Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private

Re:Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking thei... by matheusmoreira on Friday June 16, 2023 @12:15PM (#36359133)

Oh is it? Your mind isn't part of your body? In civilized society, people can't even touch you without your consent. Why do they have complete freedom to inject disinformation and spam into your mind with complete impunity? I won't accept it.

I don't know about you but I consider my mind even more sacred than my body. It's not some advertiser's playground for them to spam their bullshit with complete impunity. I will resist that abuse. I don't need to "deserve" it. I'm not alone either. It's hard enough to cope with attention deficit without these spammers around.

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Re:Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking thei... by bbarn on Friday June 16, 2023 @12:57PM (#36359952)

So don't use reddit.

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Re:Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking thei... by matheusmoreira on Friday June 16, 2023 @01:04PM (#36360054)

I don't have to abstain from using reddit. They're the ones who need to stop sending me free web pages. If they care so much about getting paid, all they need to do is have their web servers return 402 Payment Required and only resume service after payment is confirmed.

Their advertising bullshit though? They're knowingly sending me stuff for free. They chose to do it. I won't be guilted into accepting abuse based on that. They did so hoping I was gonna look at the ads but the truth is I'm under exactly zero obligation to actually do that. So I won't.

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Re:Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking thei... by basq on Friday June 16, 2023 @02:09PM (#36361088)

I can only hope that your level of sanity is more commonly adopted because judging by the replies to you it appears many have just given into the machine. Unwitting servants of Moloch.

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