23-03-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com

Can data analysis reveal the most bigoted corners of Reddit?

TumblrInAction, TheRedPill and BlackPeopleTwitter seemingly welcome bigoted comments, according to analysis by Idibon’s Ben BellWith its decentralised structure, community moderation, and hands-off management, it’s hard to generalise about the social network Reddit. The site is built of thousands of ‘subreddits’ - user-created forums with a focus on specific topics such as the video game Destiny, fitness, a love of maps, or even just drugs.But each subreddit has different norms, rules an
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