Reddit CEO Makes Move Against Pro-Donald Trump Users; Punishments Await Toxic Redditors

By Inah Mallare | Dec 02, 2016 09:55 AM EST

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Punishment awaits toxic Reddit users as the CEO of the popular website Steve Huffman announces his move to strike down such users along with active Pro-Donald Trump Redditors. The affected users can expect to have their existing posts hidden while any future ones will be prevented.

It seems that Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has had enough of Pro-Donald Trump users' toxic behavior and has decided to take action. In a recent announcement in Reddit, it was revealed that the site's admins will start to take action against the numerous groups of toxic Reddit users. This includes the supporters of the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump who behave in a foul manner when participating in Reddit comment exchanges. 

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman plants to prevent posts from Pro-Donald Trump subreddit from ever showing up in the site's main hubs in the future. According to The Verge, Huffman has had enough of those Redditors who openly criticize him and took a rather controversial action to initially handle the said users.

The CEO admitted to editing such comments that portrayed him in a bad light and even changed his own username in the comments to one of the moderators of r/the_donald. Doing so has undoubtedly shook the trust Reddit users had for their moderators with this unfair display of power. For this, Steve Huffman has expressed his apologies, none the less, the CEO has had enough of these kinds of users and has taken a step to eradicate the bad behavior. 

Steve Huffman has announced that Reddit users who are one of the said toxic users will suffer from various punishments such as warnings and timeouts which can later lead to permanent bans. This course of action was apparently triggered by numerous hostile behavior displayed by pro-Donald Trump Redditors in the subreddit r/the_donald. These users are reported to openly criticize the site's administrators and causing a site wide controversy.

It seems that Pro-Donald Trump Reddit users calling the site's moderators Nazis was the final straw as CEO Steve Huffman has decided to put a stern foot forward to smash this kind behavior. Stay tuned to Jobs & Hire for more updates on this controversial online verdict. 

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