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[–] Stanley_Yelnats_IV 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yes, but a big part of that, and the reason for the initial wave of people here, was because they decided to cut out "offensive" portions of their own community in an effort to become more acceptable on a public level. The problem isn't that they wanted more money, it's that in pursuit of it they tried to "sanitize" the site's image by excising communities like r/fatpeoplehate. The root of the problem was this focus on achieving a clean, positive public image.

The thing of it is, PR is the antithesis of good discussion. One of the reasons you don't tend to get great debates on Facebook is because people type comments with PR in the backs of their heads. "What will this make me look like," "what can I post that will get the most likes so I can 'win' the argument," etc. The best conservations are the most honest ones, and those are created when people don't have to worry about whether their comment will seem too offensive or extreme.

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[–] BloodPool ago 

This was the point I was trying to make. Thankfully, you put it more eloquently.