Enabled because users "do not recommend the site... to avoid exposing friends to hate."
by Sam Machkovech (US) - May 14, 2015http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/05/reddit-logo-640x214.pngFollowing six months of internal reviews and a March survey of 15,000 users, reddit's top administrators announced a new initiative to enforce the site's anti-harassment rules above and beyond the site's usual "subreddit" moderation system. The Thursday announcement claimed that "the number one reason redditors do not recommend the site—even though they use it themselves—is because they want to avoid exposing friends to hate and offensive content."
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