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[–]Snow 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Why banned coontown?

[–]wizzwizz4[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Because it was a troll sub, and various site members petitioned for the ban – to which /u/magnora7 said "only if it starts up again".

(Though I might be wrong.)

[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yeah it's a sub based entirely on the lowest level of the pyramid (low-information hatred) so we decided it's not worth allowing on saidit.

[–]slabgreen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

What was on it...?

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's a sub that's well-established on other sites. It revolves around making fun of black people, about how stupid and ugly they are, and how they wish black people were dead. It's an offshoot of voats /v/niggers. It's the exact type of low-information group-hatred we created saidit to avoid.

[–]slabgreen 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Wow, thanks for telling me. That sounds bad.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, we dodged a bullet tbh.

[–]Troll 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As one of the founders of coontown on reddit, let me clarify:

It revolves around making fun of black people: - Lots of places do this. It's a part of comedy.

about how stupid and ugly they are - With links to abberant behavior.

and how they wish black people were dead - These sentiments were primarily voiced towards criminals, rather than "all blacks."

Can't avoid me brah!

[–]poestal 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

no he just banned it because he believed it invited trouble to saidit.

[–]wizzwizz4[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Source?

[–]poestal 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

[–]poestal 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/jzs/deleting_new_subs_that_are_just_trolling_or_spam/

I believe it's complete bs they can just ban it without violating any rules. (even though I was banned from coontown from making a joke)