CEO Steve Huffman, writing as /u/spez, announced a change in policy for the site that led to the removal of the subreddits. “We are banning a handful of communities that exist solely to annoy other redditors, prevent us from improving Reddit, and generally make Reddit worse for everyone else.”

Most people will greet the news by saying “finally,” which is sad. This should have been settled long ago.