How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

  • PoiarEnglish
    2010·
    10 months ago

    Not one mention of where said moderators who left went to…

      • AbidanYreEnglish
        703·
        10 months ago

        Is she spending time with all the former mods?

        • cm0002English
          310·
          10 months ago

          Hey! There’s a sign up sheet man, get in line

      • Vex_DetrauseEnglish
        382·
        10 months ago

        I also spend more time with OP’s wife wife. /s

      • TheFriarEnglish
        10·
        10 months ago

        Damn. I left Reddit to spend more time with your wife, too, but I’ve only been seeing your mom lately.

    • OptionalEnglish
      172·
      10 months ago

      The Granuiad has been pushing a lot of sideways shit lately. That’s a shame.

        • smegEnglish
          40·
          10 months ago

          The Guardian used to be notorious for spelling mistakes so it’s jokingly referred to as the Grauniad

    • honey_im_meat_grindingEnglish
      120·
      10 months ago

      A lot of which were good mods too. I’ve noticed a lot more racism and otherwise right wing posting being left alone/unmoderated since the protest, in the subs I used to browse actively - nowadays I just check in with them every now and then without an account and the intentional or not lack of moderation is making me want to stop doing even that.

      • glockenspielEnglish
        21·
        10 months ago10 months ago

        Probably depends on your subs. Most of mine have went far, far left and have become a tiresome dog pile of virtue signaling from behind keyboards and screens.

        And I’m a leftist. There seems to be a huge difference these days in being a leftist and being a “this is now my only personality trait” leftist through which all views must be fundamentally filtered. Even non-political/non-social. It has made some subs unreadable for me, specifically my state and city subs.

        Edit: I guess where I am going with it is that the extremes are becoming more extreme and seeking out new frontiers now that moderation is light.

    • coleEnglish
      50·
      10 months ago10 months ago

      I started an entire instance - https://lemdro.id - to provide a home to Reddit subreddits such as r/Android and r/Google Pixel (and other technical stuff)