It’s always amusing when companies aren’t familiar with the Streisand effect.
It’s one of my favourite ending sentence to an article ever. They quote Reddit about corrections, then added, “In the absence of corrections, then, you can assume Reddit believes none are necessary.” https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/22/23770480/reddit-blackout-protest-pressure-mods-change-rules
It was a truly insane statement, and yet perfectly on brand for Reddit during all of this. I’m very happy that The Verge handled it so perfectly.
It’s beautiful
Reddit is telling their community, their staff, and the media to all shut up. The very three groups they rely on for their continued survival. It’s breathtaking.
It’s really amazing how Reddit is handling this in the absolute worst way possible. They’re banking on fatigue where people will just get too tired of fighting it and just move on. Fuck those guys.