red@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoReddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitelywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square287fedilinkarrow-up1540arrow-down10cross-posted to: RedditMigration@kbin.social
arrow-up1540arrow-down1external-linkReddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitelywww.theverge.comred@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square287fedilinkcross-posted to: RedditMigration@kbin.social
minus-squareUselesslyBrisk@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIm surprised they havent just performed takovers of the private subreddits and installed new mods. Maybe they have but are doing it at a slow pacing, either because its manual or because it may attract less attention.
minus-squareShinhoshi@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThey have. I assume you haven’t seen the r/adviceanimals post yet?
minus-squareUselesslyBrisk@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI haven’t. But now I’ve seen a couple. I believe they did /r/tumbler or something dirty too. It’s a shame. Totally antithetical to their culture they (Reddit) started and grew with as a freedom of speech platform.
minus-squareASCIIansi@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThey’ve been running away from their culture of free speech since 2008. The only direction they have ever moved has been in the opposite direction.
minus-squareASCIIansi@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI expect most of the “popular” subs (like the one you mentioned) aren’t ones I have ever been aware of or cared to be aware of.
minus-squareShinhoshi@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI wasn’t aware either, but it was mentioned on Lemmy somewhere
Im surprised they havent just performed takovers of the private subreddits and installed new mods.
Maybe they have but are doing it at a slow pacing, either because its manual or because it may attract less attention.
They have. I assume you haven’t seen the r/adviceanimals post yet?
I haven’t. But now I’ve seen a couple. I believe they did /r/tumbler or something dirty too.
It’s a shame. Totally antithetical to their culture they (Reddit) started and grew with as a freedom of speech platform.
They’ve been running away from their culture of free speech since 2008. The only direction they have ever moved has been in the opposite direction.
I expect most of the “popular” subs (like the one you mentioned) aren’t ones I have ever been aware of or cared to be aware of.
I wasn’t aware either, but it was mentioned on Lemmy somewhere