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How Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protest

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How Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protest

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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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Try Snyk 💻: http://snyk.co/lewisThe Reddit Blackout of 2023 will go down in internet history as one of the largest online protests ever. Outraged redditors ...
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    I mean, it’s a victory if they shout it loudly enough, right? A lie repeated long enough, so it goes:

    Company is going bankrupt, users are gone, laying off the bottom quartile of the company, but they stopped the protest! Etc.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy

    https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/reddits-golden-geese-foul-up-its-ipo-plans-2023-06-16/

    It’s like reading the top two lines of a disaster report and declaring victory. Fuck Reddit.

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      Even during the protest a lot of users thought it was caused by “power-mad” mods, some people just eat what they’re fed.

      • LazaroFilm
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        It’s more of a Plato’s cave situation. You only know what you see.

        • SharkAttak
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          Only partially, it was stated in lots of places and ways that it was in protest of the API pricing changes, and of the reaction of Reddit admins.

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