Since the popularity of the sub has risen with several articles referencing the subreddit in both positive and negative ways, it was inevitable that people would flock here to see what was going on. This has led to a vast increase of people who come here to troll/harass/discuss/chat with their favorite minor celebrity. It was bound to happen.

Why did LL2 leave? Why do the new rules rub us the wrong way? When I asked her why she left and she answered, I asked permission to link the reason here. She kindly supplied a screencap of her discussion with the mods, and why it gave the impression that the harassment was being allowed.

People have been asking for a reference on why it is believed the mods granted permission for one of our more public posters to be harassed, so here it is (first image is the screencap of her giving me permission to post this just for the record):

http://i.imgur.com/jSWuIth.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/T1QmaW0.png?1

I understand the mods cannot control what people choose to do with their time, but when presented with evidence that someone in the sub is chasing people down in real life (no matter how "public" the figure), action should be taken to prevent said person from having easy access to said public figure.

Even if such things are not explicitly in the rules of Reddit, I'd like to think that there is at least a code of conduct on how to behave in the sub. Regardless of how I feel about a person or their views. We are free to implement rules of our own in the sub in addition to the rules set out by Reddit. Much like what was done to the person who tried to chase down Jay at home.

I would do the same. Were I to find someone had been chasing me down at work and the mods refused to restrict that person's access to me and my posts, I would vacate the sub also.

Everyone should have equal protection from this kind of behavior here on this sub.