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An alternative conspiracy theory: put Reddit down for two days to hide the existence of the protests from major users. E.g. many Google searches lead into priv
by nicce 3y ago
An alternative conspiracy theory: put Reddit down for two days to hide the existence of the protests from major users.
E.g. many Google searches lead into private communities now. Word is spreading.
- hn_go_brrrrr 3y ago"You can't take us down! We'll take _ourselves_ down, so there."
- bombcar 3y agoIf people see the dead reddit dude they just assume it broke and come back later. If they see a "this sub is private because reddit is dumb and also evil" they may come back later, they may not.
- marcosdumay 3y agoHonestly, looks as reasonable as anything else about this thing.
- rangledangle 3y agoThis is my guess. Looks better on the record, since people are committing only 48 hours anyways (for whatever reason, should be permanent).