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  • LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Allowed them to rise is an understatement. The content and the value comes from users alone. Reddit itself is his a shell without them. Even the moderation happens through the users. I don’t know what will happen to Reddit, but I do hope it will be painful for spez.

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      1 year ago

      I care less for what happens to the website and more what happens to the users. Having a website where you build and found such large communities fuck you over like this must be heartbreaking