Reddit banned more than 90 subreddits yesterday, later restoring them and blaming it on a bug, but some moderators are worried about what the move might signal for the future.
The banned subreddits were all ones allowing NSFW content, but while that is commonly thought of as adult entertainment, it also includes communities as diverse as r/cubancigars and r/transgender_surgeries …
All the banned subreddits had moderators but were banned for being unmoderated. Engadgetsaid it counted more than 90 subreddits newly listed in r/BannedSubs.
Reddit said it was a mistake, caused by over-enthusiastic automated systems designed to remove unmoderated NSFW communities.
Källa: Reddit banned 90+ subreddits ’accidentally’ but some are worried – 9to5Mac