That mirrors the tension many reddit mods struggled with recently… It’s difficult to push back against Reddit without also punishing its active users in some real way.
The folks using Reddit are still real human beings. But I get that not everybody is going to draw the line in the same spot.
Making it worse for the end users is the whole point. Protests don’t work effectively if they don’t cause major inconvenience to the people able to make the changes. And for Reddit admins, hemorrhaging users is a major inconvenience.
That mirrors the tension many reddit mods struggled with recently… It’s difficult to push back against Reddit without also punishing its active users in some real way.
The folks using Reddit are still real human beings. But I get that not everybody is going to draw the line in the same spot.
Making it worse for the end users is the whole point. Protests don’t work effectively if they don’t cause major inconvenience to the people able to make the changes. And for Reddit admins, hemorrhaging users is a major inconvenience.
That sounds like giving in to hostage taking.
I feel like it’s more like shooting a hostage to spite the one holding hostages.