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Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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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'm skeptical about these claims. If they wanted to do that, why start with AdviceAnimals? Why not funny or pics?
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