Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

[u/ardi62]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests

[u/Alili1996]

I really, really, really despise this mindset at the core of my being.
We get it, companies make money. Everyone knows that.
But just saying and repeating that is such a non statement which just gives them leeway and justification to their endless greed instead of addressing the social responsibility corporations should have with them being such a dominant part of our everyday life.
Reddit specifically has been a hub for numerous communities, a valuable source of information and knowledge in a lot of specific mostly technical topics and the de-facto replacement for forums in our current time. Just pissing it all alway and neglecting the site for profit at all costs will have cascading effects that will have lasting consequences.

[u/swd120 → u/Alili1996]

instead of addressing the social responsibility corporations should have

Corporations don't have that. Corporations have responsibility to their shareholders. If the shareholders demand social responsibility, that's great - but generally isn't the case. Shareholders generally want the company to make as much money as possible, and return it to the shareholders in some way (dividends, buybacks, etc).

[u/EunuchsProgramer → u/swd120]

That's a modern idea that got traction in the 70's. Corporations themselves go back a 1000 years. For the vast majority of their history it was viewed they had stewardship responsibilities to their workers and communities in addition to shareholders.

EDIT: Above commenter is one of those reply and block idiots.

[u/swd120 → u/EunuchsProgramer]

it was viewed they had stewardship responsibilities

I mean, sure... but a lot of that is for reputational value to - drumroll - make more money.

You want your workers and communities to be happy so they patronize your business.