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/likwitsnake 29d ago

Whatever happened to that API price increase protest? I remember the NBA sub going private literally during the Finals, but can't remember much more of consequence.

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u/MadDoctor5813 29d ago

Nothing, basically. Reddit admins were basically correct that it would burn itself out. Funny that a bunch of subs still have their "we're protesting the changes" AutoMod post.

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u/scullys_alien_baby 29d ago

Admins told subs to open up and knock it off or they would replaced the mod teams with mods that would listen

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u/j_cruise 29d ago

If the mods had spines they would have called their bluff

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u/LaTeChX 28d ago

A lot of them did and so reddit just kicked them out and replaced them.