you can get the same kind of sanction on politics community(lemmy) too, there are so many anti-biden, anti-dems on that community as they were on reddit, it was astonishing. i had to block that community now.
it still kinda, but whats change is turmp got elected, and then there was significant astroturfing from right wingers they are allowing, hence why people have been calling it turning to a right wing site now. especially you have to be careful around trump/musk, gaza/Luigi related comments.
then theres the general indiscriminate banning they are doing.
What does he have to sell, from what I can tell even in non political subs a lot of users I’ve known who posted have been permanently banned. From sports gaming and cooking subs.
It seems like reddit is just bots anymore. Actual traffic can’t be what it is like it’s heydey
It has definitely changed from what it was. They have been making deals to sell all the user reply threads to places like google for AI training. Maybe the bans are about “cleaning” their data model
That does not ring true, because controversy feeds engagement, and engagement increases overall activity and makes it possible to sell more ads.
So by that standard reddit should embrace the controversy as long as it’s legal.
So is reddit right leaning now? That really weird to me, because they were a clear minority 8-10 years ago.
Although there were a few Trump subs, they were wildly unpopular and made fun of.
I was permanently banned for talking bad about the current sh*tshow of an administration we have here in the US
you can get the same kind of sanction on politics community(lemmy) too, there are so many anti-biden, anti-dems on that community as they were on reddit, it was astonishing. i had to block that community now.
I got banned during the first trump shit show for saying “fuck trump and Obama” for “inciting violence”
That’s not fair! It’s clearly a dumpster fire.
I would prefer the dumpster fire over what’s going on lately.
That’s weird, I haven’t used reddit for many years now, but it used to be clearly liberal/left leaning.
it still kinda, but whats change is turmp got elected, and then there was significant astroturfing from right wingers they are allowing, hence why people have been calling it turning to a right wing site now. especially you have to be careful around trump/musk, gaza/Luigi related comments.
then theres the general indiscriminate banning they are doing.
The CEO wants to monetize it more, sell more ads, sell your data, etc. So I’m sure that is part of the removal reasons
What does he have to sell, from what I can tell even in non political subs a lot of users I’ve known who posted have been permanently banned. From sports gaming and cooking subs.
It seems like reddit is just bots anymore. Actual traffic can’t be what it is like it’s heydey
It has definitely changed from what it was. They have been making deals to sell all the user reply threads to places like google for AI training. Maybe the bans are about “cleaning” their data model
That does not ring true, because controversy feeds engagement, and engagement increases overall activity and makes it possible to sell more ads.
So by that standard reddit should embrace the controversy as long as it’s legal.
Not if you ad sponsors are right leaning
Yes, controversy feeds engagement, but advertisers don’t want to appear in the vicinity of certain content, too. So it’s a balancing act.
“Used to” is the important thing.
So is reddit right leaning now? That really weird to me, because they were a clear minority 8-10 years ago.
Although there were a few Trump subs, they were wildly unpopular and made fun of.
Reddit is billionaire leaning now.
Ah well, good thing I left.
The regime don’t appreciate you, shit lord