It wasn't because of the jokes featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin, or the discussions about the crisis in Ukraine. It was because of a two-year-old thread discussing how to grow hallucinogenic mushrooms.
CNN: Russia orders Reddit to make magic mushroom page disappear
Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Reddit, and Partner at Y Combinator, Alexis Ohanian (L) and co-editor at TechCrunch, Alexia Tsotsis appear onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 - Day 3 at The Manhattan Center on May 6, 2015 in New York City.
