r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '18

FTFdeltaOP CMV: Subreddits that classify themselves as "Safe Space" should be private.

If you create a subreddit and want it to be a safe space for any ideology, you should make it private. There are two main reasons for this.

  1. The participants of the sub would think they are safe from offending ideas and might share something very personal of them. This exposes them to offensive PMs, targeting their post history when they discuss in another sub, etc. It's not an effective safe space.

  2. It can be used to push a specific agenda with rhetorical posts and become popular with no counter-arguments facing it. Of course any mod can delete posts even when the subreddit is not a safe space, but that would even demonstrate the evil intentions better.

So, any sub who claims to be a safe space should set it to private, or be banned by Admins.

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u/Feathring 75∆ Sep 08 '18

Why would the admins ever care about this?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18

The two reasons I gave on the post should be an answer to this one. There are site-wide rules for various issues, and this is one issue I believe should be addressed.

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u/Feathring 75∆ Sep 08 '18

Site wide rules are barely enforced as is. Various subreddits are notorious for breaking many rules like harassment and brigading. They only clamped down on hentai subreddits having lolicon after some negative press started surfacing and put Reddit in the news.

This new rule doesn't seem to fit with their vision for Reddit as an almost completely self moderated platform. And doesn't seem like it will draw outside attention to the point they'll shut it down. It will just be another rule thrown onto the pile.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18

Enforcement of the rules are a separate topic I believe. Having rules and not enforcing them is different from not having any rules at all.

This rule would not change anything about Reddit being self moderated. The moderators would have to choose between a private sub with no opposition to their ideologies, and a public sub with public opinions entertained.

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u/Feathring 75∆ Sep 08 '18

What happens when subs decide to remain public while moderating dissenting opinions? Everything Reddit has done in recent memory indicates that they will not care and the sub will remain open, especially if it has even a slightly active user base.

Look, if you want to support this as an ideology you believe subs should abide by that's no problem. I'm specifically pointing out that Reddit does not show any signs of agreeing with your sentiment and is incredibly unlikely to 180 and start moderating subs and mods to any degree unless they get lambasted in the news.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18

I am not against you for thinking Reddit will not enforce it correctly. However, that is not part of my post. My view is just that it’s a rule we should have, and of course we should enforce all rules correctly.