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Reddit is purging NSFW subs as well as trans-related subreddits (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37090761

This includes some porn subreddits as well as subreddits like /r/Drugs. Apparently due to being "unmoderated", but some were not. What are your thoughts?

Edit: apparently also subreddits like /r/transgender_surgeries is banned too. Definitely feels politically motivated.

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[–] aesthelete 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

We should not forget that these people scrunched up their faces at Twitter itself for years and said ”but what is it?” Only in the fullness of time did it permeate our entire society.

This is a very good point. I think the longevity and robustness of the ecosystem matters more than the active user count today. Eventually through pure erosion lemmy and other decentralized platforms could wind up winning in popularity as well if things get worse everywhere else and they're stable enough to continue adding new users.

[–] scarabic 2 points 17 hours ago

Reddit was obscure and nerdy for a long time too. Look at it now.