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As a private company, Reddit can do whatever they want. You can make your own Reddit if you want to. You are not entitled to a platform if you do not abide by t

As a private company, Reddit can do whatever they want. You can make your own Reddit if you want to. You are not entitled to a platform if you do not abide by the rules. You don't get to abuse the town square to further your own political causes. Yadda yadda yadda.

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mypastself 3y ago
In case you’re being serious, the OP didn’t call for government to interfere, but for the community to migrate away from the site. This is about unhappy users boycotting a product to force a reversal of policy. Now, whether they’ll succeed is a different matter entirely…
- vkou 3y ago
  That's 'just' a collective action problem, solving which is essentially impossible. Communities have gravity, and its incredibly difficult to escape those gravity wells. Even if the power-users that produce valuable content move somewhere else, the subreddits they used will just link to that content, but keep the discussion on Reddit.
  - mypastself 3y ago
    Like I said, different discussion. But I am skeptical that there’s a critical mass of users necessary for truly reversing Reddit’s plans. With the IPO approaching, I feel like the best they can hope for is a temporary stay of execution.
makin 3y ago
Is this really a political cause? Seems to me like it's ultimately a conflict over the technologies used in the website, which are less individual political causes and more the average user's concern.
ciex 3y ago
Legally, yes. Morally, no, they can't do what they want. Users have invested time and effort over literally decades to build today's Reddit communities. Therefore, Reddit needs to give good reasons for substantial changes they make if those could be harmful to community health.
- HKH2 3y ago
  The law is enforced top-down whereas morals are enforced bottom-up, so good luck trying to enforce morals with people who think their individuality matters more than anything else.
- storkhm 3y ago
  I think this is a huge stretch. I would have a hard time even calling it immoral if the whole site vanished tomorrow, without reason. Surely, there is nothing in writing that has been agreed to that Reddit owes anything to the health of communities. No one could possibly say this about usenet and I don't really see the difference.

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mypastself 3y ago

In case you’re being serious, the OP didn’t call for government to interfere, but for the community to migrate away from the site. This is about unhappy users boycotting a product to force a reversal of policy. Now, whether they’ll succeed is a different matter entirely…

vkou 3y ago
That's 'just' a collective action problem, solving which is essentially impossible. Communities have gravity, and its incredibly difficult to escape those gravity wells. Even if the power-users that produce valuable content move somewhere else, the subreddits they used will just link to that content, but keep the discussion on Reddit.
- mypastself 3y ago
  Like I said, different discussion. But I am skeptical that there’s a critical mass of users necessary for truly reversing Reddit’s plans. With the IPO approaching, I feel like the best they can hope for is a temporary stay of execution.

makin 3y ago

Is this really a political cause? Seems to me like it's ultimately a conflict over the technologies used in the website, which are less individual political causes and more the average user's concern.

ciex 3y ago

Legally, yes. Morally, no, they can't do what they want. Users have invested time and effort over literally decades to build today's Reddit communities. Therefore, Reddit needs to give good reasons for substantial changes they make if those could be harmful to community health.

HKH2 3y ago
The law is enforced top-down whereas morals are enforced bottom-up, so good luck trying to enforce morals with people who think their individuality matters more than anything else.
storkhm 3y ago
I think this is a huge stretch. I would have a hard time even calling it immoral if the whole site vanished tomorrow, without reason. Surely, there is nothing in writing that has been agreed to that Reddit owes anything to the health of communities. No one could possibly say this about usenet and I don't really see the difference.