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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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[โ€“] DDNB@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But are those the ones that post content?

[โ€“] Paradox@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Never. Maybe occasionally they'll reshare some shit from another platform, typically tiktok or Instagram, which is usually fairly crap and used to break sub rules in a lot of cases. Or they'll comment some room temperature (in Celsius) iq take, like calling reddit an app, not realizing it's a website. But they aren't the ones who make comments worth reading. They aren't the ones who bring in decent oc.