>After reddit started banning people for upvoting the wrong things, this is a logical next step. Contrary to the popular belief, slippery slope isn't a logical fallacy.
People might read this and think that people were banned for upvoting things that were insanely bigoted, or personal attacks.
While I'm sure that was the case, the slope was indeed slippery, and reddit ended up banning people for upvoting posts such as "John Brown did nothing wrong" and "it is justifiable to kill slave-owners".
Moderators that agreed that this was unreasonable then saw their subreddits (some fairly major) banned for advocating violations of reddit policy.
All in order to score PR points and do some both-sidesisms. The actual ethical good didn't matter, it was all PR to Reddit.
People might read this and think that people were banned for upvoting things that were insanely bigoted, or personal attacks.
While I'm sure that was the case, the slope was indeed slippery, and reddit ended up banning people for upvoting posts such as "John Brown did nothing wrong" and "it is justifiable to kill slave-owners".
Moderators that agreed that this was unreasonable then saw their subreddits (some fairly major) banned for advocating violations of reddit policy.
All in order to score PR points and do some both-sidesisms. The actual ethical good didn't matter, it was all PR to Reddit.