[rilita]

Of note related to this are the following:

* There is an email going around supposedly from an insider saying reddit intends to sue voat.co http://cityworldnews.com/reddit-plans-lawsuit-against-voat-c...

* Voat.co ( when accessible ) was mirroring some content from Reddit ( copyright infringement? ... )

* Voat.co seems to be crushed and possibly being DDOSed

* Last I heard when I was at a speech by Alexis Ohanian himself, he is for free speech to a rather extreme level. I did not get the impression he would ban any content besides what is absolutely necessary to keep the business running.

[thanatropism]

Alexis Ohanian himself is not quite calling the shot these days. New management has said in exact words that reddit is not meant to be a "free speech platform"[0]. And that's exactly why people are angry: the community built reddit on a premise that was suddenly changed.

Anyway, the less social media, the more time left to focus on important things...

http://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-ceo-ellen-pao-its-not-...

[rilita]

There is a difference between the internal vibe of the company and statements by the current CEO. One has to say things that make the company money; the other is the true reality of what drives it.

The "free speech platform" notion is alive and well with Reddit, both in the community and in the people working to support it.

Alexis may not be calling the shots, but you can be sure that people are still keeping his vision alive.

[toomuchtodo]

If its difficult for reddit to turn a profit, how does voat.co plan to exist? Its maintainer footing the bill out of his own pocket forever?