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The moderators of Reddit\u2019s popular r\/Games subreddit are using April Fools\u2019 Day to protest bigoted and \u201cawful\u201d comments. The subreddit, which boasts 1.7 million members, is closing for the day. Posts and comments are locked. In an announcement, the moderators highlight what they call a growing problem with discrimination, harassment, and vitriolic attacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis April Fools\u2019, we decided to take things a little more seriously and shed some light on a growing, pervasive issue that has affected the community of r\/Games and gaming communities as a whole,\u201d the moderators wrote in a post<\/a>. \u201cWhat has been intended to be a forum for the potential spread of knowledge and involvement in video games has instead become a battleground of conflicting…<\/p>\n \n Continue reading\u2026<\/a>\n <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The moderators of Reddit\u2019s popular r\/Games subreddit are using April Fools\u2019 Day to protest bigoted and \u201cawful\u201d comments. The subreddit, which boasts 1.7 million members, is closing for the day. Posts and comments are locked. In an announcement, the moderators highlight what they call a growing problem with discrimination, harassment, and vitriolic attacks. \u201cThis April… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t