I can’t blame reddit admins on this one. I support the protest and users shifting to Lemmy. But the sudden NSFW content is clearly going to get reddit to take action. Just the obvious response in my opinion. Just like killing third party apps causes a user base to leave. 🤷♂
Obviously Reddit is going to retain strong control over the default subs. Personally I miss all the NSFW content on the frontpage, but when I saw all these subs making a statement with it, I knew immediately that it wouldn’t end well for them.
It was a good protest, but anyone surprised that Reddit removed those mods is naive.
though that’s the whole point of reddit ? if you don’t like a community, just make a new one. Like people feel like r/childfree is too aggressive, so they make r/truechildfree
Sure, but it’s not as if this exact thing hasn’t happened before and didn’t play out at all like this. Even before this controversy.
And then you also to have to consider that /r/mildlyinteresting didn’t suddenly shift to NSFW, that was /r/interestingasfuck and they don’t seem to have changed anything?
I can’t blame reddit admins on this one. I support the protest and users shifting to Lemmy. But the sudden NSFW content is clearly going to get reddit to take action. Just the obvious response in my opinion. Just like killing third party apps causes a user base to leave. 🤷♂
But admins had previously said that reddit should be for the communities, and the communities voted to allow NSFW.
Spez only likes democracy when it’s in his favor.
Obviously Reddit is going to retain strong control over the default subs. Personally I miss all the NSFW content on the frontpage, but when I saw all these subs making a statement with it, I knew immediately that it wouldn’t end well for them.
It was a good protest, but anyone surprised that Reddit removed those mods is naive.
Nobody is surprised. That’s not the point. The hypocrisy is the point.
though that’s the whole point of reddit ? if you don’t like a community, just make a new one. Like people feel like r/childfree is too aggressive, so they make r/truechildfree
You can filter out NSFW posts and communities on reddit I believe. And even if you don’t, I believe the thumbnails are blurred by default.
It’s actually pretty hard to see NSFW stuff by accident on reddit frontpage, even if there’s a bunch of NSFW posts on it.
Sure, but it’s not as if this exact thing hasn’t happened before and didn’t play out at all like this. Even before this controversy.
And then you also to have to consider that /r/mildlyinteresting didn’t suddenly shift to NSFW, that was /r/interestingasfuck and they don’t seem to have changed anything?