Rod HiltonJun 17, 2023

I can't even wrap my head around this. Days ago the discussion on /r/piracy was about if it was worth continuing to protest, knowing that reddit likely hated the community and would actually prefer if a piracy-focused community left.

And now they are forcing other mods into control to force it back open.

A piracy subreddit. Devoted entirely to discussing illegal activity. Forced by the company to stay open, because they are that desperate for the traffic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/14briu5/hey_rpiracy_reddit_admins_demodded_the_captain/

Hey /r/piracy. Reddit admins de-modded the captain and put a sword to the mod-team's necks to re-open. It seems they really demand valuable input from pirates. I look forward to you to taking this tacit Reddit endorsement of digital piracy to heart in the coming days!

I don't know how long I'll remain around. I seem to have caught the eye of Sauron and I'm not the top mod anymore. Hopefully the remaining mods...

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Show threadRafe Culpin
@rodhilton Wild speculation: They were ordered to keep it open so the police could track the users?
Jun 17, 2023 at 7:18pmWeb
Show threadRod HiltonJun 17, 2023
@RafeCulpin plausible
Show threadMusserJun 17, 2023
@RafeCulpin @rodhilton My guess it’s their investors whose ordered this or spez came up with yet another brilliant idea to upset their money generating users even more. Even subreddits which have no legal issues have been threatened to get the mods replaced if they don’t open the subs up again.