There’s a subreddit for everything, the old internet adage goes, and it’s proven true once again. There are “subs” dedicated to nude photo sharing, dragon sex, and as we recently discovered, stealing.
Welcome to r/shoplifting, an eight-year-old online community of over 35,000 people that is exactly what it sounds like. And then some.
A forum for sharing tips and tricks on how to steal isn’t a totally unexpected find, but it’s surprising to see on a site as highly trafficked (and in plain view) as Reddit. Sure, Reddit’s had its fair share of moderation and hate speech problems over the last few years, but a community that openly promotes theft seems, well, ripe for being banned by Reddit. Read more…
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