Whoever thought that removing /r/BestOf was a good idea should be put into the dungeon. I hope that dungeon already houses whoever put 2XC on the defaults.
I understand wanting to put forwards a more gender-balanced mix. To do it in such a ridiculously ham-fisted way shows no knowledge of either the subreddits they're promoting or the Reddit community as a whole.
2XC [doesn't want to be a default](http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/24z7fe/poll...), and it's place in the defaults will likely be corrosive to the community it already has. And half of the population aren't welcome there anyway (unless one toes a very specific line).
Plus Creepy, NoSleep and Philosophy? Seriously? I think Reddit's admin are utterly disconnected from the Reddit gen pop.
Is putting 2XC on default perhaps a strategic move in response to the rise of tumblr?
Tumblr has a pretty large number of very-active posters across a broad range of feminism/lgbt/racism/etc blogs. Basically if you can come up with something that can be discriminated against, there is probably an active tumblr blog about it.
Assuming it doesn't alienate too many other users, pulling in that very-active userbase might be a lucrative move for Reddit/Conde Nast.
I understand wanting to put forwards a more gender-balanced mix. To do it in such a ridiculously ham-fisted way shows no knowledge of either the subreddits they're promoting or the Reddit community as a whole.
2XC [doesn't want to be a default](http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/24z7fe/poll...), and it's place in the defaults will likely be corrosive to the community it already has. And half of the population aren't welcome there anyway (unless one toes a very specific line).
Plus Creepy, NoSleep and Philosophy? Seriously? I think Reddit's admin are utterly disconnected from the Reddit gen pop.