http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27100773
'…When the Daily Dot questioned oneof the section's volunteer moderators about this, he confirmed thatsoftware was being used to automatically delete posts that featured"politicised" words in order to avoid the links making itto the core list of most popular topics....
"As many of you are aware themoderators of this subreddit have failed you," the volunteerswrote in a message to Reddit visitors over the weekend.
"While the intent of this systemwas, to the extent of my knowledge, not malicious it ended up being adisaster. We messed up, and we are sorry.
"The mods directly responsible forthis system are no longer a part of the team and the new team iscommitted to maintaining a transparent style of moderation."
One of the changes taken, they added,was to allow the general population to view a configuration page thatlisted banned materials.
While links to pornography andpetitions remain blocked, it reveals that most of the censoredheadline words can now be used again....'
'…When the Daily Dot questioned oneof the section's volunteer moderators about this, he confirmed thatsoftware was being used to automatically delete posts that featured"politicised" words in order to avoid the links making itto the core list of most popular topics....
"As many of you are aware themoderators of this subreddit have failed you," the volunteerswrote in a message to Reddit visitors over the weekend.
"While the intent of this systemwas, to the extent of my knowledge, not malicious it ended up being adisaster. We messed up, and we are sorry.
"The mods directly responsible forthis system are no longer a part of the team and the new team iscommitted to maintaining a transparent style of moderation."
One of the changes taken, they added,was to allow the general population to view a configuration page thatlisted banned materials.
While links to pornography andpetitions remain blocked, it reveals that most of the censoredheadline words can now be used again....'