hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout, its aftermath, and what’s happening going forward, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! thanks! we’ll see if we need to cycle the thread again before the end of this week, but i don’t know that we’ll need to

  • PelicanPersuader@beehaw.orgEnglish
    57·
    2 years ago

    According to a screenshot shared in the modcoord discord, there’s already a facist trying to take over /r/aww. The user is a former T_D mod, a sub which was actively involved in the January 6 riots and known for its misconduct across Reddit. These are the people that spez wants to empower.

    • talik@feddit.deEnglish
      13·
      2 years ago

      that was my worry as well. Reddit is going to shit incredibly fast. Boot the mods and this is what we will get—a new, sitewide alt-right pipeline.

      Let’s see the outcome.

    • Hot SaucermanEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Is it any shock considering they’re using the re-opening of KotakuInAction as their reference point as to why it’s a “rule” that they can re-open privatized subreddits or closed subreddits?

      He literally platformed a bunch of raging misogynists, after the top mod finally had a change of heart and realized how much damage he was doing. The ad impressions were too important to him.

      I mean, reddit’s rules about doxxing go back to ViolentAcres and how they basically banned discussing the Anderson Cooper expose on the site. So the doxxing rules basically exist because one of their worst and most disgusting users was outed for being the creepy fucking freak he was.

      When people tell you they are, believe them the first time.