Doing nothing or getting stuff on their own/abroad
hrosts
joined 1 year ago
I feel you. I've been using Reddit exclusively for niche communities and some occasional long-form posts a-la askhistorians. The memes and general posting stuff I don't really care about, but I'm struggling to find good replacements for the unique little things.
Why would I care how I look to you? I don't know you, and looking at your love for strawmen, I'm not eager getting to know you either.
They have the right to do this, and you have the right to leave reddit.
I also have the right to complain about their or other's actions, or to advocate for doing things in response to it. The right is not a justification of their action, and the profit justification is not a reason for me to shut up when things I used and am still using will stop working.
The same way as with tolerating open fascists, just letting them be around as long as they're "nice" will give them ample opportunity to spread their propaganda in a more covert way. Some things will look innocuous enough and won't be cleaned up, other will create drama on being moderated, so the mods might have harder time deciding. This won't break their echo chamber, as such things existed even in the ever-open reddit. Just cut them off, it will be better both for the communists around, and for the "non-ideological" crowd.