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If you’re going to allow internet bullies to curbstomp your user bases maybe your product sucks and you should go out of business. “There’s nothing we could’ve
by tmpz22 7y ago
If you’re going to allow internet bullies to curbstomp your user bases maybe your product sucks and you should go out of business. “There’s nothing we could’ve done” - bullshit. You sent that message from your fourth Lake Tahoe vacation this quarter. (You as in the metaphorical person who said “there’s nothing we could’ve done” not the comment above me).
- dmix 7y agoI think the important thing here is not many people have figured this out yet where it's a major problem on Reddit, one probably only a threat to smaller subreddits but certainly possible with individual posts on bigger ones. There's probably thousands of angry users getting banned every day with way too much time who would love to know this fact. I was quite impressed by how clever the person was for figuring out how to take down an entire subreddit he didn't like, but the implications were quite scary and it made me realize how dangerous DMCA is. Especially in an age where political groups and sites like Twitter encourage outrage mobs looking for mob justice. But I agree Reddit, Google, etc should be working towards solving this, through lobbying or whatnot. I haven't figured out a good solution I just know it's a massive problem.
- matheusmoreira 7y agoAnyone with significant social media influence can take down subreddits they don't like. All they have to do is make enough noise on social media until advertisers notice. When they refuse to associate with Reddit because of the controversial community, it will be summarily neutralized by either quarantine or deletion. If a website has a business model at all, it's safe to assume it has no integrity and will censor anything if that business model is threatened.