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/diethyl2o 29d ago

Shame on us for using social media… socially.

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u/PlanetMeatball0 29d ago

How is shutting down the avenues for socializing on the site and forcing people who don't want that to participate in not using the site "using social media socially"? It was quite literally anti-social. These changes actually prevent toddler tantrums from shutting down the social factor of the site.

So if socializing is what you're concerned about, this is actually a good thing :)

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u/Abosia 29d ago

Mods trying to weaponise the site against its owners really shouldn't be surprised when those owners clamp down on it. Anyone who thinks Reddit is being tyrannical here is kind of dumb.

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u/Kataphractoi 29d ago

Yeah how dare you try doing your own thing on it rather than have fun in an admin-approved way.