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Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by abc-xyz »

clircle wrote: post #21

Not according to the first 50 posts on r/all. I don't see anything about China. Must have blown over already.

Still on the frontpage of https://old.reddit.com (for those who subscribe to default subreddits) - /r/pics, /r/videos and /r/documentaries (maybe more) all occupied the frontpage for many hours with focus on the Tiananmen Massacre, and seen /r/pcgaming highlighting the investment as well.

Project idea for activists: a small code snippet that everyone could easily include on their websites that ran every year from April 15 to June 4 (with special emphasis on June 4) highlighting the Tienanmen Massacre.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by stevehawk »

rplst8 wrote: post #54
sodosopa wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's a private company, there's no freedom of speech involved. You want a baker to create a cake that says an offensive message, the baker doesn't' have to comply.

Internet companies have protection under the law that they can't be held liable for what their users say. IMHO that protection brings with it a duty to allow people to speak freely on their platform. They can't eat their cake and have it too.

That law is already being eroded in this country in the name of child porn and sex trafficking.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by Quequau »

maayank wrote: post #58
qrbLPHiKpiux wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I liked digg. A lot. Then v2.0 came, and I left to Reddit. A few months ago, I had a script write over all my comments, and deleted the account. Reddit is the new digg v3.0.

What’s the current alternative?

Not Voat.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by keyme »

rospaya wrote: post #50
qrbLPHiKpiux wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I liked digg. A lot. Then v2.0 came, and I left to Reddit. A few months ago, I had a script write over all my comments, and deleted the account. Reddit is the new digg v3.0.

Ah, so you're one of the people that makes reading older threads on reddit a pain. Hope you know you directly made my internet experience worse.

Almost certainly these are still archived somewhere accessible, like wayback machine.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by JohnJamesRambo »

Are there examples of companies that said “this is enough money” and stopped concentrating on having ever increasing profits every quarter to satisfy VC or stock investors? I think of this a lot lately. It seems companies don’t want to just do what they do well anymore and be satisfied with that. Can someone give me some inspiration? Companies that have such pride in their work that they aren’t constantly looking for the next thing they can take on to grow and instead just focus on being the best and most ethical at what they do? Are there examples that this business model is actually more sustainable than the one where you are constantly trying to grow to more more more?

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by asaph »

yuxt wrote: post #31

I am surprised no one mentioned Digg here. It was the original Reddit. Arguably its demise is attributed by inflow of VCs capital following by pivoting direction. Which resulted in community leaving for Reddit. P.S. found this old article https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/07/13/reddit-didn...

> Digg ... was the original Reddit.

And Slashdot was the original Digg.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by rplst8 »

rjf72 wrote: post #40
pfisch wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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They have not changed. Well, same wolf, new clothes made by sheep.

They persecute religious groups, Muslim, Christian, and Buddhist alike. They control their laborers, harvest organs from prisoners, and they've been occupying Tibet since 1949 and actively pursue families that send their children to Buddhist schools.

Re: Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

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Post by hi5eyes »

CydeWeys wrote: post #46
yuxt wrote: post #31

I am surprised no one mentioned Digg here. It was the original Reddit. Arguably its demise is attributed by inflow of VCs capital following by pivoting direction. Which resulted in community leaving for Reddit. P.S. found this old article https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/07/13/reddit-didn...

I'm still amazed by how ill-conceived everything having to do with that redesign was, including the new design itself, the rollout plan, apparent lack of load testing, and no ability to roll back. Contrast with reddit's redesign, which was rolled out slowly and incrementally. More recently Snap had a redesign that was received almost as poorly, but at least they executed it competently.

>but at least they executed it competently.

and gave all their users to IG

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