lemmonyJul 22, 2023

STOP saying “fuck u/spez” START saying “FIRE STEVE HUFFMAN”

https://lemmy.world/post/1994304

STOP saying “fuck u/spez” START saying “FIRE STEVE HUFFMAN” - Lemmy.world

“fuck u/spez” means absolutely nothing to anyone who isn’t familiar with Reddit, it’s just noise. “FIRE STEVE HUFFMAN” is a clear, actionable statement that has a clear target and goal and actually has meaning to people who don’t know what Reddit is (like say, a potential shareholder or investor) Idk where to put this since r/savethirdpartyapps got banned so post this wherever will get noise if you agree

Show threadPuzzle_Sluts_4EverJul 23, 2023

We’ve been down this road before

Remember when Ellen Pao was the worst thing to ever happen to the world and was killing reddit with her… rules against revenge porn and blatant hate boards?

Remember how reddit “capitulated” and did what the community wanted and got rid of her? Hmm, who was it they replaced her with?

Reddit is preparing for an IPO and likely a buyout. The absolute best way the new owners can “win” is to solve all problems by getting rid of the current evil CEO, maybe rolling back one of the dozens of horrifically bad policy changes, and then calling it a win. Huffman gets a golden parachute and reddit is super happy and wonderful again.

Show threadMove to lemm.eeJul 23, 2023

Ellen Pao was actually right though. The attacks on her came from the far right and redditors lapped that shit up because reddit was (and still is) a misogynistic shithole. Her biggest crime was… Closing /r/fatpeoplehate.

If she’d stayed on Reddit wouldn’t have helped qanon, wouldn’t have helped cause theredpill movement, wouldn’t have caused the_donald, wouldn’t have caused a shit load of bad things.

Comparing Huffman to her is absurd. Huffman is a far right prepper. She is as far as I can tell a pretty well-meaning liberal, as far as tech CEOs go anyway, which is unusual given that the vast majority of them are far right crypto bro libertarian fuckheads.

Show threadTb0n3
The crime was turning up the censorship. Saying mean things should absolutely be allowed.
Jul 23, 2023 at 2:25amWeb
Show threadImotaliJul 23, 2023
“Censorship” Her platform, her rules. Don’t like it? Leave. This ain’t a government, you have no free speech rights here or anywhere else on the internet, don’t like how a site operates/what a site allows? Then leave.
Show threadduffmanJul 23, 2023
That’s what people are doing now. There weren’t alternatives then. And your attitude is unjustified.
Show threadjerdle_lemmyJul 23, 2023
Progressive censors are just as bad as their right-wing counterparts, but live in a delusional world in which whatever they do is right because they’re the ones that do it.
Show threadOceanSoapJul 23, 2023
Yup. They can’t imagine a world where the censorship is inevitably flipped back on them because they feel they have the ultimate moral high ground.
Show threadImotaliJul 23, 2023

Did I say anything about liking their stances? No. They’re a private company though. They can do as they fucking please.

In fact the only way to force them to not censor anyone is to eliminate their (the owners) first amendment rights. That’s why private companies are not beholden to it. Unfortunately this concept is foreign to right wing nuts.

Show threadDieterParkerJul 23, 2023
Well, there was and still is 4chan. You can say anything over there, it’s a place full of freedom and rainbows.
Show threadTb0n3Jul 23, 2023
I did. I haven’t logged into my reddit account in 8 fucking years.
Show threadminimarJul 23, 2023
Hate communities are bad