06-21-2023, 11:20 PM
turns out reddit admins are more willing and able to quash this protest than I'd expected
r/interestingasfuck decided to protest by becoming a NSFW sub (technically fine, there are lots of NSFW subs) and inviting users to post lots of porn, because if a bunch of major subs became full of porn the site becomes less marketable in a public IPO
admins kicked all the mods and changed the sub back, and now it's a free-for-all on requests to claim mod positions there (with some users going tongue in cheek and promising they'll respect users' wishes by keeping it full of porn)
r/mildlyinteresting was planning on doing something similar, and the admins cleaned house there too...only to restore them after a few hours, sending them mail to say they'd been caught up in a list of other subs promoting NSFW content (in other words, threatening them)
r/interestingasfuck decided to protest by becoming a NSFW sub (technically fine, there are lots of NSFW subs) and inviting users to post lots of porn, because if a bunch of major subs became full of porn the site becomes less marketable in a public IPO
admins kicked all the mods and changed the sub back, and now it's a free-for-all on requests to claim mod positions there (with some users going tongue in cheek and promising they'll respect users' wishes by keeping it full of porn)
r/mildlyinteresting was planning on doing something similar, and the admins cleaned house there too...only to restore them after a few hours, sending them mail to say they'd been caught up in a list of other subs promoting NSFW content (in other words, threatening them)
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