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by graypegg 1104 days ago
To be fair, there is a difference between a for-profit company that everyone thinks is a utility, and a public utility.

However, they’ve shot themselves in the foot. For generating more ad revenue here IMO. The sort of ill-will they’re creating will probably drive away the top-posters and moderators that make the site worth visiting.

Is ad space on a site that’s contracted by 1% of its users going to tank in value? No probably not. But is the 99% going to stick around when the content they came for is missing or not moderated? Ehhh…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule