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It really whips the llama's ass. Post says it all. Foreveralone. Take my upvote. Are we in post-social media yet or what?

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[โ€“] nullthegrey@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think people are more upset about Reddit trying to kill third party apps than it being any judgement on Reddit's political leaning.

[โ€“] Kichae@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Indeed. I'm not sure what's supposed to be 'woke' about anything Reddit's doing or done.

[โ€“] cavemeat@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its only "woke" if you think that the mere presence of minorities is "woke"

[โ€“] Barbarian@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Such a bizarre linguistic thing that's happened with woke. It's now essentially meaningless. What was once a legitimate term meaning "alert to racial prejudice". Now it just means "thing I don't like".

[โ€“] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, more than that, I'd say it's even become a designated scapegoat for a (nonsense) conspiracy. An interesting video on the topic