• TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No, he wouldn’t. He would say continuing to visit a site you are protesting against isn’t a protest at all.

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      1 year ago

      They’re driving away the holdouts by making the content useless. I think that’s better than just leaving, burn it down on your way out.

    • penguin@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      This is just incorrect.

      What you are describing is a boycott. And it’s probably true that that’s the most powerful thing a normal user can do against reddit.

      But mods can do much more by messing with their sub. In terms of headache caused.