How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
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Users were outraged, but Reddit mostly won.

How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?

  • graphite@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    He’s a product of the digital landscape that we live in today.

    Reddit has improved considerably over the years.

    As much as I personally don’t want to use their app, they’ve done a reasonable amount to actually clean up the site.

    The old Reddit had a lot of garbage and a lot of garbage people. This will help to prevent that from being an issue in the future.

    There’s probably always going to be some kind of groupthink circlejerk happening in the background; it’s annoying and gives reddit a bad name, but it’s usually harmless.

    • 100@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’m sorry but no, reddit has consistently gotten worse over the years, to the point that I can’t possibly imagine what you mean when you say it got better.

      • graphite@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The userbase has become more of a PC mob that continues to regurgitate the same stale words, but that’s my only real gripe with it.

        The moderation has improved