Does Banning Trolls Work?

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Published on September 22, 2017 4:00:05 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaDk-Ue8sio

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Reddit banned subreddits centered on racism and body shaming...so what happened to all the users from those groups? Did the banning stop them?

Kim and Bonnie break it down!

“On October 5, 2015, facing mounting criticism about the hate groups proliferating on Reddit, the site banned a slew of offensive subreddits, including r/Coontown and r/fatpeoplehate, which targeted Black people and those with weight issues."*

*More: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zm3ez3/study-finds-that-banning-trolls-works-to-some-degree

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