These sort of subreddits have existed for years, although it is most definitely ...

citricsquid on Feb 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reddit: a necessary change in policy

These sort of subreddits have existed for years, although it is most definitely the case that the actions of Something Awful caused them to be shut down, they did not create them. For example r/teen_girls has existed for 6 months.