The PPShow

Nice.

It's a worthwhile topic of discussion. Reddit has demonstrated repeated instances of censorship and opposition towards the efforts of investors of GME as well as BBBY / BBBYQ.

Here's a post from July 6 2023 by @beyond_mythos: The censorship state of reddit and subreddits - Part 1

Here's a post from myself of an account of events from June 2023 leading up to and immediately following the banning of the subreddit r/DRSyourGME.

The hive mind finds itself on all of the platforms. Not everyone likes each platform. Some people don't like X. Reddit will eventually kill or otherwise subjugate any subreddit that the opponents of these investors are threatened by. Lemmy exists and has some ideal properties, but most people probably don't find it very exciting and are not motivated to come here.

Still, the conflict goes on and social media is where it happens and every social media platform has its own pros and cons. It's in our interest not to necessarily rely upon any single platform, but to use all of them in all of the various ways.

I personally am a big believer in the long term success of the fediverse. Anyone here now is still an early adopter, but over time if the fediverse can demonstrate resiliency and also safe harbor from the possibility of corruption of a centralized authority, then it will grow and succeed. I think things like this happen in phases, like a growth curve.

the banning of theppshow subreddit will not be the last time that reddit violates members of this community. I'm not even suggesting to stop using reddit because unfortunately despite all of the valid complaints against reddit, that is still a major source and location of information sharing.

Our opponents will continue to do whatever they can to make it harder for us. We succeed by branching out and continue the business of information sharing on all platforms. They can't censor us everywhere.