The Ireland subreddit is to close every night at midnight local time in an attempt to stop a deluge of racist posts. BBC News reported that it plans to add moderators and filters as a longterm solution.
Moderators said having to check every comment on the social network’s forums had pushed them to « breaking point ».vThe page is now seeking to expand its team of moderators and add filters that can spot posts « hateful » comments.vIn a post on the page, which has 280,000 members, it said: « We’re taking the very difficult decision today to shut down Reddit Ireland temporarily between midnight and 08:00 each day in order to stem the flow of racist/extremist content which is being posted at these times. »
Check It Out: Ireland Subreddit Shutting Down at Midnight in Bid to Stop Racist Trolls
A couple of years ago I tried Reddit for a couple of weeks. All I saw, even on subreddits for Fossils, and Geology was abuse, and name calling, and trolling. Literally I got called a *slang term for homosexual* because I agreed with someone about the behaviour of an extinct animal. It was literally one of the most vile places on the web. I closed my account and have never gone back.
Reddit is in the same class with Twitter and 4Chan; beyond redemption.