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How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though? (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Frostwolf@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 92 points 1 year ago

No, it didn't get crushed. The goal was never to move everyone off reddit, it is to trigger the death spiral by having the people who cared about and actively contributes to abandon reddit and being redditors.

If this trend continues, reddit will get Facebook'd as their algorithms will make contents there get louder and dumber and angrier than ever before and cause more people to leave.

Remember, reddit is cynicism and despair, and despair is the enemy of progress.