“In order for that to happen, we would have to see a real, concerted effort to make a change and ownership of this challenge. And in the context of the quasi-violent tone of Trump’s real rallies, he’s not surprised. On the latest episode of Recode Decode With Kara Swisher, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said the goal of the restriction was to put /r/The_Donald on notice but give them a chance to change.īut so far, he’s not been convinced that the quarantine should be lifted. “Quarantining” does not prevent people from reading or contributing to /r/The_Donald, but it asks new visitors if they’re sure they want to check it out, and a notice at the top of the page reminds everyone to be on better behavior. The Reddit community /r/The_Donald is a perpetual online rally in support of President Trump, but last month, Reddit decided to put the group in “quarantine” for hosting and not acting on violent threats on police officers and public officials in Oregon.
