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Is the destruction of Twitter and Reddit a conspiracy or am I just paranoid? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Quexotic@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I've had this feeling that since there are forces that do not want us to have free speech, and that the destruction of Reddit and Twitter does this effectively, creating a chilling effect, destroying social links and communities. Might it not be an intentional effort to stifle the ability of the downtrodden to organize and fight the power?

There are so many other ways things are engineered to benefit the minority and prevent the majority from gaining power, why not this too?

Just a thought rattling around in my head.

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[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

It's not a conspiracy, just a coincidence.

And from what I can tell, much of it comes down to all of these sites being VC funded back when loans were cheap, and those VCs wanting their money back now they're not. Suddenly Reddit has to actually make money with a product that's not really equipped to do so.