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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
You guys are free to do what you want and it's certainly not something abnormal anymore. A lot of forums and other subreddits are doing that too. But in my opinion it defeats the purpose and usefulness of reddit. The idea used to be that people could submit almost anything within reason and if it is good it gets voted up and if it sucks it gets voted down. Once you start only allowing .0000001% of the web it all becomes less useful and free.
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It was to a point that 75-80% of the submissions were of a nefarious nature. That is to say, linking to a site containing malware/viruses. It's not our fault that people get greedy and we have to act in OUR users' best interest. Honestly, I wish we could have it more "free" as you've described.