"One reason Violentacrez continued to occupy such a high-profile position on Reddit was of course his free speech rhetoric. But Violentacrez has
historically had a close relationship with Reddit's staff, a fact far less
well-known than his controversial behavior."
"For all his unpleasantness, they realized that Violentacrez was an excellent community moderator and could be counted on to keep the
administrators abreast of any illegal content he came across."
Wow, it's like Wikipedia's civility vs. established editors dynamic but with more misogyny, homophobia and racism...
I had just been reading all the underlying links from the Slate story (http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/10/11/reddit_bans_gawker_links_...). I was wondering when someone would post it here, and I was going to myself if no one else did. The similarities to issues we've had on Wikipedia, albeit ramped up somewhat, are really interesting.
Daniel Case