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by rblatz 4004 days ago
If that is what is happening, is that what the owners want? Or is that what leadership wants? The leadership has very little money sunk into reedit, but the owners have a lot more.

I'm sure leadership is willing to gamble that they can disrupt the hive without killing it. But will the owners continue to go down that road?

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With billions (and billions) of dollars being poured into this year's election cycle, it makes sense for the string-pullers to dismantle any vestige of true grassroots organizing. It seems like the "real" money would be invested in disrupting organic organization and favoring controlled and curated organization that favors their whim. I just can't get this damn tinfoil cap off my head.
Reddit is not meaningfully organized, at least not any more than your average stampede.