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The stickied comment stating that "this contradicts standing policies" is amusing. As if Reddit was somehow contractually bound to abide by random rules that th
by p-e-w 3y ago
The stickied comment stating that "this contradicts standing policies" is amusing. As if Reddit was somehow contractually bound to abide by random rules that they themselves made up, on their own site.
It's astonishing how many people don't seem to understand what it means to be a user today. Especially if you're not paying, but even if you are.
- buildbot 3y agoComments like these are really.... something. It's basically boiling down to don't you plebes know we can smash you like insects whenever we want? Now go enjoy your trickles of piss. People are protesting because they do understand, and they don't like it, and they will probably leave.
- seydor 3y agoI am willing to bet a lot of money that reddit is not losing users out of this, it is gaining
- Capricorn2481 3y agoI'd accept that it's not losing a lot of users, but I can't imagine it's gaining any?
- seydor 3y agopublicity
- seydor 3y agoReddit has trained users and mods to think that way. They branded the site as a free-for-all, then went along with major social crusades etc etc, multiple times over the years. Ultimately, it's reddit leadership that led moderators to think that way, and now they are paying the price for it. They need to create some red lines to make the website functional and also tolerant, even to all political views