jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoReddit is going public. Will its unruly user base revolt?www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down119
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkReddit is going public. Will its unruly user base revolt?www.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoCan we make it revolt harder, then? More specifically: are there ways to encourage the current Reddit userbase to act so notoriously destructively towards the platform, that no sane investor would burn their money buying Reddit stock?
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoIf you can control the porn, you control the internet. So, if you can somehow trigger a revolt in all the NSFW subreddits, you win. Reddit stock will tank before it goes public.
minus-squareloobkoob@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months ago“He who controls the spice(y content) controls the universe” - Baron Harkonnen in Frank Herbert’s Dune
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoThat’s a fun idea - specially if we could recruit the Reddit “porn is bad!” crowds to raid Reddit NSFW subs.
Can we make it revolt harder, then?
More specifically: are there ways to encourage the current Reddit userbase to act so notoriously destructively towards the platform, that no sane investor would burn their money buying Reddit stock?
If you can control the porn, you control the internet.
So, if you can somehow trigger a revolt in all the NSFW subreddits, you win. Reddit stock will tank before it goes public.
“He who controls the spice(y content) controls the universe” - Baron Harkonnen in Frank Herbert’s Dune
That’s a fun idea - specially if we could recruit the Reddit “porn is bad!” crowds to raid Reddit NSFW subs.