The other part about warning employees not to wear Reddit gear in public for fear of violence was meant for the press and for the uninformed, to try to garner sympathy and paint the protestors as bad actors.
Glad people aren’t blind to this obvious ploy. When LGBT violence is at an all time high I don’t think you need to be worried about wearing a reddit shirt.
Unfortunately, plenty of people are blind to it. While a large chunk of Reddit’s users and communities are offline in protest, there is a sizable “anti-blackout” sentiment growing among the newer users there who weren’t paying attention until now. They don’t know why their subreddits went dark or why users are upset, but they’re quick to direct their anger towards “powertripping mods” instead of the company leadership and policies that incited all of this. It’s a very “don’t care, got mine” mindset by people who have a very minimal understanding of the issue.
Glad people aren’t blind to this obvious ploy. When LGBT violence is at an all time high I don’t think you need to be worried about wearing a reddit shirt.
Unfortunately, plenty of people are blind to it. While a large chunk of Reddit’s users and communities are offline in protest, there is a sizable “anti-blackout” sentiment growing among the newer users there who weren’t paying attention until now. They don’t know why their subreddits went dark or why users are upset, but they’re quick to direct their anger towards “powertripping mods” instead of the company leadership and policies that incited all of this. It’s a very “don’t care, got mine” mindset by people who have a very minimal understanding of the issue.