I've seen the posts back then, there was a list of words that were not really relevant to /r/technology OR not about "new" technology.
two big examples : bitcoin, snowden
there were a lot of words on that list but those were the most discussed.
Bitcoin was relevant and it got plenty of article. I'm not surprised that the admin of /r/technology wanted to avoid all the spam and diminish the discussions on that topic after 2 years of bitcoin topics and a huge /r/bitcoin subreddit (which I'm part of).
Snowden? Well it was talked about there a lot. Now is definitely not the time to keep talking about him on /r/technology. There are plenty of other relevant subreddits for that.
I'm sure that they would have lifted the ban if something really relevant would have come around.
Also, a lot of people tend to mix "censorship" and "moderation". I agree with PARENT, this is moderation. You cannot expect "total free speech" in a private subreddit on a private website. Shouting "censorship" at everything you don't agree with is just not relevant.
And if we go down this road, the best subreddits are the ones that are the most moderated. /r/askscience and /r/games. No trolls, no racism.
two big examples : bitcoin, snowden
there were a lot of words on that list but those were the most discussed. Bitcoin was relevant and it got plenty of article. I'm not surprised that the admin of /r/technology wanted to avoid all the spam and diminish the discussions on that topic after 2 years of bitcoin topics and a huge /r/bitcoin subreddit (which I'm part of).
Snowden? Well it was talked about there a lot. Now is definitely not the time to keep talking about him on /r/technology. There are plenty of other relevant subreddits for that.
I'm sure that they would have lifted the ban if something really relevant would have come around.
Also, a lot of people tend to mix "censorship" and "moderation". I agree with PARENT, this is moderation. You cannot expect "total free speech" in a private subreddit on a private website. Shouting "censorship" at everything you don't agree with is just not relevant.
And if we go down this road, the best subreddits are the ones that are the most moderated. /r/askscience and /r/games. No trolls, no racism.