On: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

[monksy]

If it's anything it would be the moderators of r/Place. The admin's job is more of administration level (sitewide), and it's more of picking up where the mod privileges end.

There are subs where swastikas are allowed.

[joshuamorton → monksy]

The moderators of place are the admins, since it was an official reddit function ;)

[monksy → joshuamorton]

Right, but theres a difference between a suspension/sidewide ban and a ban in a sub. One can be done by the admins while the other is done by the mods on a subreddit level.

[grkvlt → monksy]

I wonder, are these subs blocked for users from e.g. Germany and Austria, where the swastika is still banned?

[monksy → grkvlt]

I would hope not. Bans on speech and expression don't work. Besides Reddit isn't based in Germany or France.

[pbhjpbhj → monksy]

Reddit is provided by the owners to people in Germany, say. You can't ship goods/services to Germany bearing swastikas, AIUI, under their law. If Reddit sell to Germany (eg Reddit Gold) then they likely broke the law. /IANAL

[danielbln → pbhjpbhj]

The only sub that returns a 421 ("Unavailable For Legal Reasons") here in Germany is r/watchpeopledie, as can be seen in Reddit's latest transparency report.