Reddit (Finally) Bans CoonTown

After months of bending over backwards to explain why a subreddit dedicated to violent hate speech against black people was OK, Reddit’s new CEO announced today that /r/CoonTown is no more.

After months of bending over backwards to explain why a subreddit dedicated to violent hate speech against black people was OK, Reddit’s new CEO announced today that /r/CoonTown is no more.

The part of Reddit dedicated to hating black people and applauding their deaths will be safe, according to an announcement by the site’s new CEO. The bigots are lovin’ it!
Former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong is having a goddamn ball this week, bouncing around announcement threads and spilling site secrets to his heart’s content. His latest big reveal: Reddit’s board has been itching to purge the site of users’ precious hate-based subreddits since the beginning. And recently, the only thing…