Is Reddit's Anti-Harassment Policy a Signal for a #PRWin in the Future?
Perhaps this move could give Reddit the Karma it wants?
What began as a forum page for anyone on the Internet has become an online dystopia where people (mainly anonymous folk hiding behind kitschy avatars and user names) can drop all filters without fear of retaliation.
This is Reddit.
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have their scruples but still allow the average social misanthrope some levity. Reddit, on the other hand, needs to purge a few demons–and that moment arrived yesterday when Reddit announced site-wide policies to explicitly prohibit harassment.
A corporate blog post, entitled “Promote ideas, protect people,” created quite the hubbub because this is the first such line in the sand for Reddit.
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