An inside look at the rise of r/The_Donald subreddit, which trafficked in violent rhetoric and was nearing 800K subscribers before Reddit banned it in June (Robert Peck/Wired)

Robert Peck / Wired:
An inside look at the rise of r/The_Donald subreddit, which trafficked in violent rhetoric and was nearing 800K subscribers before Reddit banned it in June  —  The notorious subreddit trafficked in violent rhetoric, growing a prodigious following over five years.  Here's how—and why—Reddit finally shut it down.