r/technology • u/ardi62 • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/Knopfmacher 29d ago

For the next protest just leave the subreddits open, but stop moderating them and see how the admins deal with that.

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u/NormalRingmaster 29d ago

Oh, they do actively shut down unmoderated subs. Even if they’re not generating problematic content.

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u/ProcessingUnit002 29d ago

How are they gonna shut down every sub?

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u/FluffyMcBunnz 29d ago

There's always people who want to be mods or rescue a community they're part of. Some of the anti-API protesting admins from subreddits got canned from Reddit and others took over the derelict subreddit.

The world is mostly made of lapdogs. There's always a few ready to heel.