"Why is this subreddit private?" See here for answers! : Blank-Cheque

If you've been linked to this page, you likely tried to view a subreddit that's been made private. You may be asking yourself "Why can't I look at teh memes and teh cat gifs??" I'll tell you why, young redditor:

It's because one of reddit's new employees is a close associate of child rapists & pedophiles, and the mods of the subreddit you're attempting to view think that's bad. They also think it's bad for reddit to be censoring any mention of this across the site, including banning people just for saying the name of said admin in a completely unrelated context.

What am I talking about? Click here for more information!

See the comments for a list of subreddits currently private!

Q: What does "private" mean in this context?

A: Reddit mods have the ability to make their subreddits unavailable for public use if they so choose - this is what they're doing here. Private is not the same thing as banned.

Q: When will these subreddits reopen?

A: I cannot speak for all of the subreddits involved, but I would not support reopening until reddit makes a statement explaining either why they hired the admin in question despite her past, or why they can't explain it.

Q: What can I do to help?

A: The best thing you can do is talk about this to make people aware. The more angry users, the more pressure is on reddit.

Q: Have I lost my karma from these subs/Do I have to join them again when they reopen?

A: No. You still have all your karma, even now. You are still subscribed to the subreddits, you just can't see them right now.

Additional info I've been tipped off to that may not be included in any of the linked threads: before becoming an admin, the person in question moderated subreddits specifically for teenaged audiences. I cannot link to proof of this because it uses their full name which reddit won't allow me to say, but it's from a well-known and reliable online newspaper.

Yet more info that I've been shown screenshots proving (out of respect for the person who showed me I cannot share them, unfortunately): as part of their duties as a reddit employee, the admin in question has been in charge of reviewing content for potential minor sexualization, and has explicitly refused to take down content containing sexualization of children. She then threatened to ban the user submitting the reports for "report abuse." Why does reddit allow this to happen? Is there literally zero oversight here?

Do you mod a subreddit that has gone private over this as well? Message me or reply to this post and let me know so I can include you in the list! If I forget to reply to your comment/message I'm sorry, I promise it's nothing against you. Reddit is being buggy about editing a comment this large so if your subreddit doesn't show up within 10 minutes feel free to poke me again.

Update 6:24 PM EST: Reddit came up with their first attempt at damage control!

Update 11:26 PM EST: Reddit is "unable to comment on specific employment details" of why they employed someone who supports child rapists! Very cool, reddit!

Update 11:30 PM EST: Reddit sent this message out to several of the larger private subreddits - this message has replies disabled, of course, so I can't ask for further clarification. If I could reply to /u/landoflobsters, I would ask them: "Can I then put the full name of the admin in question at the top of my megathread?" Feel free to reply here with your answer!

P.S. Please do not dox anyone or post bigotry in this thread.

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