• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    That’s weird, I haven’t used reddit for many years now, but it used to be clearly liberal/left leaning.

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      12 days ago

      The CEO wants to monetize it more, sell more ads, sell your data, etc. So I’m sure that is part of the removal reasons

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        11 days ago

        What does he have to sell, from what I can tell even in non political subs a lot of users I’ve known who posted have been permanently banned. From sports gaming and cooking subs.

        It seems like reddit is just bots anymore. Actual traffic can’t be what it is like it’s heydey

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        12 days ago

        That does not ring true, because controversy feeds engagement, and engagement increases overall activity and makes it possible to sell more ads.
        So by that standard reddit should embrace the controversy as long as it’s legal.

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      8 days ago

      it still kinda, but whats change is turmp got elected, and then there was significant astroturfing from right wingers they are allowing, hence why people have been calling it turning to a right wing site now. especially you have to be careful around trump/musk, gaza/Luigi related comments.

      then theres the general indiscriminate banning they are doing.