Several subreddits had begun allowing porn and not safe for work content to protest Reddit. In response, the platform has removed entire moderator teams from the affected subreddits.
Several subreddits had begun allowing porn and not safe for work content to protest Reddit. In response, the platform has removed entire moderator teams from the affected subreddits.
I get why they were trying to dialogue with Reddit Inc. at the start, but at this rate it’s hopeless - a protest only makes sense if there’s a reasonable chance that the other side will listen.
Instead they should be 1) encouraging migration, and 2) causing as much damage as possible in their way out, to discourage other businesses from taking the same approach.
I disagree. You don’t protest just because you think the other side will capitulate. That’s what discussion is for. Protesting is for when there is no discussion. Regardless of if it results in your desired outcome, it’s still an effect tactic to support a cause and damage an adversary.
I agree with your point in general. If your protests get you banned/removed and thus eliminate your ability to protest then another tact may be more appropriate.
what you’re describing is the difference between a protest and a riot. I’m not saying the latter doesn’t have its place, but protest does intend to provoke, at least, compromise, if not capitulation. riot is the escalation when reason and civility fail, and is just an expression of collective outrage.
personally, I don’t see the point in participating in the riot, as the worst thing any of us could do to reddit is not to vandalize it, but to simply leave. en masse.