Reddit bans popular community, "/r/altright"

Though, at first, it may have seemed like a bit of unfair, preferential treatment when Reddit CEO, Steve Huffman, pulled the plug on one of the site's popular sub-reddits, it quickly came to the public's attention that memebers of the site had been violating Reddit site terms.

"This subreddit was banned due to a violation of our content policy, specifically, the proliferation of personal and confidential information," says the page when you navigate to the "/r/altright" community.  The ban came in response to members posting links to WeSearchr, a website dedicated to finding personal information about people.

The sites calls itself "a marketplace for information," where users can contribute money toward "bounties" for the personal data.  As an example, a top WeSearchr campaign has raised a $5,353 bounty for the identity of the person (described on the site as a "domestic terrorist") who punched white nationalist Richard Spencer in the face during the protests on the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration.

Reddit's rules prohibit anyone from sharing personal information about others and says that members of the community have been found in violation, posting links from WeSearchr in the past.

Though some at Reddit are receiving criticism for the ban, they have argued that they are just following company policy and that the ban was not discriminatory.