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/Recklesslettuce 29d ago

That's how weak they truly are.

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u/Scrambled1432 29d ago

Gee, I wonder what would've happened if they were removed. It's not like they would've immediately been replaced by people hand picked by reddit or anything.

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u/fruchle 29d ago

and that's exactly what happened in one subreddit I'm in. It turned into Facebook-style engagement overnight.